UPDATED April 24, 2018
Since 1987, October has been designated Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It grew out of the Day of Unity, which has been celebrated on the first Monday in October since 1981, when advocates and victims of domestic violence against women and children come together to raise awareness.
It’s hard to believe this movement is so recent considering it’s such a pervasive issue and there are so many tragic domestic violence stories. According to the CDC, “One in four women (24.3%) and one in seven men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.” In addition, one in three women who is a victim of homicide was murdered by her current or former partner.
