We are comfortable talking about negotiation in boardrooms, courtrooms, and political arenas. We are less comfortable acknowledging that some of the most complex negotiations happen behind closed doors, in relationships where power is weaponized and safety is uncertain. When domestic…[Continue Reading...]
There were 49,557 offences of coercive control recorded by the police in England and Wales in the year ending March 2025, according to domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid. This is an increase from 45,310 in the year ending March 2024.…[Continue Reading...]
It's a term thrown around on plenty of reality dating shows and has firmly cemented itself as a leading term in pop culture, but what actually is gaslighting and how do you know if you have fallen victim to it?…[Continue Reading...]
Saskatchewan has introduced legislation that broadens the legal definition of interpersonal violence to include coercive control and cyberstalking. The Cyberstalking and Coercive Control Act amends The Victims of Interpersonal Violence Act to provide protections for victims experiencing non-physical forms of…[Continue Reading...]
Konstantina Dimitra Mahlia’s groundbreaking guide sheds light on invisible abuse, offering education, advocacy, and empowerment to victims and allies alike. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, November 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In CC: The Booklet — The Foundation of All Abuse,…[Continue Reading...]
This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate relationships as domestic violence. For decades, non-physical abuse in the form…[Continue Reading...]
We were in the smoking area, a place where strangers pull out their secrets and present them to the group, to an echo of, ‘Babe, I’ve been there.’ It was a ‘girls’ afternoon’ that was rapidly turning into a girls’…[Continue Reading...]
Yesterday, a reader sent me a Belfast Telegraph article about a woman (a fully qualified doctor from Northern Ireland), who was subjected to severe physical and psychological violence by her abusive boyfriend. He strangled her repeatedly, spat at her, called…[Continue Reading...]
We were in the smoking area, a place where strangers pull out their secrets and present them to the group, to an echo of, ‘Babe, I’ve been there.’ It was a ‘girls’ afternoon’ that was rapidly turning into a girls’…[Continue Reading...]
Pick Any Door, Just Know He Built the House “She wanted to stay, she could have left so many times!”—These are the claims legal analyst Bernarda Villalona quoted while covering Ventura’s case for Eyewitness News, not representing her own view,…[Continue Reading...]
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