January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Awareness means Rescue and Prevention January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and ENC Stop Human Trafficking is ramping up its education efforts in honor of it. ENC Stop Human Trafficking…
4 TED Speakers Who Aim to Inspire Change
Continuing the dialogue about domestic violence June 22, 2015 By domesticshelters.org Survivors of domestic violence are often made to feel weak and isolated. But it’s important they know they’re not…
How Many Homeless People are Fleeing Domestic Violence?
Organizers of a one-night census hope to discover who is on the streets because it’s safer than home December 26, 2018 By Amanda Kippert In a one-night annual count this…
What a Flight Attendant Learned About Human Trafficking
I suspect it’s happening in my own, affluent, oceanside neighborhood By Heather Poole A few years ago, on board a flight from Los Angeles to New York, a group of…
Dark Matter: Domestic Violence and Mass Murder
On Jan. 10, 2016, a young man named Esteban Santiago stood outside the door of a bathroom being used by his girlfriend in Anchorage, Alaska. When she did not emerge…
The Mary Kay Foundation℠ AWARDS Hyde County Hotline, Inc. $20,000 GRANT
The Mary Kay Foundation℠ AWARDS Hyde County Hotline, Inc. $20,000 GRANT The Mary Kay Foundation Honors Domestic Violence Awareness Month by Issuing $3 Million in Grants to 150 Domestic Violence…
Labor trafficking globally and domestically
November 21, 2018 Author Pam Strickland BY MELINDA SAMPSON Human trafficking includes more than commercial sex exploitation. Human trafficking also includes labor trafficking, and the victims of that form of…
I Have Children with My Abuser
When you’re a parent in an unhealthy or abusive relationship, it makes a difficult situation even harder. Not only do you have to worry about your safety, but you also…
When Alzheimer’s Disease Takes a Violent Turn
Can you forgive someone you love for abusive behavior when an illness is to blame? It’s one thing to know that abuse is a choice made by an abuser—it cannot…
Too Good to Be True?
by Heather, a loveisrespect Advocate We’ve all seen the movies and heard the songs about whirlwind romances that turn into lifelong soulmates…but unfortunately here at loveisrespect we often hear another…