Think about the consequences of gender roles in a different way. Image from thefrisky.com. I’ve recently become reacquainted, during the process of doing clinical assessments with domestic violence arrestees, with…
Faces of Domestic Violence
I’ve talked about intimate partner/domestic violence in this column before: It’s not simply a beating every now and then, but a pernicious pattern of brutal emotional and psychological assaults capable…
Fat Lip
In February this year I had to have minor surgery on the inside of my lip. It really wasn’t a big deal- the whole procedure took about ten minutes- but…
VAWA from the trenches: why we need to do something
Intimate partner violence is a topic that’s near and dear to my heart for a lot of reasons, one of the biggest being that I’ve been working on the ground…
The Intersections of Domestic Violence and and the Arms Trade
In my overly-ambitious nature, my enthusiasm to write about violence against women perhaps got the better of me for this topic – one of several for the ’16 Days of…
Violence Against Women and Culture: A Symbiotic Relationship
Culture is the reason why violence against women exists. Unique to ethnic, linguistic or geographical groups, culture defines what is acceptable and what is not. Cultures the world over condone…
Domestic Violence in the Civil Legal System: Quiet Tragedies
What does domestic violence typically bring to mind? An image of a physically battered and bruised woman. While this is an authentic representation of many of the cases, domestic violence…
Not Your Typical Trip to Cambodia
I recently traveled to Cambodia with a unique purpose: to follow two different Cambodian NGOs over a 3 week period. I was a part of a small documentary team and…