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Family Violence and the Matrimonial Home: What Ontario Courts Can Do

Intimate Partner Abuse on the Rise

A recent report by the US Department of Justice identified an increase in domestic violence since 2020.

Recognizing Abusive Patterns: A Guide to Change

Abused children tend to repeat the same abusive behavior toward their children and partners. The first step toward change is to identify the abusive behavior.

Over 60,000 disclosures of domestic violence and abuse made to Women's Aid last year

The vast majority of people who contacted Women’s Aid in 2025 were abused by a current or former partner.

Are You a Survivor of Intimate Partner Violence? Here are Some of Your Remedies

If you are a victim of IPV, here are some of the legal...

The Myths That Silence Male Victims of Family Violence

Men experience intimate partner violence at rates that would shock most people. The post The Myths That Silence Male Victims of Family Violence appeared first on The Good Men Proj...

Sexual Abuse in Foster Care: When DCFS Fails to Protect Youth 

Teens and children in foster care and group home settings deserve safety, protection, and adequate care. When a child enters foster care, the state is responsible for making sure t...

How Childhood Maltreatment Elevates the Risk of Experiencing Domestic Abuse Later in Life

A groundbreaking study led by University College London (UCL) researchers has unveiled profound insights into how childhood maltreatment imprints psychological vulnerabilities that...

The Social Pressure to Stay in Abusive Relationships

We often ask survivors of domestic violence, "Why didn't you leave?" But we rarely ask a more important question: Who told them to stay?

Domestic violence reports jump by a third as Women’s Aid says one in three women abused by a partner

CEO Sarah Benson calls volume and severity of disclosures ‘utterly appalling’

Experiencing Verbal and Emotional Abuse as an Adult Child

Interactions with a parent leave you doubting yourself, feeling guilty, anxious, or emotionally drained. Verbal and emotional abuse may be present. Learn how to reclaim your voice.

Federal government strengthen laws surround strangulation and intimate partner violence

WARNING: This story contains graphic content related to intimate partner violence, and may be disturbing to some readers. If you or someone you know may be a victim of intimate par...

The abuse without bruises: How emotional harm in childhood is overlooked

In August of 1992 I ran from my home on East Goldsborough Street to the local police station. I arrived sweating, panting, my face red with fury and with the oppressive Northwest I...

When the Abuser Is a Woman: Female-on-Female Child Sexual Abuse

New research reveals that female perpetrators of child sexual abuse often use grooming, and victims rarely tell anyone.

‘If we think it’s abuse, it’s abuse’

Sharp increase in domestic abuse disclosures the ‘tip of the iceberg’, says Women’s Aid

Women's Aid research

家庭内外の性暴力　子どもを中心に一括対応を　小児精神科医の視点

We tend to assume abusive relationships are abusive all the time, but psychologist Lenore Walker’s 1979 cycle of violenc...

A common assumption about abusive relationships is that if things aren’t bad constantly, the relationship can’t really be that bad. People outside the relationship ask why someone...

An Oshkosh domestic abuse shelter has been panned online. Survivors describe what they experienced.

MORE THAN A CRIME

The author became engaged to a man named Sam at 17 years old with her “mother’s full support,” she recalls. When she tried to cut ties, Sam’s first manipulative suicide attempt con...

Domestic violence victims rise by 20% in Finland last year

There were 15,500 victims in the domestic and intimate partner violence offences reported to the authorities in 2025, according to Statistics Finland. The number is 20.2 per cent...

The Legacy of Intergenerational Violence/ Silence, part 1 By Sara Wright

 Patriarchy begins at home. Author’s Note:  One reason I am sharing this story is that I hope that it will ease another round of suffering. However,  I would dearly like to believe...

When Unhealthy Relationships Feel Familiar

Many survivors of abuse blame themselves for "missing the signs." But when abuse was normalized in childhood, harmful behavior can feel familiar.

Officials warn of domestic violence and child abuse surge across Noord-Brabant

Reports of domestic violence and child abuse increased sharply across Noord-Brabant, with the strongest rise in West-Brabant, where Veilig Thuis received 6,859 reports last year, a...