Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Jul 26, 2022How Domestic Violence Affects ChildrenChildren deserve to be children. They deserve to feel joy over small things, learn about the world around them and be curious. They deserve to be protected from the world’s hardships, and to grow and learn with healthy parental or adult relationships. …Domestic Violence4 min readDomestic Violence4 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Jun 30, 2022Happy 1st Birthday to our Aino Aid™️ ChatbotIt has been a whole year of our current Aino Aid™️chatbot interacting with people all over the world. …Domestic Violence2 min readDomestic Violence2 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Jun 16, 2022Dating After Domestic ViolenceLeaving a relationship, even a violent one, can lead to a lack of stability in your life. Especially if it seems like all your friends and family are settled down. Perhaps with children, or they seem to have ‘found’ their place in the world. Firstly, most people don’t have it…Domestic Violence5 min readDomestic Violence5 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·May 25, 2022Why It Is Hard To Admit You’ve Experienced Domestic ViolenceAt We Encourage we know the effect of shame on domestic violence. Many people keep violence in their relationship hidden from others. It can even be hard to admit it to themselves. …Domestic Violence5 min readDomestic Violence5 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·May 10, 2022The Value and True Cost of HouseworkFor centuries housework has been undervalued due to class and gender roles. Historically it was undervalued by the upper class as a servant’s job, and as the middle class rose women began to stay at home to look after children, no longer required to also work for their families survival…Housework4 min readHousework4 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Apr 26, 2022The Nature of Violence: Domestic Violence and WarWarfare and domestic violence may not seem to have many parallels at face value. One is public, one private. One is on mass, the other intimate. Yet there are threads of commonalities between the two, which are outlined below. Whilst war plays out in a national and international context this…War4 min readWar4 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Apr 12, 2022How to Create a Safety PlanIt can be dangerous to leave a situation of domestic violence. It is the time when victims are at the most risk of homicide. …Domestic Violence4 min readDomestic Violence4 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Mar 1, 2022Can We Trust Chatbots?A lot of people don’t understand how technology works. Technological development has seemingly exploded at a rapid rate in just one generation, and with anything if you do not choose to study it or engage in a subject it seems inaccessible and strange. …AI4 min readAI4 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Feb 15, 2022Domestic Violence and Victim Blaming: How to Recognise it and StopAll too often we talk about the victims of domestic violence, and only the victims. But this takes out the active agent in the situation. The perpetrator, the person causing the abuse. For someone to be a victim, they must have been acted upon. A survivor is not responsible for…Domestic Violence3 min readDomestic Violence3 min read
Published inAinoAid™ services by We Encourage·Feb 1, 2022How Technology Can Help Stop Domestic ViolenceDomestic violence occurs more regularly than most want to think about, and technology can be painted as a tool to help perpetrators. Yet we would like to show you ways in which technology can, and is, being used to combat it. Ever since phones have been in houses they have…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
