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12/01/2021

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11/06/2021

From helplines for perpetrators to mental health support, organizations are trying new tactics

From helplines for perpetrators to mental health support, organizations are trying new tactics.

10/26/2021

Every 16 hours, a woman is fatally shot by a current or former intimate partner. Many of the offenders were legally prohibited from having guns. Read the full story at:

Every 16 hours, a woman is fatally shot by a current or former intimate partner. Many of the offenders were legally prohibited from having guns

06/17/2021

US Can Again Grant Asylum To Domestic Violence Survivors After The Attorney General Tossed Out A Trump Administration Decision

“The vacating of these decisions allows these cases to be treated like any other — fairly and without bias or prejudgment."

“The vacating of these decisions allows these cases to be treated like any other — fairly and without bias or prejudgment."

06/16/2021

“COVID-19 illuminates the ways in which our social and economic safety net catches some while allowing those who are most vulnerable to fall through the cracks.” - Tarana Burke, founder of the movement

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06/09/2021

Survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence experience housing insecurity at disproportionate rates and as a direct result of the violence they’ve endured. The pandemic has made it unimaginably worse. Read the full story by HuffPost :

Survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence experience housing insecurity at disproportionate rates and as a direct result of the violence they’ve ...

05/11/2021

At the start of the pandemic, many experts warned that the isolation could contribute to a rise in domestic violence. Nearly a year later, a February meta-analysis published by the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice found that domestic violence incidents in the United States rose by about 8 percent in 2020.

Here are some of their takeaways about how to better support victims of domestic violence during a pandemic.

More than a year in, here are their takeaways for tackling unique obstacles.

05/10/2021

There are no national statistics on how often women successfully cite self-defense in the murder of their abusive partners, but the numbers surrounding it paint a grim picture. Nearly 60 percent of people in women’s prisons have a history of physical or sexual abuse, according to the ACLU; as many as 90 percent of those incarcerated for killing a man say they were previously been abused by him. - Emily Shugerman, The Daily Beast

Prosecutors have agreed to drop the charges—but could reinstate them. Advocates say that’s not good enough.

03/22/2021

The aid and housing assistance to victims who have been trapped during the pandemic with their abusers further signal that the president’s agenda will aim to combat domestic violence.

02/18/2021

"People say it can’t have been that bad, because else you would’ve left. But it’s like, no, it’s because it was that bad, I couldn’t leave.” - FKA twigs

ICYMI: Via Washington Post, CBS This Morning sits down with FKA twigs as she shares her story to help others spot early signs of

FKA Twigs spoke out about her abuse allegations against Shia LaBeouf in a "CBS This Morning" interview with Gayle King.

02/09/2021

Domestic violence is different from other kinds of abuse dynamics, and gender hierarchies are enforced differently from other systems of power. ICYMI, great read by The Guardian:

The issue remains deeply misunderstood, shrouded in shame and judgment of the victims, enabled by excuse-making for the perpetrators

12/30/2020

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