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Episode 10: Barry Goldstein on Gender Bias in Family Courts and Suggested Policy Actions

June 29, 2018 Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Policy, Sexism and Misogyny

This episode of en(gender)ed in its family court series features guest, Barry Goldstein, an internationally recognized domestic violence author, speaker and advocate.  Barry has worked in the DV movement since 1983 and has served as an instructor in a NY Model Batterer Program since 1999.  He is co-editor of two volumes of Domestic Violence, Abuse…

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Episode 9: Joan Meier of DV LEAP on how family courts view abuse allegations

June 22, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Image, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Sexism and Misogyny

On this episode of our family court series, our guest is Joan Meier, Professor of Clinical Law at George Washington University Law School, and the Founder and Legal Director of the Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP).  DV LEAP provides a stronger voice for justice by fighting to overturn unjust trial court…

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