Each of the women posted here simply wanted to leave their male partners and move on, but now they are dead. These mothers entered a system that is deeply unequal and misogynistic, one that will protect a man’s rights at any cost.

Police may have ignored their urgent pleas that their husband or Ex was dangerous. Judges may have labelled these women as ‘difficult’ or ‘overreacting.’ Their attorneys may have coerced them into settling to terms they knew would put their safety at risk. No matter where the failures were for these women, this problem is systemic and wide-spread, as women are simply not believed.

Family courts and law enforcement continue to defend and condone male entitlement, which when left unchecked, often leads to femicide or familicide - the ultimate acts of control and “ownership” of women and children. Prolonged divorce or litigious child custody cases are markers for a woman’s risk of lethality.

Society counts what it cares about. Nobody seems to be counting these women lost who were forced into a system that would ultimately lead to their death.

So we count them. We care.

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