Across Ireland and around the world, technology has quickly become one of the most powerful and insidious tools of control, harassment and intimidation wielded against women and girls. So, why haven't regulators and governments restricted them? She thought this only…[Continue Reading...]
In 1957, sociologist Albert Biderman described the tactics torturers use to weaken and terrify prisoners of war. Ann Jones, Susan Schechter and Evan Stark transferred these ideas to the field of domestic violence. They called this strategy coercive control. Coercive…[Continue Reading...]
A landmark moment in the fight against domestic abuse has been reached, with the first person in NSW jailed after being found guilty of coercive control — a silent crisis affecting about a quarter of Australian women. Callum Fairleigh, 34,…[Continue Reading...]
For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and South Australia have now criminalised coercive control, other states and territories…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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