Domestic violence is a complex issue. There are many facets to
it and many different ways of approaching the issue. Sakhi has
always tried to include an analysis of the work in its practice.
At the same time, we believe in making information as accessible
as possible to as many people as we can. Domestic violence is a
pattern of abusive behavior which keeps one partner in a
position of power over the other partner through the use of
fear, intimidation, and control. Please review the power and
control wheel below to see the various ways in which domestic
violence may manifest. You may have seen some of these numbers
before, but take a moment to really think about the overwhelming
toll of domestic violence on the families, communities, and
industries of this country. These statistics are provided by the
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, which gathered its
information from various government agencies and research
consortiums. - Up to 1.3 million women are physically abused
annually by intimate partne