Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley says coercive control stripped power, freedom and independence from the two women closest to her. Watch video https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/leanne-castleys-plea-to-outlaw-coercive-control-is/105391716[Continue Reading...]
The ‘5 Books That Could Save Your Life’ tour will arrive at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University, Belfast, on June 11, aiming to highlight the devastating impact of coercive control and its connection to domestic homicide. Madeline Mc…[Continue Reading...]
For David Challen, reading last year about the decades-long abuse of Gisèle Pelicot by her husband and dozens of other men brought back a flurry of emotions. “It highlighted the normality of these men in our society,” Challen says. “My…[Continue Reading...]
A victim of domestic abuse has spoken out, a decade after coercive control became a criminal offence in the UK, about how long it took her to realise her ex-husband was abusing her. Alice, which is not her real name,…[Continue Reading...]
In 2020, The Weekly campaigned for governments to criminalise coercive control. Now, as new laws come into force in Queensland, we meet families who have lost loved ones to this insidious form of abuse and have been working towards this…[Continue Reading...]
An author and coercive control survivor who suffered years of abuse at the hands of a serving garda said abused women are ‘not being believed’ by the authorities. Nicola Hanney spoke out after new figures provided by the DPP confirm…[Continue Reading...]
Frontline workers in Queensland are welcoming new laws that make coercive control a criminal offence as the state grapples with the ongoing scourge of domestic and family violence. Source: The Catholic Leader. The new offence, which comes into effect on…[Continue Reading...]
Well, I'm so happy to be with you here today, Laura, and this is exactly what I talk about in the cases where I'm an expert witness as well. Dawn Hughes today is speaking as what they call a blind…[Continue Reading...]
A TU Dublin student-led event encouraged the community to look at domestic violence from a broader perspective and at victims across all genders. The organisers of ‘Freedom from Fear’ acknowledged that in Ireland one in three women reported experiencing psychological…[Continue Reading...]
When it comes to cult phenomena, there is one phrase I hear over and over: That would never happen to me. And it’s easy to understand why. With cult content ceaselessly streaming across platforms, viewers always have the upper hand.…[Continue Reading...]
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