In a mere .63 of a second, Google popped up 161,000,000 results in response to my search for “woman abuse prevention month,” which began on November 1st. As I glanced through the offerings, I noticed one thing right away: shelters, Continue reading No time like the present→

(Part one of two) After more than a year of living in a global pandemic, rates of gender-based violence – especially intimate partner violence – remain high. Media have focused unheard-of attention on what the United Nations has labelled a Continue reading It’s time for a NAP→

Survivors of intimate partner abuse (IPA) face many obstacles as they move towards lives free from abuse. Those barriers may come from within – the survivor’s own fears and feelings – be institutionally based – a lack of systemic supports Continue reading It’s time to change the question→

When Clare Wood, who lived outside Manchester, England, broke up with her boyfriend in 2009, she thought that would be the end of it. However, like countless other women who leave or attempt to leave relationships in which they have Continue reading A step towards prevention→