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At Back To Eden, we are a nonprofit organization that is committed to empowering survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual violence. We noticed that there are not a lot of programs that focus on the aftermath of domestic violence, therefore our main mission is to foster leadership skills in our survivors and to empower them to become a part of the community once again.
The donations provided by Bed Bath & Beyond impacted the people Back To Eden helps by
providing them with basic human necessities such as hygiene products for health and wellness. With the distribution of these hygiene products, we were able to help the low income community of Kings Row Apartments in Houston, Texas. Over 150 people were impacted by this donation, with at least 30 children that were refugees from Haiti. This donation empowered them by helping them save money for other necessities they need while not having to worry about purchasing hygiene products which can be expensive.
Our team was able to connect an individual with additional services that we provide. For example we provided them with help and access to protective orders. This means that Back To Eden was able to outreach while donating what Bed Bath & Beyond provided us further helping individuals from our community. We felt the gratitude of these individuals and they even wanted to know when we would make our way back.
Thanks to Bed Bath & Beyond, we were able to make the lives of over 150 individuals in our
community easier during a time that is unpredictable due to the pandemic.
According to the 1994 National Criminal Victimization Survey, more than 90% of incidents that were violent had female victims. It is also known that women experience 10 times more violent incidents from an intimate partner than men do.
Specifically, for women in prison there is a higher risk for them to have experienced some form of domestic or sexual violence, especially for women who are incarcerated for killing their abusive partners.
In the journal article "Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill,"a study was done where 100% of the prisoner respondents reported they had experienced physical abuse in adulthood, while 59% said it was from adult relationships.
The specific legal outcomes for women who have killed their abusers vary despite having been protecting themselves from their abusers. In the same study, most of the sentencing lengths were 20+- 30 to life. There were only 2 women who were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, while the others were convicted with second and first degree murder.
Despite having little to no criminal or violent histories, these women were still given harsh sentences. This shows a possibility of a bias against battered women who kill their abusers. The criminal justice system has its many flaws not only against women, but against minority women as well.
Sources:
Nurse, Anne & Leonard, Elizabeth. (2003). Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill. Contemporary Sociology. 32. 762. 10.2307/1556687.
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