October 14, 2008 by OAA
October is domestic violence awareness month and a time to further educate ourselves and our community on issues of gender abuse and what we can do to mitigate these incidents.
Out Against Abuse is having its first outreach event with CONNECT on Saturday, November 1st from 2pm - 4pm.
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October 3, 2008 by OAA
OAA received the following email regarding a distressing survivor question:
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These are the times I wonder what really makes us to take a step to stop brutal behavior.
This morning I received a call from a frined who lives in a very small town in US, she told me one of her friends were brutally beaten up by her husband - in the presence of that girl’s mother-in-law and guests who came for a Eid dinner. My friend who was not present at the dinner but heard from other pple of this incident was shocked to find out that no one took the girl to the hospital and advised other not to discuss about this, because if the girl were taken to the hospital then it would be reported to the police… and it will give a bad reputation to the handful Bangladeshi pple who live the community. The girl wanted to call the police and pple present in the dinner akes her not to, things will work out, she needs to be patient and pray…
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