Your Stories About Violence

My daughter is abused by her husband. She tried to commit suicide. Her husband does not want to leave her and she has children. What can we do?

Hello. I live with my mother and endure the abuse of our father. Due to the Coronavirus [lockdown] I can’t escape and abuse is continuous in all its forms: physical, verbal, emotional. I can’t do anything about it and at the same time I can no longer see my mother being abuse at her age. Please help me. I am 23 and my mother is in her 60s. I am from Tangier in Morocco.

Hello. My name is Kenza and I am 28. I was subjected to abuse, beating and was locked-up for 3 months, which resulted in pregnancy from this human monster. He then promised to marry me [but he continued to abuse me]. […] I informed the police, but he is threatening to kill me and the situation hasn’t changed. How am I to cope in these circumstances where I am alone and pregnant?

I am a 36-year-old orphan. I work in a bakery and live in a small house. My neighbor, who is a drug dealer and has a criminal record, is abusing me physically, emotionally, and mentally. In the current circumstances, I can’t move house as I can’t afford to live elsewhere. Besides, this is the place where my parents put me before they passed away. When I call the police they do not respond. What do I do? I think of suicide day and night

I am 23 years old divorced woman, and I have a 6-year-old daughter. I got divorced due to the violence I was subjected to by my husband and his mother. I suffered a lot, and I endured the pressure for the sake of my daughter, but I could not tolerate the physical and verbal abuse any longer. My daughter and I don’t have any place to go and my husband does not pay the alimony. Now I live in a small room, I do not have money for the rent and I do not have a family. I need help and I don't know where to go.