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Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an expression of abusive power and control in an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological, and sexual harm. Intimate Partner Violence includes acts of physical aggression, psychological abuse, coercive control and sexual abuse.

The Femicide of Rebecca Cheptegei: Coercive Control in Sports

The femicide of Ugandan Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei has sent shockwaves across the global sporting community, pulling back the curtain on the issue of gender-based violence in Africa. Cheptegei, 25, died on September 5, 2024 after being set on fire by her former romantic partner on her way home from church in Eldoret, Kenya. This tragedy has sparked widespread outrage…

SB 1082: Florida Domestic Violence Pet Protection Law

On July 1, 2020, domestic violence survivors in Florida received expanded legal protections that include their pets. Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bipartisan Senate Bill 1082 into law in June, 2020 allowing courts to include their pets in restraining orders against abusers.1 Perpetrators of coercive control may target pets as a means of inducing fear and submission in the victim, putting their lives at risk….