South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Below you will find news and updates from both SCCADVASA and our member organizations. You will also find policy action alerts, legislative updates, monthly newsletters, op-eds, press releases and more.
The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault serves as the collective voice promoting the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in South Carolina. The Monthly Digest is a roundup of events, resources, and all SCCADVASA has to offer. Click here to read the December 2024 E-Newsletter.
ViewThe South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault serves as the collective voice promoting the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in South Carolina. The Monthly Digest is a roundup of events, resources, and all SCCADVASA has to offer. Click here to read the November 2024 E-Newsletter.
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A report published by the Violence Policy Center (VPC) analyzing 2022 homicide data underscores South Carolina’s history of deadly violence against women with the state’s rate of female victims killed by males continuing to top the national average. The South Carolina data is part of a VPC nationwide study “When Men Murder Women: An Analysis […]
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This morning’s Supreme Court decision reversing US v Rahimi, a ruling from the Fifth Circuit that struck down three decades of federal law banning abusers under a domestic violence protective order from owning a gun, will protect the lives of women across America experiencing intimate partner violence. Every month in the United States, an average […]
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In a study published by the Violence Policy Center (VPC) analyzing data from their “When Men Murder Women” annual report, only eight states ranked in the top 10 in the rate of females killed by males in more than half of the past 25 years. South Carolina ranked in the top 10 states for 23 […]
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On September 20th, the Violence Policy Center released its When Men Murder Women annual study. State by state, the study details the circumstances of all reported homicides of women by men in single-victim/single-offender incidents. The study also ranks the states based on their rate of females killed by males. This research is used by state […]
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