Domestic Violence

'I escaped an abusive relationship with my kids and now I'm in lockdown. I feel forgotten.'

Valérie wrote about her husband's years of abuse in a book. Then she killed him.

'10 years ago, I escaped a violent relationship. I'm still haunted by the shame.'

'I couldn't work or go to the doctor.' The form of coercive control we need to talk about.

'My partner constantly guilted me into sex. I didn’t see it for what it was.'

Vanessa Haldane

May is Domestic Violence Prevention month. These are the women we lost.

Billi Fitzsimons

'I fell in love with a gentleman. Within months, I didn't recognise him.'

Abuse during sex and degrading porn: This is what sexual coercion can actually look like.

Geraldine Bilston

Cassie's husband threatened to punch her during labour. Months later, he met Kylie.

Vicki Cleary was killed by her ex-boyfriend. In court, she was blamed for her own death.

Jessica Staveley

Her name was Judy Bednar. On Monday, her son was charged with her murder.

Billi Fitzsimons

What is coercive control? 4 red flags to watch out for, according to a survivor.

Vanessa Haldane

The ‘LIVES’ approach: How to help a friend who is in an abusive relationship.

Robert says he didn’t know he was abusing his wife, until a counsellor handed him a piece of paper.

Family violence doesn't discriminate. But for Indigenous women, the support systems often do.

'My abusive husband of 40 years died. I discovered he had written my eulogy.'

Billi Fitzsimons

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