Posted by Eileen Seefluth, Author, Writer, CEO


Financing from Legislation and Where are We?

As we approach the month of October, we heighten Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

What do you know? Where are we at today with solving the problem? How far has legislation come in the last year and what has Washington DC done to finance programs across the nation? Are the statistics better now or higher than they were a year ago...or 10 years ago....or 20 years ago?

Do more women feel Empowered from abuse now than they did a year ago or a decade ago? Why or why not? Are women blanketed with more knowledge and resources today than this time a year ago? How fruitful has the education been across the nation and are our communities stepping up more to volunteer, donate and listen up to the needs of various women in different situations? So many questions, who might be able to answer all of the questions?

Are the women of America protected quite well from their perpetrators? If so, how? If not, why? Are the courts really the place to make life peaceful for women in these situations OR...is there another route of higher thinking that should be penciled in or elevated to move a paradigm shift?

We do know that according do the Department of Justice, $410 million was budgeted for the office of Domestic Violence Against Women. This ACT was first introduced in 1990 and reported favorably out of committee in May of 1993.

Then, Senator Joseph R. Biden said "the Act is aimed at the problem from 4 different perspectives:

  • Rectifying imbalances
  • Helping survivors
  • Providing education
  • and Requiring equal treatment
(PsychINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all right reserved).
 
I was in Washington DC about this time last year, I can personally tell you, they are doing quite a bit more than our nation realizes. They have some warriors there battling on behalf of women of all ages, races, pink, blue, purple, blonde, black, brown, red hair or any other color you can think of that is sported today.
 
I encourage you, be Empowered from Domestic Violence. There is a way to the future and it begins with you.
 
Violence against women: The congressional response.
Biden, Joseph R.
American Psychologist, Vol 48(10), Oct 1993, 1059-1061,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.48.10.1059
 
 
 

Eileen Seefluth has a love for writing, which began as a small child. She knew by the time she was 12 she wanted to be a newscaster/reporter. She overcame her own challenge with domestic violence a few years shy of 40. At that point she went back to school and earned her degree in radio and television broadcasting and communications. She has worked as a freelance news editor and writer at channel 8 in Tulsa. She spent four years in Toastmasters, winning a speech contest while there. She also worked in radio in Tulsa and television in Columbus, Georgia. Her professional writing website is: www.eileenseefluth.com. She divides her time between her own charitable organization and other non-profits in the Tulsa area, especially those serving to empower women from domestic violence in various ways.

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