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Compensation for Abused Military Spouses

If your service member partner is discharged because of domestic violence, the military wants to help you | One of the main barriers to service members’ spouses rep... read more
Do Survivors Lie?

False allegations of domestic violence are rampant ... or are they? | Google “false allegations of domestic violence” and a litany of defense attorneys and men’s ri... read more
23 Signs of Human Trafficking

It may be happening in your community | By definition, human trafficking is the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring or keeping and receiving an individual... read more
The SAFE Child Act

What this proposed legislation means to protective parents fighting for custody | For all those frustrated parents currently battling their abusive exes in court fo... read more
Mary Kay Isn't Looking Away

Cosmetics company’s campaigns aimed at raising domestic violence awareness | Domestic violence isn’t pretty. So why would one of the nation’s largest cosmetic comp... read more
Training to Spot Abuse

New Illinois law makes domestic violence awareness part of beauty professionals’ education | A new law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires licensed beauty profess... read more
Creating a Gratitude Movement

Survivor of childhood domestic violence wants to spread awareness through music, and send a message to the NFL | Terry Josiah Sharpe’s mission as a military police ... read more
Exclusive Webinar, Chat by DV Expert Lundy Bancroft

Bancroft wants to share new information with survivors and professionals on the reasons why abusers do what they do | For the first time ever, acclaimed speaker, co... read more
'Family Problems' Aren't Newsworthy

Does the lack of media coverage protect abusers? | Garland Waller, assistant professor in the College of Communication at Boston University, believes that the mains... read more
Making Sure Ex-Abusers are Sober Taking the Kids

The company behind an alcohol monitoring bracelet explains why their tool is effective, yet underused, in DV cases | Domestic abuse can’t be blamed on alcohol, agre... read more
Documentaries Focus on 'Domestic Violence by Proxy'

Looking at the ongoing victimization of children and survivors after separation | Physical abuse hurts and can have life-threatening consequences. But for some domest... read more
Dark Matter: Domestic Violence and Mass Murder

Mass shootings, like that at the Ft. Lauderdale airport, can often be linked back to domestic violence | On Jan. 10, 2016, a young man named Esteban Santiago stood ou... read more
Rape Survivors Ignored, Perpetrators Free to Abuse, Assault

Hundreds of thousands of rape kits are sitting on shelves, untested, in the U.S. | It was traumatic enough that in 1996, at just 17 years old, Helena was raped repeate... read more
The Gift Guide that Gives Back

An interview with author Jen Hatmaker about her new collection made by survivors of domestic violence, and more do-gooder gift ideas to finish off your holiday shoppin... read more
Images of Violence

Photographer Donna Ferrato spent 30 years capturing glaring evidence of domestic abuse | “When you know that someone is being hurt, what do you do? That’s when my l... read more