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Experts support Amber Heard

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An Open Letter in Support of Amber Heard

Five months ago, the verdict in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard deeply concerned many professionals in the fields of intimate partner and sexual violence.


As many, including A.O. Scott for The New York Times have noted, the vilification of Ms. Heard and ongoing online harassment of her and those who have voiced support for her have been unprecedented in both vitriol and scale. 


Much of this harassment was fueled by disinformation, misogyny, biphobia, and a monetized social media environment where a woman’s allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault were mocked for entertainment. The same disinformation and victim-blaming tropes are now being used against others who have alleged abuse.


In our opinion, the Depp v. Heard verdict and continued discourse around it indicate a fundamental misunderstanding of intimate partner and sexual violence and how survivors respond to it. The damaging consequences of the spread of this misinformation are incalculable. We have grave concerns about the rising misuse of defamation suits to threaten and silence survivors.


We condemn the public shaming of Amber Heard and join in support of her. We support the ability of all to report intimate partner and sexual violence free of harassment and intimidation.

Organizations

Women's March Action
Women's March Foundation
Ms. Magazine
Esperanza United
The National Organization for Women
The Asian Feminist
LIFT: Living in Freedom Together, Worcester
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE)
The Safe Center LI
Sakhi for South Asian Women
The National Organization for Women, Virginia Chapter
Refuge: For women and children, against domestic violence
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
Center for Safety and Change
Clearinghouse on Women's Issues (CWI)
Center for Judicial Excellence
Democratic Activists for Women Now
Sanctuary for Families
National Women’s Law Center
Equal Rights Advocates
Equality Now
EnoughIsEnough Voter Project
Engendered Collective
Every Voice Coalition Fighting Sexual Violence on Campus
Know Your IX
Victim Focus
Sisi.ie
Aidileys
Crumiller
Ultraviolet
Female Filmaker Fuse
Sexual Violence Prevention Association
Military Rape Crisis Center
Öfgar
The Pixel Project
Hire Survivors Hollywood
Sexual Violence Law Center
Eris Conflict Resolution
Hope's Door
Futures Without Violence
Réseau International des Mères en Lutte
WeSpoke
Women’s Equal Justice Project
CCChat Magazine
Custody Peace
Violence Free Minnesota
The Mary Sue
New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
Osez le Féminisme
Movement of Mothers
Russian feminist association ONA
The Milk Exchange
Equal Justice Inc
Happy Fathering Collaborative
Me Too Many Voices Community Support Network
Mothers of Lost Children
Women For Change
The White Ribbon Campaign
Biscuit
Projekt ECHO
Protect Our Defenders
Scottish Women's Aid
Bi Women Quarterly
Associazione Iroko Onlus
C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, Victims' Rights Law Firm
Feminist Majority Foundation
Fearless! Hudson Valley, Inc.
McAllister Olivarius

Aidileys • Associazione Iroko Onlus • Biscuit • Bi Women Quarterly • Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE)  •  Child’s Best Interest - Divorce and custody consulting  • CCChat Magazine  • Custody Peace • Center for Judicial Excellence  • Center for Safety and Change  • Clearinghouse on Women's Issues •  CLEME, Comprendre, Lire, Écrire, le Monde Ensemble •   Crumiller  • Cyber Civil Rights Initiative •  CybHer • The Feminist Litigation Firm • DC Volunteer Lawyers Project, a non profit organization providing free legal services to low income victims of domestic violence in the DC metropolitan area  •   Democratic Activists for Women Now •  Engendered Collective •  EnoughIsEnough Voter Project • Equal Justice Inc • Equal Rights Advocates • Equality Now • Eris Conflict Resolution •   Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network) •  Every Voice Coalition • Family Court Crisis • Fearless! Hudson Valley, Inc. • Female Filmaker Fuse • Feminist Majority Foundation • Futures Without Violence • C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, Victims' Rights Law Firm •  Happy Fathering Collaborative  • Hire Survivors Hollywood • Hope's Door •  IMPACT • Know Your IX • Konektis Belgium  • LIFT: Living in Freedom Together, Worcester •  La Maison des Femmes • Manifesto XXI • McAllister Olivarius • MeToo Many Voices •  #MeTooMédia • Military Rape Crisis Center • Mothers of Lost Children • Ms. Magazine • National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence • The National Organization for Women • The National Organization for Women Nassau Chapter  • The National Organization for Women: Virginia Chapter • National Women’s Law Center •  #NousToutes •  Öfgar  • Ne Molchi "Don't Be Silent" (Kazakhstan) • Ne Molchi "Don't Be Silent" (Uzbekistan) • No More • NVRDC - Network for Victim Recovery of DC • ONA • One Mom's Battle - OMB • Osez le Féminisme  •  Law Office of Patricia M. Pastor: Trauma Informed Justice • Protect Our Defenders •  Projekt ECHO • Refuge: for Women & Children. Against Domestic Violence. •  Réseau International des Mères en Lutte • Sakhi for South Asian Women • Sanctuary for Families  • Scottish Women's Aid  • Sexual Violence Law Center • Sexual Violence Prevention Association • The Asian Feminist • The Mary Sue • The Milk Exchange • Movement of Mothers • The Pixel Project • The Safe Center LI • Step Up to Family Safety • UltraViolet • UnLocal  • Victim Focus • Violence Free Minnesota •  Warriors C.A.R.E. •  WeSpoke  •  The White Ribbon Campaign ( Cuyahoga County ) • Women Count USA: Femicide Accountability Project • Women For Change • Women's March Action • Women's March Foundation • Women’s Equal Justice Project • Women’s Street Watch • ZIOS3 • 

