Nobody's going to have a problem with a PSA to end domestic violence unless it encourages a whole other type of violence, but that's exactly what the ad below did. Created by the Chilean government to address violence against women, the slogan literally means "faggot is a man who beats a woman." Maybe it doesn't sound so bad in Spanish, I thought? But the word "maricón" has become a widely Read more

Baseball manager Joe Torre may be known for his wins with the Yankees, but he's also working hard to defeat domestic violence. Joe's father abused his mother, and while he kept his experience to himself for most of his life, in 2002, he decided to start his own foundation Safe at Home. He and his wife Ali operate safe places in schools — called "Margaret's Place" — for young students to go Read more

News of relationship violence among high-profile couples makes for dramatic and depressing headlines. Chris Brown's violence against Rihanna shocked many, and the allegations against Mel Gibson troubled most. But not every American had the same reaction. According to Esta Soler, the founder and president of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, data shows that young people are having a different Read more

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Women may be slowly getting more power and higher profiles in India, but not fast enough for the gulabis (pink) gang. The vigilante group doesn't always, or ever, have the softest touch, but it's creating change where the government could not. A gulabis woman dons a hot-pink sari and occasionally carries a big stick, which she's not afraid to use. With 20,000 members in India's poorest region, it Read more

If you've heard Mel Gibson's trilogy of jaw-dropping diatribes toward ex Oksana Grigorieva, then you know what an abusive (ex)boyfriend sounds like. Fortunately, Oksana can hold her own. She's eye-of-the-storm calm in every call, handing every insult he hurls back, barely fazed. Abusive relationships are hard to recognize from inside, but there are ways to spot abuse's manipulative, controlling Read more

A dog barking, schoolchildren yelling, or your neighbor's piano lessons can all blend into the background, but when the screams of an abused woman become white noise we have a problem. In this French PSA, the sounds of domestic violence become part of a man's everyday life, until the noise stops. The ad goes on to say that every day women are victims of violence, and some women die from it. Read more