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...

click for more info "Every year, police in Baltimore City respond to thousands of calls related to domestic violence. Officers arrest and charge abusive partners, judges issue protective orders to women who fear for their lives, and domestic violence counselors struggle to help battered women and their children recover from the physical and emotional traumas they have suffered." You can read the...

click for more info This is a video from KOAA in Colorado Springs regarding domestic violence and domestic abuse among gay couples. They're quick to point out that gay couples have much the same problems as any other couple with a very few exceptions You can read the whole story HERE. The incidence of domestic abuse in gay couples is roughly one...

click for more info Here’s a story out of Fairfax Virginia, a relatively well-to-do community that discusses the leading cause of murder in that community in 2009-domestic violence! You Can read the whole story HERE. The story goes on to say “Victims of domestic violence often hide their abuse from family, friends and the police. But it's the leading cause of homicides...

click for more details This is a story out of Georgia where a report recently released showed grim statistics for domestic violence in that state. You can read a partial story HERE. “Anyone can be abused, and the abuse is not the fault of the victim. Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of their class, religion, ethnic background, education, age, gender,...

click image for more details For one reason or another our federal government has been stuck on passing this violence against women act. But it finally passed 78 to 22 in the Senate. You can read the rest of the story about this HERE. “Delay isn’t an option when countless women still live in fear of abuse, and when one in five...