Gender-based Violence

Vincy's survivor-centered comic uses creative self-expression as a form of resilience and a path to healing from abuse.

Safety planning is the process of developing a plan that can increase the safety of a person surviving violence and abuse. This 52-page toolkit from Survived and Punished discusses safety planning as informed by abolitionist perspectives.

This comic strip explores a scenario in which a woman is asked to sign an NDA after reporting her supervisor for sexual harassment.

UN Women explains what the manosphere is and how it harms us by leading to online harassment, damaging mental health, and contributing to extremist violence.

This article provides a clear, useful overview of male supremacy and the manosphere, warning signs to look out for in young people, and strategies to build resilience.

This overview of online abuse defines tactics used by abusers and it addresses myths around online abuse as experienced by women.

Shweta Kapoor, MD, PhD, discusses medications, therapies, and other treatment options that can help us cope and heal after sexual trauma, as well as how partners can care supportively for survivors of sexual abuse.

Women are changing how they engage online, to protect themselves in the face of threats, surveillance, and other forms of violence.

Trauma can lead to chronic pain and other physical conditions, sometimes years after the event.

Artist Clarity Haynes reflects on how her work has been shaped by the sexual violence she has experienced throughout her lifetime. She discusses her choice to laugh in the face of violence and trauma.

This overview of gender-based violence in South Asian American communities includes information to aid survivors, such as crisis hotlines, mental health support, and legal resources.

Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson discusses her book "A Short History of Trans Misogyny" and how it relates to her personal experiences as a trans professor of color.