When Congress passed the Deborah Sampson Act of 2020—named for a woman who served in the Revolutionary War disguised as a man ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the outdoor space for survivors of abuse at the ION Center for Violence Prevention in Covington, Ky., on Thursday, May ...

Young men are slipping through the intimate partner violence safety net because of a lack of programs targeting their needs, ...

Victims of intimate partner violence with suicidal behavior have characteristic injury patterns on medical imaging, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of ...

Intimate partner violence starts early. Around one in four girls aged between 15 and 19 worldwide have already been subjected to physical or sexual violence. Girls who experience abuse in their ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided U.S. v. Rahimi, ruling 8 to 1 to uphold the constitutionality of a 30-year-old federal law that prevents people with domestic violence protection orders from ...

Take a moment and let the title of this article sink in: “Partner violence is common.” For this article, the title is the main point. It is the crucible. So why did I choose to make the title the ...

For some survivors of intimate partner violence, leaving an abusive relationship might mean facing a difficult choice between ...

The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia significantly expands the legal framework governing family violence. In recognizing ...

As intimate partner violence incidents rise in Peel Region, local leaders say provincially funded emergency shelters are ...

October is Domestic Violence Month—and a good time to be reminded that women are not the only victims. Men are victims too. As a society, with gender stereotypes and a long history of male violence ...

Smadar Samson met a group of women who had become homeless after leaving abusive relationships, while she was doing volunteer work in homelessness outreach. Some had children in tow, others had ...