Desperate to Escape:The Link Between Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence

Many victims of human trafficking have also been victims of domestic violence in their past. Childhood sexual abuse is very common in trafficking victims, and the emotional and mental damage from the abuse often leads to adulthood issues that could put a person at further risk of being trafficked later in life.

10 Years Later: The Joe Paterno Saga

As a survivor, we normally assume that most people think like us.  Maybe they have not experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse, but you assume that they still find these things as abhorrent as you find them.  It was disheartening to hear these people bend over backwards to defend a cover-up of sexual assault towards children.

Pope Francis Tells Survivor He Can See Her Dignity

Italy’s Domestic Violence Problem Recent comments made by Pope Francis towards a survivor of domestic violence have helped to shine a light on the epidemic of abuse in Italy.  This has been a rising trend in the country for a number of years. An article in “Italics Magazine” back in September of 2018 was already […]

Lonely at the Holidays: When Life is Far From the Hallmark Channel Movie

It seems as though every cheesy holiday movie has the exact same plot.  Two attractive, yet hesitant, people meet. One is usually from a big city, and the other is from a small town. You know the second that they meet that they will end up together; however, there’s always some kind of conflict that […]

Being An Ally Over the Holidays

Last week, in the blog “The Holidays and Domestic Violence,” we saw some numbers that suggestion abuse calls to shelters and law enforcement actually lessen in the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.  Obviously, with the prevalence of victims not wanting to or being able to report domestic violence, this does not mean that […]

The Holidays and Domestic Violence

The Numbers May Lie Do you remember hearing that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from outer space? This is a piece of trivia that has been passed along since I can remember.  It gets repeated so much that it is very possible that it is the first thing you […]