Individuals

Meil Sophie Abada-Simon, 

Astrophysicist


Renée B. Adams, 

Professor, University of Oxford


Dr. Esohe Aghatise, 

Executive Director, Associazione Iroko Onlus


Léane Alestra, 

Writer


Cheryl A. Alexander, 

L.I.C.S.W., RMT Trauma Informed Psychotherapist in Private Practice

Aisha Ali-Khan, 

British Women’s Rights Campaigner, Women United Organisation

Dra Patrícia Regina Alonso, 

Advogada - Brasil - São Paulo 


Sara Ahmed, 

Independent Scholar, Author, “Complaint!”


Kate Amber, 

PgCert, Founder, End Coercive Control USA


Dr. Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur, 

Professor of Sociology, Rhode Island College


Kelly Asao, 

Professor of Psychology, Westminster College


Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, 

Intersectionality and Policy University College London (UCL), UK


Dr. Kate Balestrieri, 

Licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Certified Sex Therapist & Founder of Modern Intimacy


Gia Barboza-Salerno, 

MA, MS, JD, PhD Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion The Ohio State University


Christina Barker, 

D. Clin. Psychol., M.Ed., B.Sc Expert Witness, Forensic Scientist, Trauma Specialist, EMDR Therapist

Joshua Barlow;
Attorney; Specialist in Litigation and Protection Orders on Behalf of IPV Survivors

Dr Belinda Barnes; 

Clinical Psychologist in Trauma, Director of At Ease Psychology

Dr. Adrienne Barnett, 

Reader in Law, Brunel Law School, Brunel University London


Melissa Barnett, 

President of Mothers of Lost Children, Victim Advocate


Lauren Bastide,
Writer, Podcaster on Spotify 


Libby Baxter-Williams, 

Director of Biscuit


Apolline Bazin,

Editor-in-Chief, Manifesto XXI


Baptiste Beaulieu, 

Médecin, Écrivain


Dr. Nicole Bedera, 

Sociologist


Nicole Bell, 

Founder and CEO, LIFT Living in Freedom Together

Panayiota Bertzikis,
CEO/Founder Military Rape Crisis Center

Amy Betts,
Founder of Aidileys - Rights, Family Court Information Services  

Elizabeth Blackney, 

Survivor and Activist

Lucile Bokobza, 

Philosopher, Biologist & Feminist. 


Antoinette Bonsignore, 

J.D., Legal and Prosecutorial Analyst, Case Systems Training Review Program, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission


Anna Boucher, 

Associate Professor in Public Policy and Political Science (LSE) and admitted Solicitor, Supreme Court NSW, Australia

Karima Boutaher,
RDN, P. Dt.

Michelle Bowder; 

Author of "Is Rape a Crime?"  


Lindsey Boylan, 

Women’s Rights Activist


Dr. Stephanie Ann Brandt

MD, Faculty and Chairman, Ethics Committee, New York Psychoanalytic Institute New York, NY, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, Experienced Forensic Evaluation and Testimony in Family, Supreme and Federal ( EDNY + SDNY ) Child focused Litigation

Iris Brey
Autrice  


Susan J. Brison, 

Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College


Professor Ann Bartow, 

University of New Hampshire School of Law. 


