M. Gabriela Torres | Source | Associate Provost at Wheaton College
M. Gabriela Torres
M. Gabriela is a Cultural Anthropologist that specializes in the study of the violence– particularly gender based violence– and state formation. At Wheaton College she teaches courses in Medical Anthropology, Global Health, Violence Against Women, and Latin America and Latinx Studies. M. Gabriela's leadership has been recognized by an American Anthropological Association Gender Equity Award and Leadership Fellowship, the Wenner Gren Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Marion and Jasper Whitting Foundation, participation at an NEH Summer Institute and a workshop grant from the School for Advanced Research. She currently serves as part of the American Anthropological Association’s Members Programmatic, Advisory, and Advocacy Committee and President of the New England Council of Latin American Studies.
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Wheaton College
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There's A Dangerous Loophole In The Violence Against Women Act — And Biden Can Close It
With the stroke of a pen, the president could clarify language in legislation that would close the gap in VAWA that allows dating partners convicted of domestic abuse to own guns.
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People are marrying much later in life and there is a greater rate of divorce, which means the number of people who are married is much less than it used to be. So the population that is left at risk is higher than the population that’s covered [under the Violence Against Women Act].
