Arming the Impacted
We are a community organization currently purusing our 501C-3, dedicated to ending the violence within our society. We are a community organization committed to protecting the most vulnerable members of our society from abuse and assault. Our greatest resource is the future shepherds of our planet. We can save the earth, the land, the sea, and the sky but what purpose does that serve unless we have healthy, productive individuals to carry that torch once we are gone?
Domestic Violence & Domestic Terrorism aka Active Shooters
Active Shooters are the highest number of domestic terrorisms threats we are currently facing in the US. In 2022, the FBI designated 50 shootings as active shooter incidents. Although incidents decreased by 18% from 2021 (61 incidents), the number of active shooter incidents increased by 66.7% compared to 2018 (30 incidents). The 50 active shooter incidents in 2022 occurred in 25 states and the District of Columbia and represent seven location categories, including open spaces, commerce, residences, education, government, houses of worship, and a health care facility.[i]In more than two-thirds (68.2%) of mass shootings analyzed, the perpetrator either killed family or intimate partners or the shooter had a history of domestic violence; and second, that DV-related mass shootings were associated with a greater fatality rate.[ii]
[i] U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Report on Active Shooter Incidents in The United States in 2022
[ii] In the paper published in Injury Epidemiology, Lisa Geller, MPH, lead author of the paper and state affairs manager of the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (EFSGV), analyzed data from the Gun Violence Archive between 2014 and 2019
Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking & Foreign Terrorism
Human trafficking according to the United Nations Security Council is the second leading fiscal contributor to foreign terrorism. The United Nations Security Council has considered the relationship between trafficking and terrorism and other transnational criminal activities in recent years, adopting a presidential statement in 2015 and two resolutions on the topic — resolution 2331 in 2016 and 2388 in 2017. The Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) released a report exploring the linkages between human trafficking and terrorism. The analysis focused on trafficking as a means to raise funds for terrorist purposes. Taken as a whole, these resolutions tend to emphasize that terrorist groups use human trafficking as a driver for recruitment (e.g., using female trafficking victims to attract and retain fighters); to increase financial flows; and to strengthen influence, including by controlling or destroying communities involved in or affected by the trafficking.[i]
How this relates to domestic violence is the direct relationship between the victims of human trafficking and their traffickers. In a Journal of Family Violence study sample, in which all traffickers involved were family members, nearly 65% of the traffickers were the mother of the victim, and 32% were the victim’s father. Almost 60% of familial trafficking victims have ongoing contact with their trafficker, making it exceedingly difficult for children and youth to remove themselves from harmful situations and protect themselves—both physically and psychologically. [ii]
[i] When Human Trafficking and Terrorism Connect: Dangers and Dilemmas, by Jayne Huckerby, February 22, 2019, When Human Trafficking and Terrorism Connect: Dangers and Dilemmas (justsecurity.org)
[ii] Sprang, Ginny, and Jennifer Cole. “Familial Sex Trafficking of Minors: Trafficking Conditions, Clinical Presentation, and System Involvement.” Journal of Family Violence, vol. 33, no. 3, 13 Feb. 2018, pp. 185–195., doi:10.1007/s10896-018-9950-y
Domestic Violence, Women & The Workplace
Domestic violence has other significant impacts on the workplace. Domestic violence follows victims from home to work. 96% of domestic violence survivors report problems at work due to domestic violence including lateness, missing work, difficulty performing work, reprimands by supervisors because of interference by abusive partner. As a result, the impact to a company can be substantial. However, the impact of domestic violence also can be reduced or eliminated through specific strategies. [i]
As of 2003, the financial cost of domestic violence:
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The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $8.3 billion per year in the United States (the CDC in the same year estimated $6 billion, others estimated it to be even higher). Calculated in 2023 dollars, with the CPI Inflation Calculator, the number is $13,878,637.50.
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Survivors of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8 million days of paid work each year. Many states have domestic violence leave laws.
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Between 21-60% of survivors of intimate partner violence lose their jobs due to reasons stemming from the abuse. In New York state it is against the law to do so.
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Up to 50 % of survivors of intimate partner violence who are employed are harassed at work by their abusive partners.
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Between 2003 and 2008, 142 women were murdered in their workplace by their abuser; 78% of women killed in the workplace during this timeframe. [ii]
Domestic Violence is the number one killer of women in the workplace. One in every four women and one in 10 men will experience domestic violence in their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet only 35% of global employers have a Domestic Violence Policy or Plan. [iii]
[i] Domestic Violence in The Workplace - Center for Domestic Peace
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