We advocate for laws and policies that address all forms of oppression, in recognition that intimate partner violence exists within the broader context of systemic oppression and will never be eliminated until all oppression is eliminated

We advocate for laws and policies that address all forms of oppression, in recognition that intimate partner violence exists within the broader context of systemic oppression and will never be eliminated until all oppression is eliminated

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Like all people, survivors of domestic violence have multiple identities, shaped and influenced by their ancestry, biology, life experiences, culture, family, community, historic institutions and systems, and social relations. Different combinations of these identities produce their own oppressions. For example, “the intersection of racism and sexism factors into Black women’s lives in ways that cannot be captured wholly by looking at race or gender dimensions of those experiences separately.” We cannot address domestic violence without addressing all other forms of intersectional oppression.

Read our Statement on Race and Violence