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Recent changes to federal laws aim to better educate judges on intimate partner violence. But survivors and experts say abuse is still not being adequately incorporated into family court decisions, leaving victims and their children at risk post-separation.

HALTON- Legislation that seeks to protect children from domestic violence by better educating those who make crucial decision on their behalf has received Royal Assent.

Deborah Thomson is drawing on nearly two decades of family violence in a book she hopes will answer questions people might be too afraid or too uncomfortable to ask about domestic abuse.

Much of the media coverage of Tina Turner’s victim-survivor status overlooks the fact that as a black woman she walked a fine line in speaking publicly about her experiences.

UK’s No. 1 Women’s Trauma Recovery Coach Available to Comment Hating herself, racked with chronic anxiety and suicidal thoughts, and feeling utterly wo...

The ultimate threat perceived by these abusers is that the partner being controlled will meet somebody else, thus engineering their escape

An unfiltered conversation about the rising incidences of domestic violence within Jamaican communities was the central focus at the celebration of life for Ricky Trooper's daughter Brianna McKoy on Saturday, May 13.

FINE Gael TD David Stanton has announced that he is standing down at the next general election in the latest blow to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Stanton is a ‘brilliant TD’ who will help ensure that Fine Gael retains a seat in Cork East.