Lindsey Blumell, 

Ph.D, Journalism Researcher Specialising in News Media Representations of Sexual Assault. Lead Research in International Project on Ending Workplace Sexual Harassment in News Organisations


Laura Bonetzky-Joseph, 

Author, Survivor, Domestic Violence Advocate, Educator, Trauma Informed Somatic Healing 


Shari Botwin, 

LCSW, Trauma Therapist and Author


Angie Boyle, 

Senior Lecturer, University of Cumbria, PhD on Adults who Lived with Domestic Abuse as Children

Mitzi Bramble, 

MA, LMHC, Trauma Informed Psychotherapist, Intersectional Feminist  


Laura S Brown, 

Ph.D. ABPP, psychologist in private practice, past President, APA Division of Trauma Psychology and Society for The Psychology of Women

Dr. Kari Brozowski 

Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University 


Twiss Butler, 

Feminist


Rachel Camp, 

Professor from Practice and Co-Director, Georgetown University Domestic Violence Clinic (title for identification purposes only)


Nimmi Candappa; 

PhD, Engineer, Academic, Activist

Margot Cauquil-Gleizes,
Art teacher and Silence Breaker

Soraya Chemaly, 

Journalist,  Author, Rage Becomes Her 


Nancy Chi Cantalupo, 

Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School (title and institution provided for identification purposes only)


Kali Casab, 

The Voices and Faces Project


Lauren B. Cattaneo, 

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University


Gillian Chadwick, 

Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law


Megan Challender, 

Managing Attorney, Network for Victim Recovery of DC


Rachel Charlton-Dailey, 

Journalist, Founding Editor of The Unwritten 


Shilpy Chatterjee, 

Senior Prevention Coordinator New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault


Debra Chopp, 

Clinical Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Don Christensen, 

President of Protect Our Defenders 


Seo-Young Chu 

Associate Professor Queens College, CUNY


Andrew Thomas Cicchetti, 

Ph.D. LCSW-R

Dr Esma Esen Çiftçi, 

Assistant Professor in Social and Organisational Psychology at Anadolu University. Work on Sexism and Social Relationships


Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola, 

DSW, LCSW Coercive Control Advocate, Educator, Researcher & Survivor

Alyson Cole,

Ph.D, Professor at Queens College & The Graduate Center, CUNY, Author of The Cult of True Victimhood

J.V. Connors 

Ph.D. New Mexico licensed psychologist  


Bea Coté, 

LCSW, LMFT Founder and Executive Director IMPACT, LLC and Step Up to Family Safety


Nadia Daam, 

Journalist, TV anchor, Arte network


Dr. Elizabeth Dalgarno, 

SHERA Research Group


Roxana Dapper, 

Activist Educator, Feminist, Gender Equity Educator

Olivier Daronnat, 

Militant pro Féministe.  


Michele Landis Dauber, 

Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law, Stanford Law School (title and institution for identification purposes only)


Erin David, 

MD


Roz Davidson, 

Director of The Positive Parenting Company Ltd National Domestic Abuse Consultant and Trainer


Ella Dawson, 

Author


Jill Dean, 

Ed. S., L.P.C., Counselor and Advocate.


Lyndsey Dearlove, 

Global Director of Operations for the No More Foundation

Sarah DeArmond,
Advocate and Founder of Nonprofit Voiceless Behind Bars™️


Ludi Demol Defe, 

Ph.D. in Medias and Gender Studies, Université Paris 8 


Sanndra DelSignore, 

MSW, LMHC, LICSW


Lula Dembele, 

Survivor Advocate.


Theresa Derbyshire 

BACP Senior Accredited Psychotherapist and EMDR therapist 


Nupur Deshpande

Feminist, Engineer with Data Science Background Archiving Online Harassment & Widespread Misogyny in Social Media


Helene Devynck, 

Writer


Kim Detjen 

MSW, LCSW, Independent Social Worker and Academic, PhD Candidate (Research in Domestic Abuse)


Thaomi Michelle Dinh 

Ph.D, Associate Director of Asian American Studies, Stanford University, Published (Academic & Creative) on the topic of Sexual Violence


Drew Dixon, 

Producer, Activist


Mia Döring 

Author, "Any Girl," Psychotherapist Specializing in Domestic Abuse and Sexual Trauma 


Tiffanie Drayton, 

Journalist & Activist "Johnny Depp's Amber Heard Trial Verdict Will Have a Devastating Chilling Effect" 


Margaret B. Drew, 

Associate Professor of Law, UMass Law School


Jo Driscoll, 

Specialist SEMH Teacher


Prof. Dr. Jennifer Drobac


Cindy Druyts - 

Trauma Sexologist/Therapist/Social Worker & Head of Konektis Belgium


Martin Dufresne;
Former Director of Montreal Men Against Sexism,  Profeminist Translator (French) for the work of Andrea Dworkin, Catharine A MacKinnon & other Truth-Sayers

Danielle Pelfrey Duryea

Boston University School of Law (institution for identification purposes only)

Violaine Dutrop,
Autrice, Conférencière et Militante Féministe

Elvire Duvelle-Charles
Co-fondatrice de Clit Révolution.

