(The Three Tomatoes.com) - The Three Tomatoes, the Metro New York Chapter of the US National Committee for UNIFEM, and several other leading women’s organizations on April 6, 2010 will hold an event to support the United Nations/UNIFEM campaign “Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women” .This is a global call for action on ending violence against women and girls through social mobilization. Click for details...

(Reuters) - Approximately $4 million in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding is available to support and strengthen services to women who are victims of violent crime, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency said today.

(Megan Twohey, Chicago Tribune) - Two new state laws strengthening protections for victims of domestic violence and stalking were welcomed Wednesday by advocates who have long complained that Illinois does too little to stop these crimes.

(Amanda Mathias, WPRI.com) - Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri signed legislation Monday that will protect the victims of domestic violence and their . The legislation makes it harder for perpetrators to track down their victims.

(Susan Tompor, Detroit Press) - In domestic-abuse situations, abusers use money or finances to prevent victims from leaving. Advocates of domestic violence victims are concerned that the difficult economy could lead to more cases of financial abuse -- especially if the abuser is out of work, too.

(MS. Magazine) - Vice President Joe Biden announced the appointment of Lynn Rosenthal as the first ever White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Friday.

(Katy Jordan, Boston Herald) - Massachusetts First Lady Diane Patrick passionately spoke out yesterday against domestic violence, which she described as “exponentially” climbing, citing the troubled economy as the primary cause.

(Eric Adler, The Kansas City Star) - Across the Kansas City area, women and children are being beaten. Domestic violence is on the rise, and often it’s more intense.

(Reuters) - The vast majority of Iraqi women face domestic violence on a regular basis and many commit suicide because of it, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

(Susan Miller, The Kansas City Star) - While the economy does not create or cause domestic violence, research indicates that unemployment puts domestic violence victims at an even higher rate of increased lethality.