In a recent Op-Ed in VTDigger, Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Executive Director, highlighted the important link between mass shootings, gun reform and domestic violence. Read the full commentary here!
Each year, the Vermont Network works in partnership with it's Member Organizations and stakeholders to develop a policy agenda that drives public policy and advocacy during the legislative session. Please click here to read this year’s policy agenda.
In the light of the #MeToo campaign and the almost daily revelations about sexual misconduct, many people are talking about “this moment” and the “turning tide” of the acceptance of sexual harassment and assault. I’ve been thinking about this along…
Celebrating, Reflecting and Looking Forward: Network Horizon - Issue 2 Read the Fall 2017 Issue of the Network Horizon - our newsletter to connect you with the movement to end gender based violence here in Vermont. To read the latest…
Do you remember when jet airplanes full of passengers used to crash more often? When there was at least one major catastrophe resulting is significant loss of life each year? Sometimes more than one per year? And remember when disease…
Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Edition took a recent in-depth look at the relationship between domestic violence and homicide. Auburn Watersong of the Vermont Network joined J.P. Sinclair of the Vermont State Police and Mark Davis of Seven Days to discuss…
The 2017 Legislative Wrap-Up contains detailed information about the bills and statutes passed in the Vermont Legislature during the 2017 legislative session. This year's wrap up includes information on bills related to sexual violence, disarming abusive individuals and economic justice…
On May 24th, Governor Phil Scott signed H. 74 An Act Relating to Domestic and Sexual Violence into law. This comprehensive bill: Creates a Bill of Rights for sexual assault survivors Updates the emergency relief from abuse statute Eliminates the…
Is our criminal justice system biased? What role is the domestic and sexual violence movement playing in the efforts to dismantle systemic racism in Vermont? Sarah Robinson, Special Initiatives Coordinator at the Vermont Network joined Will Lambek from Migrant Justice…
A recent article in the Burlington Free Press provided an update on the State's efforts to update and maintain Vermont's Sex Offender Registry. "Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Executive Director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, would rather Vermont not have…