( Bob Oakes, wbur.org) - BOSTON - Following shocking statistics that showed incidents of domestic violence on the rise in Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick recently declared domestic violence a public health "emergency."

(Theresa Braine, Women's eNews) - Health officials at a global AIDS conference in Mexico City this week highlighted the growing feminization of the pandemic and its link to gender violence. The U.N. may form a women's agency that advocates say could mount a more effective response.

(David Eggert, The Associated Press) - A new law allows judges to order domestic violence suspects to wear GPS devices — even before they go to trial. The idea is to alert victims if alleged abusers are nearby.

(Marie Tessier, Women's eNews) - Over a thousand U.S. women are killed each year by a current or former intimate partner. Two million a year are injured. A sexual assault occurs every two minutes.

(Samantha Maziarz Christmann, The Buffalo News) - An organization focuses national resources on the niche issue of economic control, the program provides tools and strategies for domestic violence victims to escape abuse and become economically self-sufficient.

(John Taddei, Bloomberg.com) - More than four in 10 U.S. undergraduates in a survey reported having been assaulted emotionally, physically or sexually before or during college, researchers said.

(Alison Bowen, Women's eNews) - A U.S. woman granted asylum in the Netherlands because she couldn't be protected from domestic violence is suddenly in the spotlight after quietly living underground. She faces charges in Minnesota and fears she will lose custody of her son.

(NewsLI.com) - Senate Democrats are calling for tougher laws on domestic abusers and holistic family support systems for victims in New York as the number of incidents continue to increase in some parts of New York.

(Marie Tessier, Women's eNews) - Landmark laws passed in the 1990s aimed at keeping guns from abusers have fallen short of their mark, say law enforcement personnel and advocates.

(Christopher Baxter, Boston Globe) - Declaring that "we have a public health emergency on our hands," MA Governor Deval Patrick yesterday unveiled plans to combat an alarming increase in deaths related to domestic violence.