Sentences with phrase «victims of domestic violence because»

The government has been accused of abandoning victims of domestic violence because of their immigration status.

J.F. decided on a rather unique argument upon appeal: J.S. couldn't be the victim of domestic violence because she wasn't his girlfriend — she was a paid escort he'd hired to accompany him to various family events.

Not exact matches

But men can also be victims: one man dies every three weeks because of domestic violence and one in six men will experience domestic violence in their life.

Brooks opposed the GOP majority's reauthorization of the Violence Against Women in the house, because it placed «unnecessary restrictions on access to domestic violence services for victims who desperately need helpViolence Against Women in the house, because it placed «unnecessary restrictions on access to domestic violence services for victims who desperately need helpviolence services for victims who desperately need help.»

«Because a woman who's been a victim of domestic violence shouldn't have to be in a household or threatened by a person who has a gun.»

A3910A / S.1535 - A: Relates to the rights of a victim of domestic violence to cast special ballots if they leave their residence because of such violence.

The Times Union is not identifying the woman because she is an alleged victim of domestic violence.

«Victims of domestic violence too often return to their abusers because they lack the financial freedom to leave.

Whereas the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police have received training on online violence against women, they are unable to respond adequately because they lack reViolence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police have received training on online violence against women, they are unable to respond adequately because they lack reviolence against women, they are unable to respond adequately because they lack resources.

Essentially, the case is made that Tonya Harding is a victim of circumstance whether it be the domestic violence and verbal abuse inflicted upon by her mother and ex-husband or the mandate by the International Skating Union to undermine her competitively because of coming from a poor family.

When you're responsible enough to have renters insurance, it means that local community service organizations can focus on helping domestic violence victims and others who need the help, because your policy will take care of you.

Up t0 48 % of domestic violence victims will delay or refusing leaving the abusive home because they do not want to leave their pets behind.

«Protective orders are crucial for removing both human and animal victims from the cycle of domestic violence, because human victims are often afraid to leave their pets behind,» says Stephen Wells, Executive Director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Because the hungry pets of the homeless are being joined more and more by the hungry pets of people who simply are having trouble making ends meet... middle - class folks pummeled by the economy, white - collar workers recently laid off; the unemployed, the underemployed, single parents, heroic victims of domestic violence, proud war veterans, the disabled, fixed income seniors and more.

Victims of domestic violence often remain in dangerous - even life - threatening - environments, because they think they have no place to go that will accommodate their companion pets.

Up to 65 % of domestic violence victims are unable to escape their abusers because they are concerned about what will happen to their pets when they leave.

Background DVIS is building a new emergency shelter to house victims of domestic violence and sexual assault — but this shelter will be different than any other in the state because it will be able to house pets.

Many domestic violence victims — up to half, depending on the study — don't flee from their abusive situations because they are afraid of what will happen to their pets.

48 % of domestic violence victims delay leaving abusive situations because they don't want to leave their pet behind.

We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed (religion), color, sex (including gender expression), national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, disability, marital status or domestic violence victim status.

No victim of domestic violence should live in fear for her and her children's safety just because she can't afford legal help.

Helene Desormeau The problem I'm concerned when I encounter victims of domestic violence who earn under $ 19,000 annually or who are in receipt of public assistance, but who are refused traditional legal aid because the violence was «not serious enough.»

The Court of Appeal found that the Regulations were unlawful as they required «verifications of domestic violence to be given within a 24 - month period before any application for legal aid» and because they did «not cater for victims of domestic violence who have suffered from financial abuse».

When 911 is called because someone is in a situation where they believe they are the victim of domestic violence, the police will make an arrest or decide whether it is warranted.

They are also narrower because they do exclude implied agreements to lease, and implied agreements are a common way that victims of domestic violence who are not parties to a written agreement attain the status of tenant — see «Who is a «Tenant» under the Residential Tenancies Act?».

As a policy matter, a DA may decide to not charge a person in case the victim is unwilling (though less so in cases of domestic violence), perhaps because of the widespread impression that the victim has to «press charges» (which indeed they would have to do in the case of private prosecution, which is no longer allowed in the US).

We have made the requirement for covered providers absolute and not contingent on the reason for the request because we wanted to make it relatively easy for victims of domestic violence, who face real safety concerns by disclosures of health information, to limit the potential for such disclosures.

«Domestic violence has no «typical» victim, and I regularly provide support for men in heterosexual relationships and members of the LGBT community who fear for their safety because of an abusive partner.

When you're responsible enough to have renters insurance, it means that local community service organizations can focus on helping domestic violence victims and others who need the help, because your policy will take care of you.

In Nicholson, federal Judge Jack Weinstein found unconstitutional the practice by New York's child protection agency of routinely charging mothers with neglect and removing their children solely because the mothers had been victims of domestic violence.

Because victims of domestic violence may experience the abuse in culturally specific ways, service providers should consider the cultural background and the unique issues faced by the victim and their children in order to tailor services to meet their needs.

Victim and perpetrator counseling is held separately because of the dynamics of domestic violence, which involve issues of power and control.

I know of domestic violence cases that never get to court, because the victim is too afraid even to leave, or can leave but is too afraid to fight for custody.