White Ribbon Day 2014

If you know me you know I am very passionate about this topic.  So passionate about it I have written about it a few times in this blog and let me assure you, writing about it and putting it out there for people to read was not an easy decision.  I was ashamed (and quite honestly still am in some ways) and worried people would judge me, think me weak and would go down the path of "she should have just left".  So the day I chose to publish my story for the world to read I was wracked with terror.  I shouldn't have been; there was nothing but support.

Starting back in October 2012, this is my story:  It Can Happen to Anyone

And again on White Ribbon Day last year:  White Ribbon Day 2013

And as a reminder...

EVERY week, on average, one Australian woman is killed by a current or former partner. 
              
More than 27,000 domestic violence assaults were reported to police last year in NSW alone, averaging 74 assaults in the state per day, and it’s the reason behind more than 30 per cent of all homicide cases in New South Wales.

One in three women in Australia has experienced some sort of violence since the age of 15, around 3.91 million, and indigenous women are 35 times more likely to be affected.

One in five Australian women has been stalked.

These numbers should horrify you.  They sure horrify me.