The Equality Wheel is a straightforward tool created as part of the Duluth Model to show what a healthy and respectful relationship looks like. It highlights the key behaviors and values needed for equality in relationships, such as trust, fairness, shared decision-making, and honesty.

The Power and Control Wheel is used in concert with the Equality Wheel to help group participants see alternate ways of being in a relationship with a woman, free of violence and controlling behavior. The wheel is also used in a variety of settings to describe battering.

By learning more about how to create equality in a relationship, we can end abuse and build healthier relationships.

2015年8月24日 · The wheel helped women identify abusive behavior and helped teach those less familiar with the issue about domestic abuse, but it didn’t help women learn what healthy relationships looked like.

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Equality—in the center of the wheel—is the basis of all healthy, nonviolent relationships. The "spokes" of the wheel (i.e., shared power, respect, trust and support) are the tools and methods that can be employed to empower both partners in any relationship (not just romantic or intimate).

EQUALITY NEGOTIATION AND FAIRNESS: Seeking mutually satisfying resolutions to conflict. Accepting changes. Being willing to compromise. NON-THREATENING Talking and acting so that she feels safe and comfortable expressing herself and doing things. ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP: Making money decisions together. Making sure both partners benefit SHARED ...

Respecting decisions together about the each other’s right to future. feelings, friends, activities, and opinions. Sharing responsibilities. Accepting responsibility for Being a positive self. Communicating non-violent role model openly and truthfully. for the children. We can ALL help end domestic violence -- Ask. Listen. Learn.

Utilize the Power and Control Wheel and the Equality Wheel to identify the presence of domestic violence. Using your organization’s DV questions or the questions on Slide 17 is a good first step.

The wheels have been translated into over 30 languages and over 20 different cultural contexts. It is sometimes culturally modified as, for example, in the Hawaiian adaptation where the notion of balance replaces that of equality. The graphic has resonated with battered women world-wide.