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Battered Mothers Custody Conference Announces 2019 Dates

February 18, 2019 From April 26-28, protective mothers will come ...
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Ask Amanda: Does Having Money Keep You Safe from Abusers?

February 13, 2019 You can probably guess the answer to this one. ...
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From Romance to Isolation: Understanding Grooming

February 11, 2019 Anyone can fall for the clever manipulations of...
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Battered Mothers Custody Conference Announces 2019 Dates

February 18, 2019 From April 26-28, protective mothers will come ...
Read more
Ask Amanda: Does Having Money Keep You Safe from Abusers?

February 13, 2019 You can probably guess the answer to this one. ...
Read more
From Romance to Isolation: Understanding Grooming

February 11, 2019 Anyone can fall for the clever manipulations of...
Read more

Girl Up Is the Book We All Needed in Our Youth

December 12, 2018 A conversation with author Laura Bates, author of the second selection in the DomesticShelters.org Book Club | We’re on to our second book in the D... read more
Shelter Graduates Pay It Forward to Help Incoming Women

December 10, 2018 Former residents of one Las Vegas shelter formed a group to mentor other survivors | Las Vegas is famous for many things—Elvis impersonators, neon-... read more
Should an Abuser's Parents Still Get to See the Grandkids?

December 05, 2018 As the holidays approach, survivors may be wondering how to respond to this tricky request | The holidays are a time for family to come together, h... read more
Abusers Use Suffocation as a Power Move

December 03, 2018 The potentially deadly effects are the same as being strangled | We know that abusers strangle their victims as a way to exert power and control ov... read more
Your Crazy Love Questions Answered

November 28, 2018 Author Leslie Morgan Steiner shares her survivor perspective—plus, the next book for Domestic Shelters Book Club revealed | Back in May, we in... read more
2018 Holiday Gift Guide

November 25, 2018 Looking for gifts with meaning this year? These gifts are curated just for survivors, and most of the companies give portions of their proceeds to ... read more
A New Type of Workplace Fundraiser

November 21, 2018 Instead of writing a check, companies are fulfilling shelters’ wish lists | While it’s always thoughtful to deposit your spare change into the red ... read more
States Fighting to Keep Guns Away from Abusers

November 19, 2018 Stronger state laws help reduce domestic homicides | State gun safety laws have been shifting over the last several years, and domestic violence an... read more
Ask Amanda: Dealing with Toxic Family Members

November 14, 2018 It's hard to understand why those closest to you wouldn't believe you were abused | Q: Some of my closest family members aren’t supportive ... read more
A Worldwide View on Whats Being Done to Protect Partners

November 12, 2018 A roundup of actions being taken to reduce intimate partner violence around the world—and what isn’t | The United States and Canada are far from th... read more
Do Domestic Violence Statistics Matter?

November 07, 2018 The role of numbers and stories to raise awareness | In June, the National Network to End Domestic Violence released the findings of its one-night&... read more
Targeting Coaches, Young Men to End Violence Against Women

October 31, 2018 Educational programs are changing focus, tasking teen males with prevention | In the past, “Be a man” was a directive thrown toward any male who wa... read more
Do Traumatic Childhoods Create High-Achieving Adults?

October 29, 2018 Researchers found a group of successful adults shared something in common—most experienced trauma as children | Chris Gardner grew up in a home whe... read more
App Aims to End Revenge Porn

October 24, 2018 Consent from both parties is required before filming or viewing videos | Real talk: There are many people out there who like to capture their bodie... read more
How to Survive Gaslighting

October 22, 2018 Four tactics for learning to trust your intuition again | I know what happened. I’m not imagining things. Am I imagining things? %{email_signup} ... read more