violence
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“For domestic violence services as a whole, confidentiality is the pillar that holds us to being able to do what we do,” Nikhita Ved, a director at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, told me.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026
Appeared in the June 3, 2026, print edition as 'In the Middle East, Ceasefires Remain Plagued by Violence'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
They added that the new Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, published in 2025, set out "measures to tackle abuse enabled by technology, to help protect victims and hold perpetrators to account".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
In 2007, she joined the San Joaquin County district attorney’s office, where she prosecuted misdemeanors and felonies and later served in the Domestic Violence and Child Abduction units.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
She was an elegant woman, and a political activist in her own right, a founder of Women in Action for the Prevention of Violence, an interracial Durham organization dedicated to working for peaceful integration.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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