Survivor Spotlight

I wasn’t deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I’m a bit out of her target age range. But being a teenager and then enjoying …

Some of us have been told since girlhood that our main purpose in this life was to support men.To smile when they win.To clap for their rise.To smooth their path, …

There’s a pattern in abuse that doesn’t get talked about enough. Not in training rooms. Not in courtrooms. Not even in some support groups. But Survivors know it. We’ve lived …

Too often, when the topic of prostitution or “sex work” comes up, the first question is: “Why did she choose that?”But I’ve been walking beside Survivors for over 30 years, …

Black male rape victims of other males are real.They exist. They’ve always existed.But for too long, they’ve been shamed into silence.Dismissed. Mocked. Ignored.And that silence is not neutral—it’s violent. It …

Zainab Jama, Miss World Somalia 2025, is not just a beauty queen—She is a truth-teller.A torchbearer.A fierce, unflinching voice for girls the world too often tries to silence. At just …

Coercive Sex Trafficking Isn’t Hidden. We’ve Just Been Taught Not to See It. Coercive sex trafficking thrives in the cracks of our silence. It survives in our confusion.In our willful …

  With all my heart and soul I hate when men do this, Too often, when women say “no”—especially in conversations about safety, space, and autonomy—we are met with a …

from  WESurviveAbuse.com They’ve never met.Different languages.Different countries.Different customs.But somehow—they all agree. There is a global agreement.It’s not written in laws (though some laws reflect it).It’s not taught in schools (though …

When someone pressures a woman to lie, to go against her beliefs, her conscience, her values, her faith, or her integrity—that is not love. That is coercive control. It doesn’t …