When it comes to tackling abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG), it's clear there's still a lot of work to be done, especially when it comes to ensuring non-physical forms of abuse are ...

Offenders convicted of coercive or controlling behaviour now face tougher management from police and probation services in England and Wales, meaning the crime is "on a par" with other domestic abuse ...

Anne Grant was executive director of the Women’s Center of Rhode Island (1988-1996), when she also served in the RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence and wrote the “Overcoming Abuse” column in The ...

It is long-standing law in Massachusetts that the best interests of a child govern custody disputes. Said another way, when parents cannot agree and the court has to make custody and parenting time ...

Like a lot of us coping with the stress and loneliness of the past year, Caitlyn* moved in with the guy she was dating during lockdown. She said it was as normal as any relationship in the pandemic ...

While it's possible to make a clean break from a toxic partner, and begin to move on with your life, the side effects of coercive control can impact your next relationship. Coercive control is a ...

A Channel 4 documentary about Marilyn Manson features a number of women alleging he subjected them to physical, sexual and psychological abuse. (Getty Images) A three-part documentary about Marilyn ...

When Justin* was transitioning, he wanted to keep it private. "I had chosen not to tell my parents as my mum was in the middle of cancer treatment," he says. But after several threatening emails over ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The father of murdered Brisbane woman Hannah Clarke says the push for a nationally consistent understanding of coercive control is ...

A New South Wales man has become the first person to plead guilty under the state’s new coercive control legislation in a landmark case which will influence the way abusive relationships are policed ...

COERCIVE control is now considered to be a form of abuse and was enshrined in UK law in 2015. It was dramatised in Radio 4’s 2016 long-running series The Archers. Here we fully explain what it is.