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+====The term “domestic violence” trivializes the criminal nature of the violence and acts as if it’s only in the private sphere – IPV solves.==== |
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+**Douglas 04:** Heather Douglas “Crime in the intimate sphere: prosecutions of intimate partner violence” 7 newscastle l. rev 80 (2004) |
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+In this paper I have eschewed the use of … to be that they are more likely to suffer violence from their intimate partner (or previous partner) than any other person. |
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+====Using the terminology of “victim” is actively disempowering – robs individuals of agency and devalues acts of resistance – survivor is key.==== |
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+**Akhila 12:** recent graduate of Harvard Law School, and a current fellow at Open Society Foundations, studies and work in the area of legal empowerment, access to justice, and ending gender-based violence. “Why words matter: Victim v. Survivor” March 13, 2012. |
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+Throughout my work with domestic … their lives and healing from the trauma |