Victims Rights

We have never given domestic and sexual assault victims the credit that they deserve. -Tonya GJ Prince Too often, people assume that victims of domestic violence are “stupid” for staying, …

When we declare that women and girls have the right to privacy, dignity, and safety, we are also declaring something deeper: 🚫 What It Means We Reject Our bodies are …

I don’t care what another fellow human being “thinks” or “believes” about himself. I get to have safety and peace too. We’ve all heard it: “Only 2% of white people …

Survivors of violence, harm, and abuse know full well what “no justice, no peace” means. We live it.  -Tonya GJ Prince Justice for Survivors Is Not Optional The word carceral …

For the love of money……. Some of us grew up knowing what capitalist meant.It wasn’t a cheap clapback.It was a serious word—meant to name and challenge the systems and people …

When you work in organizations that address violence against women, middle class women-especially those who are not minoritized- do not get this part. They think that heavy policing makes women …

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, …

Political parties love to remind women and minorities: We care about you.But too often, their care is narrow. Conditional. Safe for their talking points. The Pattern We’ve Seen for Generations …

You want women to fight for men when those same men will not even say, “Stop doing that.” Too often, when violence is committed against a woman, men’s responses follow …

Nurse Jennifer Melle was doing what few people would want to do: providing care — intimate, necessary, and skillful care — to a male prisoner convicted of child sexual abuse. …