In recent years, the domestic violence movement has expanded to address the needs of women in same-sex relationships, facing the hard truth that women can be batterers as well. It has also raised awareness about dating violence among teenagers and elder abuse by family members as well as instilled an understanding that emotional and psychological abuse can be as damaging as a fist.
The movement is also no longer solely the purview of women nor limited to the United States. Today, a global network of organizations is working to eradicate violence by intimate partners, united by a call for universal human rights that recognizes that a fundamental requirement for women to be free and equal is the eradication of all forms of gender-based violence, including domestic and sexual violence.
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