Prevention of Gender Violence Is Focus of New CU-Boulder Position
http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/a246500b83a00bdcd64a397a25c98103.html10/9/2008
"We created a position to work on gender violence prevention and
education," said Mary Friedrichs, director of CU-Boulder's Office of
Victim Assistance. "This is a new direction for the office, which has
always been about response. Davian Gagne will be working to help
change the climate that produces things like gender violence."
Gender-based violence is violence directed against a person on the
basis of gender, gender expression or sex, according to Gagne. While
males and females are subject to it, women and girls are the main
victims. Gender-based violence can include many things such as sexual
harassment, sexual exploitation and discrimination based on gender.