Maria João Faustino, 

PhD Candidate, University of Auckland


Erin Dwyer-Frazier, 

Attorney and Domestic Violence Advocate


Stephanie Freeman Esq, 

Attorney, Domestic Abuse Activist


Heidi Eilers, 

Ph.D., BCBA-D, CCTP, Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional


Darcel Elliott 

LPCC LSW

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy,
Egyptian internet activist and women's rights advocate  


Deborah Epstein, 

Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Gender, Violence, and Law, Georgetown Law University Center


Ray Epstein, 

President/Founder of Student Activists Against Sexual Assault at Temple University


Annie Ernaux, 

Writer, 2022 Nobel prize


Éric Fassin,

Professeur de Sociologie et d’Études de Genre, Université Paris VIII Vincennes - Saint-Denis


Dr Kim Fawcett, 

Teaching Fellow in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Durham University Law School, (U.K.)


Heidi Li Feldman, 

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center


Bill Flack, 

Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University


Professor Michael Flood

Queensland University of Technology


Giulia Fois, 

Journaliste, Autrice


Terry Forliti, 

Communication Coordinator for Upside Sex Trafficking Initiative, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Francisca Fox, 

Feminist Actress/Producer/ Filmmaker, Member of the Ethics Commission of Sidarte & Former Leader/ Continuing Member of Red de Actrices Chilenas (RACH), Chile.  


Jaclyn Friedman, 

editor of “Yes Means Yes” and “Believe Me”


Camille Froidevaux-Metterie, 

Philosopher.


Tuhina Gao, 

Professional Advocate Working with Marginalised & Vulnerable Women (India)

Kern Geard, 

Social Worker, Feminist Advocate 


Ariane Geffard, 

Agent Littéraire


Professor Aisha K. Gill, 

Ph.D. CBE | Professor of Criminology


Professor Leigh Gilmore, 

Ohio State University, Author, “The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women”

Dr Ashlee Gore. 

Lecturer in Criminology at Western Sydney University 


Lisa Goodman, 

Ph.D., Professor, Boston College


Leigh Goodmark, 

Marjorie Cook Professor of Law and Co-Director, Clinical Law Program

Cynthia A. Graham, 

PhD, C. Psychol, Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health  

Catriona Grant, 

Scotland, UK.  Independent Social Work and Domestic Abuse Consultant 


Gretchen Grappone,
LICSW PTSD Clinician & Trainer  

Julie Green, 

Research Assistant, Violence Against Women and Children team, Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne

Min Grob, 

Founder CCChat Magazine 


Kit Gruelle, 

Advocate, Survivor, Film Subject for HBO Documentary Private Violence


Emiliana Guereca, 

Founder and Executive Director Women's March Action and Women's March Foundation


Andreea Gruev-Vintila, 

Maîtresse de conférences HDR Psychologie sociale, Université Paris Nanterre LAPPS


André Gunthert, 

Associate Professor in Visual Culture, EHESS


Anne Hager, 

Survivor and Activist


Bérénice Hamidi, 

Professeure en esthétiques et politiques des arts vivants à l'Université Lyon 2, Responsable du Master Arts de la Scène, Co-directrice de l'axe "études sur le genre, théories féministes et approches intersectionnelles du laboratoire Passages XX-XXI (EA4160), Co-responsable de l'axe Genre de la MSH Lyon-Saint Etienne, Membre honoraire de l'Institut Universitaire de France.

Kayla Harder 

Founder, Survivors Righting Wrongs 


Kelsey J. Harper, 

Psy.D. Licensed Psychologist 


Dr. Megan Haselschwerdt, 

Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville


Yasmeen Hassan, 

Global Executive Director, Equality Now


Elise Hatsuko, 

Social Entrepreneur, Advocate for Women & Girls, Author, "The Status of Women"


Tirion Havard, 

Associate Professor, England UK


Judith L. Herman, 

M.D., Professor of Psychiatry (Part Time), Harvard Medical School


Eileen Hing, 

CEO of ZIOS3

Kathryn Holland, 

Ph.D Assistant Professor of Psychology & Women’s & Gender Studies, University of Nebraska

Meredith Holley;

