*Kerry Washington is putting the spotlight on a rarely discussed form of abuse. The “Scandal” star has aligned with Allstate to raise awareness of financial abuse, a tactic used to keep an abused ...

Domestic violence occurs when one partner in a relationship gradually establishes power and control over the other through intimidation, manipulation, threats, or coercion. And while most people think ...

Scandal star Kerry Washington is speaking out about a form of abuse that rarely gets talked about. As brand ambassador for the Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse initiative, Washington is raising ...

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and an aspect of domestic violence is financial abuse. U.S. News & World Report surveyed 1,200 respondents who had experienced ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to shed light on all forms of abuse—not just the ones we typically talk about. One of the most common yet least recognized forms is financial abuse ...

The purple ribbons on first-responder vehicles, all over social media and on YWCA Greenwich staff and others in the community, are important reminders that October was domestic violence awareness and ...

“Financial control in a relationship isn’t always loud or obvious,” Delony said. “It can be subtle — like one partner always ‘taking care’ of the bills without sharing access or dismissing the other’s ...

Nearly one in seven women said they have recently experienced economic abuse from a current or former partner, according to a new survey. Research commissioned by Surviving Economic Abuse found that ...

You’re going to take ownership of the things you have control over — and there’s more in control than you think" ...

A mentor once told me that we take better care of our pets than we do older victims of mistreatment. As a researcher, I have sat across from people, including grown men, crying while recounting ...

The prevalence of financial abuse is higher among younger individuals. The largest percentage of respondents (36%) were between the ages of 18 and 24 when the abuse occurred. Financial abuse impacts ...