Pamela Cruz. Pen sula 360 Press [P360].
In the US, one in four women and one in 10 men suffer from domestic violence, a problem that COVID-19 has aggravated and brought to light; however, combating this other pandemic requires a perspective that, of course, helps and supports the victim, but also helps the abuser heal.
According to Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih, incoming director of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, combating domestic violence requires a healing-focused approach that doesn't always remove the abuser from the home or criminalize him or her.
In an interview with Ethnic Media ServicesThe expert said that throughout her career she has not encountered women who are victims of abuse and who have not thought of helping their partners who have exercised violence against them.