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Abuse is a pattern of coercive control that one person exercises over another. Battering is a behavior that physically harms, arouses fear, prevents a partner from doing what they wish or forces them to behave in ways they do not want.
Battering includes the use of physical and sexual violence, threats and intimidation, emotional abuse and economic deprivation.
Domestic violence can happen to anyone of any race, age, sexual orientation, religion or gender. It can happen to couples who are married, living together or who are dating. Domestic violence affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels.
As you know the National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc. has embarked on an important movement to make domestic violence a national priority.
- More than three women are murdered every day by an intimate partner.
- Each year, intimate partner violence (IPV) results in an estimated 1,200 deaths and 2 million injuries among women and nearly 600,000 injuries among men.
We believe that every man, woman and child deserves to live, thrive and be free from the fear and pain of abuse—so we have joined Saving Promise, a national grassroots organization, in their effort to secure 100,000 signatures to show America that we care about this issue.
To add your voice, please click on the button below and sign the OneVoice petition. Please select ‘National Hook-up of Black Women’ as the affiliate organization.
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