Founder of Eris Conflict Resolution, IMPACT Coach™, Attorney 


CarlLa Horton, 

M.P.A., Executive Director, Hope’s Door


Emily Mia Hughes-Smith,
MBACP. BSc(hons) dip. Sup 


Kate Hugill

Survivor, Advocate & Citizen of the Year Award Winner (2018) for Volunteer Domestic Abuse Lectures/Training for Law Enforcement


Doreen Hunter, 

Co-Founder, Americas Conference to End Coercive Control (ACECC)


Catherine Ibled, 

Conseillère de Paris et Vice Présidente de l’Association Femmes avec…

Renée Izambard, 

Survivor, Founding member of Movement of Mothers


Holly Jacobs, 

PhD Founder, Board Member, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative


Elodie Jauneau, 

Historienne, Militante Féministe.

Antje Joel, 

PhD Researcher Criminology at University of Gloucestershire, Author of 'A Good Beating - An Everyday Story of Domestic Violence' (Rowohlt 2020), and 'Why I Didn't Leave' (Left Horizons 2022) 


Hans Johnson, 

President, East Area Progressive Democrats

Lisa Jureczko 

Abuse Dynamics Coach for Narcissistic Abuse Survivors & Co-Founder of Projekt ECHO

Sheherezade Kara
International Human Rights Jurist and Consultant


Dr. Emma Katz, 

Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University, UK


Mara Keire 

Senior Research Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, UK


Dr. Margaret Kertesz, 

Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Farrah Khan, 

CEO Possibility Seeds 


Saira Khan, 

HCPC Registered Chartered Counselling Psychologist in the UK LCSW, California Board of Behavioural Sciences


Stéphanie Khayat, 

Journaliste


Dr Jennifer Kuhn


Steve Killpack, 

Founder Healthy Fathering Collaborative 


Amanda Kippert, 

Editor-in-Chief, DomesticShelters.org, Co-Host, Toxic the Podcast


Judge Judy Harris Kluger, 

Executive Director, Sanctuary for Families


Dean Laurie Kohn, 

George Washington Law School 


Kellyann Kostyal-Larrier, 

Executive Director, Fearless! Hudson Valley, Inc.


Dr. Ingeborg Kraus, 

Clinical Psychologist, Psychotraumatologist


Lauren Krouse, 

Writer & Survivor-Victim Advocate

Amy Kaufman, 

Survivor & Advocate, with Women Aware   

Afsana Lachaux, 

Activist & British Women’s Rights Campaigner.

Julie S. Lalonde 

Canadian Woman's Rights Advocate


Rose Lamy, 

Autrice et Créatrice du compte Instagram Préparez-vous pour la bagarre

Stephanie Lamy,
Semantic Operations (Disinformation) Analyst, Political Scientist and Feminist Campaigner Against Economic Abuse.  

Dr Rhiannon Lane, 

Research Fellow in Sociology, Cardiff University 


Titiou Lecoq, 

Autrice


Julianna Lee, 

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law 


Geraldine Lee-Treweek,
Professor of Social Justice at Birmingham City University, UK, specialist in Abuse Studies and Psychotherapist. 


Dorchen A. Leidholdt, Esq., 

Director, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families


Julia Livingston, 

Barnes & Thornburg LLP


Edward Lloyd, 

Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor Emeritus in Environmental Law, Columbia University School of Law


Ursula Le Menn, 

Spokeswoman of Osez le Féminisme, Legal Expert 


Dr. Laura E. Ludtke, 

Independent Scholar


Tresa DiAnn Lupton, 

J.D. Survivor & Victim Advocate


Linda MacDonald, 

Persons Against Non-State Torture, co-author "Women Unsilenced Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win"


Catharine A. MacKinnon, 

Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at Michigan Law, and the long-term James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (all titles for identification purposes only)


David Mandel, 

Executive Director, Safe and Together Institute


Jane Manning, 

Director, Women’s Equal Justice Project

Noelle Martin,

Lawyer, Forbes 30 Under 30 (Asia), Award-Winning Law Reform Campaigner & Global Activist (Online Abuse) 

Virginie Martin, Politiste & Sociologue, Kedge Business School, Revue Pol & Parlementaire

Anne-Cécile Mailfert, Présidente de la Fondation des femmes. 


Sarah Ann Masse, 

Actor, Writer, Filmmaker, Weinstein Silence Breaker, Activist, Advocate, Founder - Hire Survivors Hollywood

Omny Miranda Martone, 

Founder & CEO of Sexual Violence Prevention Association  

Irina Matvienko, 

Feminist Activist, Journalist, Founder of Nemolchi.uz (Do Not Be Silent)


Maria Concetta Mayo, 

Founder, Warriors C.A.R.E.

