The Power and Control wheel is a tool used in domestic/intimate partner violence support to show the ways that an abuser inflicts violence on those around them. If...
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In what is being called the Shadow Pandemic, rates of abuse and intimate partner violence are rocketing across the globe as a devastating consequence of quarantine. Survivors need support now...
Norma Buster, our Client Relations Manager, shares what made these tomes her top 5 lockdown reads (besides Nobody’s Victim, duh) Beneath the Tamarind Tree, Isha Sesay International Journalist Isha...
Intimate Partner Violence is surging in light of Covid-19-related Stay At Home orders, leaving victims isolated, cut-off from support networks, and trapped in unsafe situations. The #SignalForHelp campaign launched this...
How do you cope with being forced to move your entire world on to a device, when your device was a vehicle for abuse? For victims of digital violence, an...
Online abuse is no joke. In 2017, 41% of Americans reported being the target of cyber harassment. And it’s not just name-calling or spam. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans have…
What to do if you’re the target of online harassment? The team at Huffington Post’s Between the Lines asked Carrie to give 5 tips on how to deal with angry trolls. Most…
Online blackmail scams often start in the same way. A stranger – typically posing as a woman – slides into their target’s messages on Facebook, Instagram, or Skype with some…
It’s tempting for targets of blackmail or revenge porn to delete or ignore evidence of the harassment or threats. While it’s an understandable reaction, erasing that proof could weaken your…
Sexual extortion is a terrifying and de-humanizing violation that feeds off victims’ shame. Sextortion is similar to online blackmail scams, except that instead of demanding money, the blackmailer demands the…