NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Lisa Fontes, an expert in coercive control and sexual violence, about Gisèle Pelicot's case and the effects of chemical submission.

One in 20 women reported intimate partner violence (IPV) while pregnant, according to a new report released on Dec. 5 by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). A study conducted from 2016 to 2022 found ...

Intimate partner violence is violence committed by one of the people in an intimate relationship against the other. Most ...

One in every 50 men in California has been violent against an intimate partner in the past year. Just under two percent of California men—the equivalent of some 280,000 individuals—self-reported ...

Despite national guidelines recommending routine screening for anxiety and intimate partner violence in women and adolescent girls, a new study from Oregon Health & Science University finds that these ...

More than one in three men in Australia reported using violence with an intimate partner in a first of its kind study which shows gender-based abuse is rising, despite years of national attention on ...

In 2024, 38 Australian women were murdered by a partner or ex-partner. Thankfully, new data show the number of women killed by intimate partners has reduced to 32 over the most recent reporting period ...

Intimate partner violence is a pervasive issue in the U.S. and it can be difficult to know what to do and how to get help if you or a loved one is experiencing it. Family and domestic violence affects ...

A recent National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that almost 1 in 2 women and more than 2 in 5 men reported experiencing contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking ...

Domestic violence is a global phenomenon. We study the interplay of determinants of a woman’s risk of facing intimate partner violence (IPV) for the case of India—using information from up to 235 ...

Tom Denson receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council. Iana Wong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...