Three Decades Later

<p>Domestic violence is the willful intimidation physical assault battery sexual assault and/or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner against another.</p> <p>It is an epidemic affecting victims from every community regardless of age economic status race religion nationality or educational background.</p> <p>Violence against women is often accompanied by emotionally abusive and controlling behavior and is part of a systematic pattern of dominance and control. Most cases are never reported to the police.</p> <p>Domestic violence results in physical injury psychological trauma and sometimes death.</p> <p>The consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and truly lasts a lifetime. An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault every year.</p> <p>-Facts from the National Collation Against Domestic Violence-</br> A riveting and timeless true story with a powerful message for women everywhere.</p>