Domestic Violence
Where Do Institutionalized Children Come From?
There are three main reasons the children are institutionalized: divorce rate growing, domestic violence, and street children.
An Overview of Restraining Orders and Violations
Find out some facts about Restraining Orders and Domestic Violations
Domestic Violence: It Can Happen To You
Domestic violence is a scary thing, but a reality in our society. Learn how to protect yourself and others in this article.
21 Resources for Women's Self-Defense and Victim Assistance
21 resources for women's self-defense training, victim assistance, stalking, domestic violence, and advocacy to reduce violence against women.
Japan's Domestic Abuse Cases Rise
The number of reported cases of domestic violence in Japan soared to a record high last year - a sign that victims are overcoming cultural taboos that once forced them to stay silent, campaigners say.
"They Should Have Beat Me More" - The Cycle of Physical Abuse
Men recently released from prison for domestic violence share their common denominator - childhood physical abuse. Learn why hitting children is not a healthy form of discipline.
Shocking!
Two-third married Indian women victims of domestic violence says UN report.
Domestic Violence Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde
Love is a misunderstanding between two fools and in an abusive relationship one gets to be an idiot. You have the idiot who slays or the idiot who stays.
Domestic Violence Shelters
Shelters are run, funded, and managed either by governments or by volunteer non-government organizations. According to a 1999 report published by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, there are well over 2000 groups involved in sheltering abused women and their off-spring.
Spain acts to stop domestic violence
The Spanish government took a long-awaited step in combating domestic violence yesterday, opening 17 new courthouses in big cities to deal exclusively with the problem.
Mps Are More Worried About Foxes Than Women
Domestic violence no longer makes headlines but it hasn't stopped. Were we once more easily shocked? Back in the 70s, when the likes of Erin Pizzey began to campaign on domestic violence and we saw those appalling photos of horribly bruised and swollen women's faces, it was a great cause.
Condoning Abuse
Statistics show that intimate partner abuse, including domestic violence, has declined by one half in the last decade in the United States. Jay Silverman and Gail Williamson demonstrated in "Social Ecology and Entitlements Involved in Battering by Heterosexual College Males" (published in Violence and Victims, Volume 12, Number 2 (Spring 1997) that abuse is best predicted by two factors: the belief that mistreatment is justified and the succor of peers.
West still failing to protect Afghan women
Afghan women still face shocking patterns of rape, domestic violence, forced marriage and the routine denial of justice, with the international community failing to protect them in the two years since the Taliban regime ended, according to Amnesty International.
Domestic Violence Statistics
The marked reduction in domestic violence in the last decade and the fact that different societies and cultures have widely disparate rates of intimate partner abuse - give the lie to the assumption that abusive conduct is the inevitable outcome of mental illness.
Black Eyes Are the New Black
Domestic violence is on the agenda - the first sign of feminised politics. Ha. So Tony Blair is spearheading a campaign against domestic violence. Bet he wants to land one on Cherie at the moment, with all the havoc her dodgy friends have caused.
Domestic violence is a scary thing, but a reality in our society. Learn how to protect yourself and others in this article.
21 Resources for Women's Self-Defense and Victim Assistance
21 resources for women's self-defense training, victim assistance, stalking, domestic violence, and advocacy to reduce violence against women.
Japan's Domestic Abuse Cases Rise
The number of reported cases of domestic violence in Japan soared to a record high last year - a sign that victims are overcoming cultural taboos that once forced them to stay silent, campaigners say.
"They Should Have Beat Me More" - The Cycle of Physical Abuse
Men recently released from prison for domestic violence share their common denominator - childhood physical abuse. Learn why hitting children is not a healthy form of discipline.
Shocking!
Two-third married Indian women victims of domestic violence says UN report.
Domestic Violence Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde
Love is a misunderstanding between two fools and in an abusive relationship one gets to be an idiot. You have the idiot who slays or the idiot who stays.
Domestic Violence Shelters
Shelters are run, funded, and managed either by governments or by volunteer non-government organizations. According to a 1999 report published by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, there are well over 2000 groups involved in sheltering abused women and their off-spring.
Spain acts to stop domestic violence
The Spanish government took a long-awaited step in combating domestic violence yesterday, opening 17 new courthouses in big cities to deal exclusively with the problem.
Mps Are More Worried About Foxes Than Women
Domestic violence no longer makes headlines but it hasn't stopped. Were we once more easily shocked? Back in the 70s, when the likes of Erin Pizzey began to campaign on domestic violence and we saw those appalling photos of horribly bruised and swollen women's faces, it was a great cause.
Condoning Abuse
Statistics show that intimate partner abuse, including domestic violence, has declined by one half in the last decade in the United States. Jay Silverman and Gail Williamson demonstrated in "Social Ecology and Entitlements Involved in Battering by Heterosexual College Males" (published in Violence and Victims, Volume 12, Number 2 (Spring 1997) that abuse is best predicted by two factors: the belief that mistreatment is justified and the succor of peers.
West still failing to protect Afghan women
Afghan women still face shocking patterns of rape, domestic violence, forced marriage and the routine denial of justice, with the international community failing to protect them in the two years since the Taliban regime ended, according to Amnesty International.
Domestic Violence Statistics
The marked reduction in domestic violence in the last decade and the fact that different societies and cultures have widely disparate rates of intimate partner abuse - give the lie to the assumption that abusive conduct is the inevitable outcome of mental illness.
Black Eyes Are the New Black
Domestic violence is on the agenda - the first sign of feminised politics. Ha. So Tony Blair is spearheading a campaign against domestic violence. Bet he wants to land one on Cherie at the moment, with all the havoc her dodgy friends have caused.