Jef McAllister, 

Managing Partner, McAllister Olivarius


Lisa McDonald, 

Arts Psychotherapist, Activist, Founder of "Live Live Revolution"


Sarah McGrath, 

CEO Women for Women France (Sarah McGrath, Directrice Générale, Women for Women France)


Kelli McLean, 

M.A., LMFT, Psychotherapist 


Joan Meier, 

National Family Violence Law Center, Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School


Mari Metcalf, Esq. 

Bilingual Attorney Workplace Investigator, specializing in trauma informed interviewing, as well as credibility assessment. Extensive personal experience with IPV.


Stephanie L Metzger 

FNP, C


Jodi Midiri, 

MD, Psychiatrist, Host of The Telepsychiatrist Podcast


Neeta Misra, 

Director of Development, Per Scholas 


Carolyn Modeen, 

Sun Cities West Valley NOW

Sandra Muller

journaliste, créatrice de #Balancetonporc


Amy Myers, 

Acting Director, Gender Justice Clinic, Washington College of Law (for identification purposes only)


Natalie Nanasi, 

Associate Professor, SMU Dedman School of Law, Director, Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women

Elisabeth Nicoli,
Co-Présidente de l'Alliance des Femmes pour la Démocratie 


Laura Beth Nielsen, 

JD, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, Research Professor, American Bar Foundation, President, Law and Society Association, Author, “License to Harass: Law, Hierarchy, and Offensive Public Speech” (titles for identification purposes only)

Marianne Niosi,
Gender Equality Expert and Advocate 


Robyn Ochs 

Speaker. Teacher. Writer. Advocate, Editor of Bi Women Quarterly 


Anne O’Dell, 

Retired Sergeant, San Diego Police Department

Ann Olivarius, 

Chair of the Executive Committee, McAllister Olivarius


Dr. Rachel Oristano, 

DSCM MSEd LAc


Emer O'Toole, 

Ph.D., Professor, Concordia University

Tashmia Owen, 

Survivor Advocate, Artist & Feminist Filmmaker  


Natalie Page, 

#TheCourtSaid Founder, Survivor Family Network Director


Mathieu Palain, 

Écrivain et Journaliste. 


David Palumbo-Liu, 

Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor, Stanford University


Reena Parikh, 

Director of Civil Rights Clinic, Boston College Law School (title for identification purposes only)


Leanne Patrick, 

GBV Nurse Specialist 


Marie Peltier, 

Historienne, Spécialiste du Complotisme

 

Moira Penza,
Attorney, Former federal prosecutor, Eastern District of New York; led NXIVM investigation and trial  


Jaime Cabeza Pereiro, 

Professor of Labor and Social Security Law, University of Vigo

Marine Perin,
Journaliste, Réalisatrice

Lucrezia Perrig, PhD candidate (Gender Studies) at University of Lausanne  

Mary Peterson, 

PhD candidate & Activist Specialising in Fighting Sexual Harassment in Academia


Lucile Peytavin, 

Historienne, essayiste et experte dans la prévention des violences.


Constance Phelps, 

Co-Chair of Survivor's Advisory Board at Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, Written on the Topic of Domestic Violence for Several Publications 


Alison Phipps, 

Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University


Céline Piques, 

Co-Présidente de la Commission Violences du Haut Conseil à l'Egalité, représentante d'Osez le Féminisme. 


Christie Pitts

Alexa Polar,

Writer, Producer, Director & Founder of Female Filmakers Fuse 


Florence Porcel, 

Writer


Nicole Prause, 

Ph.D., Senior Statistician, University of California, Los Angeles (title for identification purposes only)


Andrea Price, 

M.A. Post Separation Abuse and Coercive Control Educator & Advocate


Pierre-Guillaume Prigent, 

PhD in sociology, University of Western Brittany, France


Dr. Charlotte Proudman, 

Barrister and Academic


Lorraine Questiaux, 

Avocate.


Dr Shivaun Quinlivan

Associate Professor, University of Galway

Christelle Rabier,
Historienne des Sciences 


Marine Rannou,
Psychologue clinicienne.

Professor Tracey Raney, 

Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada


Anne K. Ream, 

Activist and Founder of The Voices and Faces Project

Janine Rees, 

Victim Survivor Voice Survivor and Advocate

Muriel Réus, 

Présidente de l’Association Femmes avec… Officier de gendarmerie Nationale (RO1-S) Médaillée Defense Nationale, Administrateur : Agipi - Fonds de dotation Agipi - Fonds de dotation Garde Républicaine - Résilience France -, Animatrice - La Force de l Engagement - Sud Radio.

