Nearly one in three women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, ...

Violence against women remains one of the world's most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little ...

When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday.

We're beginning to build a better picture of just how many people are affected by intimate partner violence—a crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls. But not everyone with insecure ...

Approximately one in four women worldwide has suffered some form of violence from a romantic partner. In Europe the prevalence is about 21% and it's 19% in Italy. In 2023 in Italy, 97 of 120 female ...

CHICAGO -- Women who had experienced physical intimate partner violence experienced a decline in working memory as they transitioned into menopause, a subgroup analysis of the longitudinal Study of ...

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, more than 10 million women and men are physically abused by an intimate partner each year. Severe intimate partner violence (a term used ...

The courts and prosecutors operate on the belief that the perpetrator, too, is a victim who, despite the violence they themselves commit, must be allowed to move on with their life. Too often, that ...

Besides devoting a whole month to celebrating one of the seven deadly sins (for the poorly uneducated, that would be “pride”), annual Pride Months are intended to normalize and even promote an ...

In a few days, Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins. Across October, awareness-raising activities will roll out, offering an opportunity to counter the common misconception that intimate violence ...

Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Cruz, and distinguished Senators, My name is Amy Swearer, and I am a Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage ...