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Domestic Violence; it's EVERYBODY'S business!
"Hopeful Survivors"is a Nonprofit Corporation/Public Charity Against Domestic Violence.
Definition Of Domestic Violence/Abuse:
Have you or someone you know ever experienced the following by a boyfriend, husband, wife, girlfriend, or intimate partner?
* name calling or put-downs
* isolation from family or friends
* witholding of money
* actual or threatened physical harm
* sexual assault
These are examples of domestic violence, which includes partner violence, family violence, spouse abuse, child abuse, battering and wife/husband beating.
This violence takes many forms, and can happen once in a while or all the time.
Although each situation is different, there are common warning signs-"Red Flag" behaviors to look out for, including those behaviors listed above. Knowing these signs is an important step in preventing and stopping violence.
We will focus on domestic violence as partner violence, defined as violent or controlling behavior by a person toward a partner, usually a wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend or lover. Although the partner is the primary target, violence is often directed toward children as well. And sometimes toward family members, friends, and even bystanders in attempts to control their partner.
Human Rights For All:
Domestic violence is not only the number one health issue facing women and children in the United States today, but it is also an important human rights issue!
Today in our own communities, hundreds of thousands of women, children, men and the elderly are victims of violence and are experiencing violations of their basic human rights, including the right to live with respect and dignity-free from fear.
No one at home or abroad deserves to be hit, beaten, threatened, humiliated, or otherwise subjected to physical or emotional harm.
The following articles are from the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948 which describe some of the rights to which we are all entitled, rights which are often denied in a battering relationship.
From The Articles:
Article1:All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Article3:Everyone has a right to life, liberty and security of persons.
Article5:No one shall be subjected to torture, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 12:No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with (her/his) privacy,
family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon (her/his) honor and reputation.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 28:Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration are fully realized.