More than a private matter: The gendered reality of violence

More than a private matter: The gendered reality of violence

I still vividly remember meeting Nancy (not her real name) when I worked at a shelter for abused women many years ago. A petite woman in her thirties with shoulder length dark brown hair, she had just fled her home and marriage of eleven years. She clung desperately to her two children, a boy about six and a girl about four. She was fragile and she was determined.