More Alaskans who die in the first year after delivering a baby do so as a result of violence or overdose, rather than from medical causes.
Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is feeding Alaska’s homelessness crisis
Some Alaska shelters are building long-term housing to keep women safe.
Alaska does not have enough housing to keep survivors of domestic violence safe
Advocates say they have the money to house survivors, but no place to put them.
Kotzebue women’s deaths at former mayor’s property did not get thorough investigations, report says
Two Kotzebue women died two years apart at the home of former Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor Clement Richards Sr. No one has been charged in connection with either death.
Alaska’s domestic violence council explores restorative justice methods in court sentencing
Restorative justice is a method of resolution wherein people who are affected by a crime work together to address the harm caused and put things right.
Tribes, State Troopers increase access to justice for Alaska Native survivors of domestic violence
Alaska State Troopers received new training in October aimed at keeping tribal citizens safer.
Alaska pays millions to respond to domestic violence. Advocates want millions to prevent it
They say significant increases in prevention work and community level support are necessary to slow the rate of domestic violence.
To prevent domestic violence, Alaska schools teach healthy relationships
The Lower Kuskokwim School District’s itinerant social workers are a model for how curriculum and mentorship can reach even the most remote schools.
Alaska doctor wheels hope to survivors of traumatic brain injury in his ‘Brain Bus’
He says treatment can help unhoused people, survivors of domestic violence.
Domestic Violence in Alaska: Advocates link Alaska’s high rate of traumatic brain injury with domestic violence
Alaska has the highest rate of deaths from traumatic brain injury in the nation and among the highest rates of domestic violence, but it is only recently that advocates and caregivers began to link the two.