Most women who have experienced homelessness report experiencing violence from strangers. Transgender women find they face ...

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that ...

Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing ...

The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s ...

Women experience unique causes of housing instability and challenges when experiencing homelessness, according to a survey ...

The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women at daytime and overnight homeless shelters across the Pacific Northwest about the connection between domestic violence and ...

Most cities, such as Portland where Michelle now lives, do not offer many safe, clean, accessible or free restrooms despite public health experts acknowledging the very real, very ordinary need.

Lonness divides her life into four main acts of violence. Content warning ... daytime and overnight homeless shelters across the Pacific Northwest. A majority — 57% — said they had been ...

Alone in court, with no lawyer or advocate, Ashley called her ex-husband to the stand to question him about the pain he inflicted on her. She had to prove he was not a safe person. Content warning ...