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From Barrier to Benefit: Overcoming Challenges of Creating Pet-Friendly Domestic Violence Shelters
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From Barrier to Benefit: Overcoming Challenges of Creating Pet-Friendly Domestic Violence Shelters

What Every Advocate Needs to Know About Strangulation
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What Every Advocate Needs to Know About Strangulation

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How Police Are Trained to Respond to Domestic Violence

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How to Prove Nonphysical Abuse in Court

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2024 Purple Ribbon Awards Celebration from DomesticShelters.org & Alliance for HOPE International

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It's the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act

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Does God Really Want Survivors to Stay with Abusers?

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You are safe here.

Menstruation is an experience shared by
generations of women across the globe.
Sadly, abuse is another commonly shared experience between women.

Be it physical or psychological, abuse is not OK in any form.
Period.

You are not alone.
Help is just a few clicks away.

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