Category: Victims Rights
Even in Progressive Spaces, Systems Still Fail Survivors
In many justice-minded communities, we say the right things:
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Systems Often Fail to Protect Autonomous People
Weâre often told:âIf you just speak upâŠââIf you leaveâŠââIf you fight [...]
𧚠The Dangerous Oversight in Some “Alternative Justice” Conversations
In the push for restorative or alternative justice, one painful real [...]
đŁ In Just One Second: 12 Ways People Tell You Theyâre Pro-Abuser
(And Maybe Capable of Abuse Themselves)
Sometimes it doesnât take a [...]
đš Listen Closely. Believe Them.
Too many people overlook this. We want to believe that people are be [...]
When Itâs Not Pride: 11 Ways Violence Against Black Women Hides Behind âBlack Prideâ
We lift up Black pride as sacredâa 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 (1861â1907)
âš 10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews
She Was Bor [...]
The Door Closes When You Choose Their Violence Over My Truth
(Including the violence you want me to stop talking about.)
Thereâs 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 Kenyaâlit 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 Wasnât Just His Girlfriends: A Pattern of Harm, a Society of Silence
Too often, when men like Sean âDiddyâ Combs are accused of vio [...]
We Can Tell What Team Youâre On
If you're not an advocate for giving violent, manipulative, deceptive, [...]
Shaming Survivors Is How You Build an Abuserâs Paradise
You want to know how abusers thrive in families, churches, and communi [...]
This Moment Is Teaching Us
đ€ WeSurviveAbuse.com
A young Black womanâfamous, talented, in the pub [...]
Stop Shaming Survivors. Start Shaming Abusers.
đ€ WeSurviveAbuse.com
Survivors should not be met with interrogation, [...]
30 Things You Can Do Right Now to Support Domestic Violence Survivors in the U.S.
If youâre heartbroken, angry, or tired of seeing Survivors harmed, s [...]
Itâs Not About What You Told Her. Itâs About What She Can Teach You.
So many rush to say:âI told her.ââShe didnât listen.ââShe shou [...]
