Category: Victims Rights

🚨 Listen Closely. Believe Them.
Too many people overlook this. We want to believe that people are be [...]

When It’s Not Pride: 11 Ways Violence Against Black Women Hides Behind “Black Pride”
We lift up Black pride as sacred—a celebration of survival, brillian [...]

Black Pride Is Not a Mask for Violence
We talk a lot about Black pride.We wear it.We speak it.We teach it t [...]

She Caught the Girls Before They Fell: Victoria Earle Matthews and the War Against Trafficking (1861–1907)
10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews
1. She Was Born Ens [...]

The Door Closes When You Choose Their Violence Over My Truth
(Including the violence you want me to stop talking about.)
There’s a [...]

Why the Silence Runs Deeper: The Hidden Barriers Black Women Face in Seeking Help
"They ask why she stayed. They never ask why the world made it so ha [...]

Kenyan Women Refuse to Be Silenced: The Fight for Safety, Dignity, and Justice
There is a roaring fire rising across Kenya—lit by the courage of wo [...]

Call Him What? When Abusers & Traffickers Demand to Be Named Something Special
✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com
In courtroom after courtroom, from high-pro [...]

If You Have Nothing Healing to Say to Survivors, You Can Be Silent
In the early days of healing, Survivors are doing sacred, difficult wo [...]

It Wasn’t Just His Girlfriends: A Pattern of Harm, a Society of Silence
Too often, when men like Sean “Diddy” Combs are accused of vio [...]