News The YWCA Yolanda House—closed as an emergency shelter for women fleeing domestic violence in February—has a new mission.WW wrote about Yolanda House’s struggles in a Feb. 6 cover package about violence against women. Women could go to Yolanda House in emergency cases, and stay in the secure facility for up to 60 days.Now, the shelter is being run by Oregon City-based Recovery Association Project ...   More

Cover Story One in three. One-third of all women worldwide—let’s call it an even 1 billion—will be victims of violence because they are women. You could get depressed or apathetic when you see that ov   More

News Violent crime has dropped in Portland in the past decade, including assaults. But the percentage of assaults that involve domestic violence has decreased only slightly—from 48 percent in 2001, t   More

News Every day at 9 am, the Portland Women’s Crisis Line website updates the availability at the city’s four emergency shelters. Most mornings, it’s the same answer: no vacancy. Despite that se   More

News Hope Vanderhoof for eight years put up with being hit in the head and kicked with steel-toed boots by her boyfriend. She finally ended the relationship in 2005, when he tried to kill her by settin   More

News First things first about Portland City Council's weekly meeting today. There was a lot of hand-clapping that's usually verboten, which just goes to show you can clap about things Mayor Sam Adams wants to acknowledge, but not about things he doesn't. Item No. 1 was a lengthy report on Sunday Parkways, which can be summed up in four words: bikes and happy kids. Here's what I didn't hear mentioned: ...   More

News There will be a vigil this afternoon at 4 pm in Terry Schrunk Plaza across from the east end of City Hall downtown for the victims, survivors and loved ones of the spate of domestic violence murder-suicides around Oregon in the last month. The news release announcing the vigil by Portland's Feminists Action League says standing together is critical and that "Domestic violence is not an isolated ...   More

News The Portland Women's Crisis Line will hold a candlelight vigil tonight at Holladay Park in memory of the 53 people who have died this year of domestic violence-related murders and suicides in Southwest Washington and Oregon. In addition to remembering the victims of domestic violence, the 6 pm vigil at 1300 NE Holladay Street is also designed to highlight the decreases in both private and public ...   More