Laura Richards 

BSc, MSc, MBPsS, Criminal Behavioural Analyst 


Marie Lillian Roberts, 

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court; Court Appointed Counsel for Children

Dr. Sarah T. Roberts, 

Associate Professor, Gender Studies UCLA 


Jennifer Robinson, 

Australian human rights lawyer and barrister at Doughty St Chambers, U.K. counsel to Amber Heard, author of How Many More Women? 


Ava Rosenblum, 

PhD Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies


Diane Rosenfeld, 

Lecturer on Law, Director, Gender Violence Program, Harvard Law School


Lily Kay Ross, 

MDiv, Ph.D. Feminism and Ethics Research Fellow, Psymposia

Sandrine Rousseau
Députée  



Kathleen Russell 

Executive Director, Center For Judical Excellence  

Daniel Sabbeth, 

MD, PhD, Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist. Former Director of Training in Forensic Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Lisa A. Sales, 

M.P.A., CMAP, Virginia NOW, President


David A. Santacroce, 

Clinical Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Dr. Lex Santiago, 

Academic & Scholar of Psychedelic (sociomedical humanities) Science trained in Global Health, Political Geography, Philosophy, Ethics & Theology. Sexual harassment & IPV Victim-Survivor Advocate; Focusing on LGBTQ men & women of Asian, Pacific Islander & Filipinx descent. 


Jeanne Sarson, 

co-author, “Women Unsilenced Our Refusal To Let Torturer-Traffickers Win,” Co-Founder Persons Against Non-State Torture.


Dushyanthi Satchi,  

LCSW, United Nations Consultant on Gender-Based Violence, Psychotherapist and Feminist Activist, Columbia University, court advocate for domestic violence, educator, writer, and speaker on Gender-Based Violence


Jenna Saul, 

MD DFAACAP, Child and adolescent psychiatrist, Physical placement evaluator


Annette A. Scott, 

Advocate, Activist, Expert Witness in Domestic Violence Cases

Dr. Marsha Scott, 

CEO Scottish Women's Aid 


Sharon E. Sekhon, 

Historian with Studio for Southern California History, co-creator of "Shouting From the Margins


Purna Sen, 

Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, LMU Special Advisor to the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court


Mitu Sengupta 

Ph.D, Professor of Political Science Toronto Metropolitan University


Kascindra Shewan, 

Ph.D, Ph.D in Sexualised Violence Prevention (McMaster University), Current Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sexualised Violence Prevention (McGill University) 


Dr. John Simister, 

Ph.D., Domestic Violence and Economics Researcher, Senior Lecturer, Business School Manchester Metropolitan University


Ann Simonton, 

Founder Director of Media Watch: For Improving image of Women in Media


Dr Merryn Smith, 

Community Services Teacher and Researcher. Experienced Worker in Women's and Children's Front Line Services


Rita Smith, 

National Expert on Violence Against Women, Former Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)


Rachel Louise Snyder, 

Professor, American University, Author, “No Visible Bruises”

Susan Broyles Sookram, 

PhD, Independent Research Psychologist, Research in Domestic/Interpersonal Violence 


Evan Stark, 

Ph.D., MSW, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University


Dr. Iris M. Steine, 

Researcher (Sexual Abuse & Interpersonal Trauma); Licensed Clinical Psychologist


Gloria Steinem, 

Writer, Activist


Leslie Morgan Steiner, 

Advocate, Author, “Crazy Love”

Holly A Stovall, 

Ph.D, Co-Editor at Writer's Resist, Former Women's Studies Professor

Dr. Kelly Sundberg, 

Author (Goodbye, Sweet Girl: A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival), Assistant Professor of English.  


Sarah Szalavitz, 

Accountability Architect, Advocate & Avenger


Tina Swithin, 

founder of One Mom's Battle, Family Court Awareness Month, author of "Divorcing a Narcissist"

Roslyn Talusan, 

Journalist and Anti-Rape Activist 


Christelle Taraud, 

Historienne, Columbia University and NYU in Paris


Ruth Silver Taube, 

Adjunct Professor of Law, Santa Clara University, Legal Services Co-Chair, South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking, Delegate, Santa Clara County’s Human Trafficking Commission (all titles for identification purposes only)


Dr. Jessica Taylor, 

Chartered Psychologist, CEO of Victim Focus


Janice Thompson, 

Survivor & Advocate, "Surviving Domestic Violence in Missouri" (Facebook)

Catherine Tuitt
MBE, Former Legal adviser on Rights of Women Victims and Survivors of Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Violence, Former Chief Executive of Westminster Women's Aid. 


