Sentences with phrase «leave abusive situations»

Economic empowerment, or the financial standing of women, is often thought to protect against IPV, signalling sufficient economic autonomy to leave abusive situations or to prevent abuse.

By creating spaces where they could live together in an existing shelter, women in that city are now able to leave abusive situations without fear of what might happen to their pets.

The program helps pay for the care of pets whose owners are afraid to leave abusive situations and seek shelter because they would have to leave their pets behind.

I think that you probably did about the only thing you can do... which is to leave the abusive situation.

So maybe you need to speak up, leave an abusive situation, confront a bully, or open up and be vulnerable with someone who's proved themselves a safe bet.

It helps women take their pets with them when they leave an abusive situation.

As many as 48 % of battered women delay leaving abusive situations because they worry what will happen to their pets (Ascione, 2007)

Victims often refuse to leave an abusive situation for fear that their pets will be harmed.

Project Pet Safe provides temporary, safe housing of the companion animals of domestic abuse victims while those individuals work with an advocate to leave an abusive situation.

In fact, fear of what might happen to a pet keeps some human victims from leaving their abusive situation.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 25 % to 45 % of battered women stated that their pet was a barrier to them leaving an abusive situation, as they could not take their pet with them to a domestic violence shelter.

We recognize that a victim's decision to leave an abusive situation begins an incredibly stressful and dangerous period of his or her life.

48 % of domestic violence victims delay leaving abusive situations because they don't want to leave their pet behind.

As a result, women with disabilities have more difficulty in leaving abusive situations, let alone taking legal action against their abusers.

Emergency temporary housing (up to 60 days) for men and women over 60 years of age who are leaving abusive situations.

In 2003, West Coast LEAF undertook this transformative public legal education project entitled «Civil Legal Rights of Abused Women» in order to assist women's advocates to serve women who are leaving abusive situations without legal assistance or with inadequate legal assistance.

Such factors may also intensify the physical and psychological impacts of abuse, while adding to the challenges immigrant women may experience in seeking help and leaving abusive situations.7, 15 — 18

Not exact matches

The need for adequate legal aid is very compelling in situations where a woman is attempting to leave an abusive relationship, and her life and her physical and emotional security are at risk, as is the safety of her children.

Somehow I was a leper because I decided to leave an emotionally abusive situation.

As for the recommendation to leave a child in an abusive situation and work on the abuser's sense of remorse at the same time — that is utter lunacy, irresponsible and unrealistic and if he actually did make such a suggestion in a professional capacity could be subject to discipline or legal action.

Mom Anna Moore was in a really terrifying situation and unfortunately leaving her abusive spouse didn't end the cycle of violence.

Put another way, we seem to be moving towards a situation in which people who are abusive on Twitter are dealt with, but people who are abusive in schools are simply left alone to get on with it.

Many people think they need to keep living in the home — even staying in abusive or high - conflict situations — because they fear they will lose their stake in the home if they leave.

DVIS recognized the fact that many domestic violence victims are pet owners and their pets are a serious consideration when deciding to leave or stay in an abusive situation, Rachel Smith, DVIS community relations coordinator, says.

• More than 50 % of survivors of domestic violence say they are unable to escape abusive situations because they worry about what will happen to their pets should they leave.

We are dedicated to providing veterinary care, evaluation and adoptive homes for German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois dogs who are left in pounds to await uncertain fate, are owner surrenders (such as divorce, death, etc.) or are from abusive or negligent situations.

Between 25 % and 40 % of these battered women are unable to escape abusive situations because they worry about what will happen to their pets if they leave.

NAH was founded by Staci Alonso to eliminate one barrier of leaving an abusive relationship and ensure that pets can remain with the families who have fled from a domestic violence situation.

Today, national data show that more than 40 % of domestic violence victims stay in abusive situations out of fear of what would happen if they left their pets behind.

URIPALS eliminates a critical barrier that many survivors face when fleeing an abusive situation: leaving their pets behind.

That's why a lot of women stay in abusive situations when, from the outside it seems clear that she should leave.

This factors include: experiencing a significant childhood loss, having poor self - esteem, experiencing previous trauma, experiencing previous abusive or traumatic situations that couldn't be escaped or left, having previous mental health concerns or a history of mental illness in the family, or having a history of substance abuse.

Often, in emotionally abusive situations, the abuser may have been abused themselves leaving them with a feeling of «this is normal» or «this is acceptable».

«A lot of times people won't leave [an abusive situation] because of their pets,» Petkus says.

«It takes so much courage for a woman to go through something like this and leave an abusive relationship or situation.