Domestic Violence

Children are not just witnesses but are also victims of domestic violence.

While the success of South Asians in the Silicon Valley tech sector gets a lot of ink, not much is written or known about the spouses of these tech workers who come on dependent visas. Two journalists set out to change that.

"My name is Uma. I am a domestic violence survivor, and this is my story."

The pandemic has brought into sharp focus what has been called the shadow pandemic: the staggering rise of domestic violence incidents across the world.

Moms talk about what it’s like to be pregnant in jail, and about their lives before and after incarceration.

This article was produced with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund.

Muchas de las madres de las víctimas de feminicidios ignoran su propio trauma y su pérdida para hacerse cargo de los nietos que quedaron huérfanos por culpa de la violencia machista.

Many of the mothers of femicide victims ignore their own trauma and loss to take care of the grandchildren who were orphaned by sexist violence.

Cristina del Mar Quiles reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund.
Other stories by her include:
Mothers Of Femicide Victims Rescue Their Grandchildren

Grandmothers ignore their own trauma and loss to take care of the children of their murdered daughters.