Carly McIntosh: Women step forward with their powerful stories

It has taken years for women to walk from the extreme violence they are being abused with from their husbands, boyfriends, and even their family members. The list of violence that women have had to live through is long, a few examples sexual harassment, rape, forced abortion, etc.

Young children who witness violence against their mother, the children can begin to believe that this is a normal life. As children see their mother crying with bruises appearing on her skin the children know something is wrong, but all they know of what to do is to comfort her and hug her.

As time goes by the children begin to grow and realize that their father is hurting their mother very badly, but they begin to fear their own father and all they can do to keep themselves safe is run and hide. When a family begins to grow through living in a violent situation everything is to be kept quite while in the public. The public do not see the damage that is hidden behind closed doors, the mother acts as if everything is fine as do the children. They are too scared to speak out.