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
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.
but grows into the purest thing.
—Nita Ambami