The Latest Breaking News from domestic violence

Domestic violence study that strangled rats should not have been approved, animal advocates argue

Study aimed to improve detection of brain injury from intimate partner violence, but critics say its non-fatal strangulation of animals was not justified

The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2025

No Domestic Violence Restraining Order Based on Allegations of "Gaslighting"

"Lily accused Gunther of 'Gaslighting' (underscoring omitted) by denying he suffered from steroid-induced rages during their marriage and denying Lily's contributions to Gunther's career success."

Reason · Feb 12, 2025

Police call for public's help to stop domestic violence

Police have urged the public to take action to help fight domestic violence, after an Alice Springs mother died in a "sustained, violent and horrific" attack.

AAP · Feb 10, 2025

Two women make sense of a lifetime of abuse and gun violence: ‘How did I get here?’

Women who have faced both domestic violence and community gun violence say it’s clear the threats share root causes. So why are we treating them like separate problems?

The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2025

'Survivors left without support': Domestic abuse workers to strike over proposed job cuts

Fears over level of support for victims in Tower Hamlets, that has the second highest level of domestic abuse cases in London, if job cuts go ahead

Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025

MAGA host says men need to find women who don't ‘need to be smacked around’ to behave civilly

Daily Wire host Andrew Klavan also said that ‘a lot of the women’ who end up hospitalized because of domestic violence ‘threw the first punch,’ calling it ‘the law of the jungle.’

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025

Controlling or coercive behaviour now on a par with other domestic abuse crimes

Women’s Aid said coercive control is ‘a key tool used by perpetrators of domestic abuse’.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

Coercive control to be put on par with other types of domestic abuse in England and Wales

Police and probation services will be legally required to share with one another information that suggests offenders are risk to others

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2025

MAFS Groom Adrian Araouzou’s Past Domestic Violence Allegations Resurface

The 2025 season of MAFS Australia is already in full swing, but controversy has reignited surrounding one of its grooms, Adrian Araouzou.

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 30, 2025

Domestic violence victim calls for end to lad culture as new campaign launched

The Power to Change campaign seeks to challenge misogynistic behaviours in Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025