DAVIA: Domestic Abuse and Violence International Alliance
The highly publicized trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, and the global public response to the trial, reveal there is no other topic of public debate in which the claims of gender activists:
- Diverge so dramatically from the findings of hundreds of research studies, which show that men and women engage in domestic violence at similar rates.
- Are so implausible and easily discredited, such as the claim that COVID lockdown policies resulted in a “shadow pandemic of violence” against women.
- Serve to negatively stereotype men and promote policies that violate men’s civil rights, such as the right to due process and the presumption of innocence.
This state of affairs has arisen from a gender ideology that ascribes domestic violence to the existence of “patriarchy.” Gloria Steinem, for example, once insisted that “Patriarchy requires violence, or the subliminal threat of violence, in order to maintain itself.”
Such wild claims not only deny science; they also have had the effect of minimizing assistance to abused men, creating sex-biased arrest policies, and encouraging false allegations. Such harmful stereotypes have had the broader effect of marginalizing men and fathers, thereby weakening the family structure.
The mission of the Domestic Abuse and Violence International Alliance — DAVIA — is to ensure that domestic violence and abuse policies are science-based, family-affirming, and sex-inclusive. Domestic violence consists of actions or threats of violence directed towards an intimate partner. Domestic abuse includes the use of coercive control, false allegations, and parental alienating behaviors.
RESEARCH
Hundreds of research studies demonstrate that men and women are equally likely to engage in domestic violence. These studies have been summarized in a number of reviews:
- Esteban Eugenio Esquivel-Santoveña et al: Partner Abuse Worldwide
- Nicola Graham-Kevan: The Gendered Perspective of Domestic (Intimate Partner) Violence: A Review of the Evidence
- Martin Fiebert: References Examining Assaults by Women on Their Spouses or Male Partners
- Murray A. Straus: Partner Violence by Male and Female University Students in 16 Nations
- John Archer: Sex Differences in Aggression Between Heterosexual Partners: A Meta-Analytic Review
- Manuel Eisner: The Gender Symmetry Problem in Physical Teen Dating Violence
- Country and region-specific:
CAMPAIGNS
- 2022
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men – November 18
- International Falsely Accused Day – September 9
- #MenToo – Summer
- 2021
- The UN is UN-Fair – November
- Tell the Truth about Domestic Violence — September-October
UN WOMEN:
- Sean Kullman: Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence: Encouraging the United Nations and Others to Take Action
- James Baresel: ‘Global Acceleration Plan’ Reveals Marxist Influence at the UN
- James Delingpole: Everything Bad In History Was the Patriarchy’s Fault, Claims United Nations
- Edward Bartlett: Defund the UN’s Domestic Violence Dishonesty
- David Benatar: Let’s Oppose Violence Against Men Too
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
The DAVIA membership consists of the following 69 organizations from 24 countries:
INTERNATIONAL
AFRICA
- Kenya:
- Nigeria:
- South Africa:
ASIA
- Israel:
- By Your Side (LETZIDCHEM)
- India:
AUSTRALIA
- Australia:
- New Zealand:
EUROPE
- Bulgaria:
- Association of Kids Rights 24
- Denmark:
- France:
- Association for Fathers, Children, and Mothers (Association Père Enfant Mère)
- Gender Studies for Men
- Ireland:
- Lithuania:
- Equal Parenting Association (Lygiavertės Tevystės Asociacija)
- Poland:
- Good Father (Dobry Tata)
- Portugal:
- Parental Equality (Igualdade Parental)
- Netherlands:
- Father Knowledge Center Foundation (Stichting Vader Kennis Centrum)
- Slovenia:
- Association of Fathers of Slovenia (Društvo očetov Slovenije)
- Spain:
- ANAVID — National Association for Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence (Asociacion Nacional de Ayuda a Victimas de Ayuda de Violencia Doméstica)
- Sweden:
- Custody Housing Socialization (Vardnad Boende Umgange)
- United Kingdom:
LATIN AMERICA
- Argentina:
- False Allegations Observatory (Observatorio de Falsas Denuncias)
Uruguay:
NORTH AMERICA
- Bermuda:
- ChildWatch Bermuda
- Canada:
- United States:
- Americans for Equal Shared Parenting
- Coalition to End Domestic Violence
- Colorado Coalition for Boys & Men
- Colorado Parental Alienation Support
- Dads and Moms PAC
- Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags
- Equality for Boys and Men
- Family Access — Fighting for Children’s Rights
- Men’s Equality
- Michigan for Shared Parenting
- NCFM-Women Against False Accusations
- Silvers Publishing, LLC
- Victim to Hero
- Wisconsin for Children and Families
SEE: SPANISH VERSION
CONTACT
Domestic Abuse and Violence International Alliance
3220 N Street, NW, Suite 114
Washington, DC 20007
Email: DAVIA@endtodv.org
Telephone: 301-801-0608
