Do we care more about the performance of trauma rather than the trauma itself?

After separation, mothers who experienced domestic violence on average suffered a drop in income of 34%, compared with a 20% decrease for mothers who didn’t experience domestic violence.

The campaigner and pop star says she does not know if she could trust police to take her seriously.

Perpetrators of interpersonal violence sometimes use denial, engage in personal attacks on victim credibility, and assume a victimized role (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender; DARVO) to def...

After separation, mothers who experienced domestic violence on average suffered a drop in income of 34%, compared with a 20% decrease for mothers who didn’t experience domestic violence.

From victim-blaming to shockingly intrusive, the reporting has been painful to observe, says domestic abuse commissioner Nicole Jacobs

Family court systems worldwide are being impacted by “deeply embedded gender bias” which is leaving women and children vulnerable to violence and “immense suffering”, an independent UN human rights...

Actor says divorce judge asked her young son: ‘Do you know your mother makes sex movies?’

Senior judge overturns previous ruling, saying matter is for the court to decide amid concern over use of unregulated psychologists

Eulogising violent white men must stop.

After separation, mothers who experienced domestic violence on average suffered a drop in income of 34%, compared with a 20% decrease for mothers who didn’t experience domestic violence.

Fears an increase in allegations, particularly against mothers, of deliberately alienating a child against the other parent in domestic abuse cases may put victims at further risk

Three women on living with the trauma of their abusers going scot-free

An examination of the rise of femicide in Italy through high-profile cases of violence against women.

Jenny Birchall and Shazia Choudhry report on their research on allegations of parental alienation and how the culture of the family courts reinforce these allegations and other gendered myths.

GENEVA (23 June 2023) – Deeply embedded gender bias that pervades family court systems across the globe is placing women and children in situations of immense suffering and violence, a UN expert said...

The report suggests that victims of domestic violence often find themselves accused of failing to protect their children and can even be characterised

Watch the latest from ITV News - A new report finds that victims of economic abuse can be left in mountains of debt, even if their ex-partners are convicted

La notion de « contrôle coercitif » permet de définir la violence conjugale comme atteinte aux droits humains et aux ressources plutôt qu’agression.

A devastating study involving 45 women who accused their partners of domestic abuse has highlighted serious health problems they have suffered as a result, they say, of biased family court proceedi...

Exclusive: Local authorities frequently breach legal duty to prioritise housing for abuse survivors, risking further danger or trauma

HHJ Tacey Cronin asked UK-born litigant if they had researched the law 'in the country in which you are living'.

The chief executive of Shelter on dealing with abuse from men’s rights activists, the Grenfell tragedy and how to solve the housing crisis.

Although intimate partner violence (IPV)-exposed mothers report distress during family court proceedings, no known research examines what helps them cope. We an...

LONDON (21 February 2024) – A UN expert today urged the UK Government to take urgent action to end all forms of violence against women and girls, as the country labelled it a “national threat”.

At a time when there is a focus on coercive control and domestic violence, we thought we’d consider links between these behaviours and workplace bullying. Whilst people experiencing domestic…

Campaigners for women’s rights say findings about intimate partner violence are ‘shocking and appalling’

Online child sexual abuse encompasses a range of offenses including the accessing, downloading, sharing and creating of images of child sexual abuse, often referred to as Child Sexual Abuse Materia...

Sinking time and money into mindfulness apps and resilience training ignores the real problem: workplace stress, says author André Spicer

The force was told in November that it "requires improvement" on protecting vulnerable people, including domestic abuse victims. | ITV News Tyne Tees

A new study conducted in Finland explores experiences of post-separation economic abuse. Find out more in our research roundup...

Fine Gael’s Bernard Durkan says he is contacted ‘weekly’ by mothers losing children in family court disputes after being accused of ‘parental alienation’, which he describes as a ‘pseudo condition’