Study shows how domestic abusers forge 'trauma bonds' before violence begins

Before going on to commit violence, domestic abusers use a mix of intense affection and emotional cruelty, combined with ...
Utica Observer Dispatch

New Utica program focuses on intimate partner violence and 'hopefully keep victims safer'

New York informed local officials that they were getting a domestic violence grant out of the blue in February.
Jacobin on MSNOpinion

Love Can Still Liberate

A couple of weeks ago, one of us (Evelina) attended a seminar with the feminist legal scholar Annica Rudman. Rudman, who has ...
The Baltimore Times Online

Complexities, Real-Life Struggles of Overcoming Domestic Violence Situations

October presents an opportunity to raise awareness about domestic violence (intimate partner violence), during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The CDC reported that “approximately 41% of women and ...
BMJ Global Health

Association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence: the role of gendered asset policies

Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects an estimated 27% of women globally, with consequences spanning mental, ...

These seven factors increase the risk someone will become violent toward their partner

We're beginning to build a better picture of just how many people are affected by intimate partner violence—a crisis that ...
Khabargaon on MSN

Men’s heavy drinking linked to violence against women, kids

Worldwide, up to one in three women who live with a male partner report that he is a heavy drinker. Evidence shows that men’s ...

Women and kids often pay a heavy price when men drink. Our gender violence plan should reflect this

The impact of men’s heavy drinking on children has been even less well studied than its effect on women. Yet our research ...