Over the last four decades, the United States has built a web of federal policies and funding to address domestic and intimate partner violence, a pervasive health and safety crisis. In just 130 days, ...

President Biden issued a proclamation recognizing October as National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. October’s observation serves as a way to connect and unite individuals and ...

TODAY ABOUT EFFORTS TO PROTECT VICTIMS. THIS IS A LIST OF NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN KENTUCKY IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, ONE OF THE NAMES ON THIS LIST, ERICA ...

Losing a loved one is hard in the best of circumstances, but to lose a loved one due to homicide can be especially traumatic. According to Violence Free Minnesota, in 2024 there were at least 24 ...

Editor’s Note: Targeted violence can be prevented before it starts by applying the same four‑step public health approach that CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention used for decades to reduce community ...

On January 1, the updated Sexual Violence & Harassment Policy went into effect following a year-long policy review. Based on ...

Committee reviewed fatal cases of domestic and gender-based violence and provided recommendations to government ...

Laurie M. Graham, Venita Embry, Belinda-Rose Young, Rebecca J. Macy, Kathryn E. Moracco, Heather Luz McNaughton Reyes and Sandra L. Martin Among violence prevention educators and researchers, there is ...

More than half of adults in Louisiana have experienced physical violence during their lifetime but what those acts look like ...

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 ...

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 ...