Alison Turkos, 

Survivor + Advocate

Aude Turpault, Psycho-énergéticienne, Praticienne EFT Clinique 


Vanessa Tyson, 

Associate Professor of Politics, Scripps College

Lee Upshur, 

DEI (Diversity & Inclusion) Manager 


Constance Vilanova, 

Journaliste.

Christine Villeneuve
, Co-Directrice des Éditions des Femmes-Antoinette

Stéphanie Vuilquez,
Thérapeute Psychocorporelle et Féministe, Spécialisée dans l'Accompagnement des Femmes Victimes de Violences Sexuelles dans le Cadre Privé ou Professionnel & Scolaire.

Kimberley Wall, 

MEd, MSc. PhD Candidate, Researching Domestic Abuse Allegations in Child Contact Private Law Cases. 


Sabrina Walter 

Founder and Chairperson of Women For Change


Camille Waring 

Feminist Author, PhD Candidate at University of Westminster, Research in Sexual Violence, Feminism 


Merle Weiner, Philip H. Knight Professor of Law,  University of Oregon (title for identification purposes only) 


Lauren Weingarten, 

Credentialed Victim Advocate & Certified Trauma Support Specialist

Illana Weizman,
Writer 


Stephen Wentzell, 

Journalist


Robin West, 

J.D., Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School

Dawn Wilcox 

Founder of Women Count USA, Femicide Researcher


Amy Willard-Cross, 

Founder Gender Fair

Marthe Williams 

LISW-CP, Licensed Psychotherapist, Trauma Therapist, Feminist, Survivor

Christina L. Winters, 

Ph.D. Psychologist & Researcher, Tilburg Law School

James Wood, 

Press and Marketing Director, McAllister Olivarius 


Sarah Yacoub 

Founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Inc


Sophia Yen, 

M.D., Adolescent Medicine Specialist, CEO/Founder of Pandia Health

Sonia Young Ruiz,
Feminist, Criminal Investigator 


Amy Ziering, 

Filmmaker


All titles and institutions provided for identification purposes only for all signatories.

Public Figures & Other Endorsements

Dr Rowan Aust

University of Huddersfield 


Varsha Bhargavi, 

Director, WhereAreTheWomen


Paulo Boccato

Producer


Adelaïde Bon, 

Writer


Constance Bugnon, 

Dancer


Haydn Crespan

Author

Nina Cresswell
Writer, Activist, Survivor - Hay v Cresswell

Simona Crippa, Docteure en Littérature et Civilisation françaises, Autrice, enseignante et chercheuse 


Typhaine D, 

Autrice comédienne 


Stéphane Debac, Acteur, Auteur, Réalisateur

Gwénaëlle Fliti,
Journalist and Photo Editor

Sandrine Fortina, Animatrice d'ateliers et Formatrice en Écriture

 Sebastien Garcin, Entrepreneur, Author of Heracles newsletter. 


Ruth Greenberg

Feminist, Filmmaker


Florence Hainaut, 

Journaliste et Réalisatrice

Zita Hanrot
Actrice


Margot Herster

Margot Herster, Educator, Independent Scholar, Founder of Bureau of Change, Louisiana State University Title IX Cover-Ups Whistleblower & Advocate for Student Survivors

Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, writer and Founding Editor-in-Chief of Lucy Writers.  


Karine Isambert, 

Productrice de Théâtre


Kerry Johnston

Actor, Producer


Cheyanne Kane

Filmmaker


Derrick Kardos, 

Graphic Designer for Film & TV, survivor of sexual violence


Marieke Kuypers

Tiktok Creator, Journalist

Balthazar Lab,
Directeur de la Photographie

Ariane Labed,
Actrice et Réalisatrice 


Aïssa Maïga, 

Actrice et Réalisatrice


Elizabeth McGovern

Actress

Eva Mordacq,
Journalist, Feminist. 


Caroline Deruas Peano, 

Réalisatrice et Scénariste 


Ms Clémentine Poidatz, 

Actress, Director

Marie Portolano,
Journalist, TV anchor M6 network 


FURAX
Educational Streamers, Topics of Gender-Based violence & feminism  


Brenda Renee

Lesbian Activist, Adult Entertainment

Maxence Richard, 

Advertising Industry 


Caitlin Roper

Activist, Author


Jenna Thiam, 

Actress.


Cherry Vercher

Actress, Writer & Activist


Brandi Whitewolf

Activist, Producer


Evelyne Winkler, 

Writer.

Constance Wu, 

Actor and author


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