The World Health Organisation's (WHO) first international study into the prevalence of violence against women found that one in four women in high-income countries have been abused by their partners, compared with a third of women worldwide. You can read the rest of the story HERE. Partner-perpetrated violence was highest in the south-east Asian region at 37.7 per cent, followed by the...

click for more info Domestic assault and battery was the charge Framingham Police issued most frequently last year, after local warrant and outside warrant arrests, according to data from the police. You can read the whole story HERE. Every year, police also respond to hundreds of family matters that don’t rise to the level of a domestic assault. "Those numbers are really...

This is a story out of the United Kingdom where domestic violence is just as big a problem as it is here in the United States. This article is very critical of the government’s efforts to stop domestic violence, calling them meaningless. Harsh words! Government efforts to tackle domestic violence against women and girls are “virtually meaningless” in some areas, according to...

We have never had much respect for Joe Biden but I reserve the right to change my mind because he and I agree on the importance of this issue-domestic violence. Recently Vice President Biden on Wednesday said his work on domestic violence has been "the single most important cause of my life." The whole article HERE. "Biden said the reason it's so...

click for more info Here's a story out of Detroit, Michigan, where three murder suicides over one weekend all tied to domestic abuse and domestic violence has people concerned. You can read the rest of the story HERE. Although the rate of domestic violence reported in Michigan has remained steady for years, one victims advocate said the intensity of violence has led...

click image for more details Here is a story out of Ireland that makes the point that domestic violence is not just physical or sexual. Academics prefer to use the term “intimate partner violence” so as not to exclude dating relationships where victim and abuser do not share a home. Also, there is debate among support services as to whether the term...