Voices of Women Organizing Project: Report: Battered Women Claim NYC Family Court System Puts Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Children in Danger
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2008
10:25 AM
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CONTACT: Voices of Women Organizing Project
Ateqah Khaki or Shonna Carter, Riptide Communications, 212-260-5000
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Report: Battered Women Claim NYC Family Court System Puts Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Children in Danger
New Report Documents Systemic Failings of Family Court
Domestic Violence Survivors To Issue Mother’s Day Call for Transparency and Accountability in New York City Family Court
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NEW YORK, NY - May 6 - On Thursday May 8, 2007, an organization of domestic violence survivors, their supporters and advocates will hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan to release a new report that reveals the ways in which Family Court in New York City is a broken system that is often stacked against domestic violence survivors to the point that it can endanger survivors and their children. Timed to coincide with Mother’s Day, the survivors will call for more transparency and accountability in the Family Court system.
The report, Justice Denied: How Family Courts in NYC Endanger Battered Women and Children was prepared by the Voices of Women Organizing Project, a grassroots organization of survivors of domestic violence who work to improve services for battered women. It illustrates a pattern of bias against women, particularly domestic violence survivors and shows how systemic disregard for the law and the courts own procedures for law guardians and judges often results in custody decisions that compromise the safety of children.
WHO
Domestic violence survivors, City Council Members, Assembly members and State Senators, other concerned citizens
SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Susan Lob, Director of Voices of Women Organizing Project (VOW)
Survivors of domestic violence, members of VOW
State Senator Ruth Hassel Thompson
Assemblyman James Brennan
WHAT
Press Conference to mark Mother’s Day
WHERE
Steps of City Hall in downtown Manhattan
WHEN
Thursday, May 8, 2008 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm
VISUALS
Mothers and supporters with banners and signs – some wearing decorative masks to protect their identity
Mother’s Day cards to NYS Chief Judge Judith Kaye with a message that too many mothers are not with their children this Mother’s Day due to Family court decisions that are biased against battered women.
The Voices of Women Organizing Project (VOW) is the lead initiative of the Battered Women's Resource Center, a nonprofit that works to empower survivors of domestic violence. VOW supports survivors of domestic violence as they lead efforts to end violence, shape policies and improve services for battered women. To learn more, please visit: http://www.vowbwrc.org/
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