You Are Not Alone

24-Hour National Domestic Violence Hotline

Out of the mud of your fears, struggles, pain, & confusion, the lotus flower of your inner heart will spontaneously grow
—Buddha

Domestic Violence, also referred to as “domestic abuse” or “intimate partner violence,” is defined as a pattern of violent or aggressive behavior within a relationship regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion, or economic status.

This behavior is inclusive of physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, mental/psychological, and/or economical abuse by one partner with the intent to gain power or control over the other.

Intimate Partner Violence Can Be Severe.

experience domestic violence in their lifetime.

5

Million

acts of domestic violence against women annually

20k

Calls

phone calls are made daily to domestic violence hotline worldwide

30k

deaths

deaths a year worldwide due to domestic violence

The lotus comes from the murkiest water
but grows into the purest thing.

—Nita Ambami