Domestic Violence is a major cause of injury and death for women in the United States and worldwide. This category includes information on domestic violence research, community resources, law enforcement protocols, domestic violence and family court, effects of domestic violence on children, substance abuse and domestic violence, safety planning for victims, shelter organizations across the United States, and resources for Hispanic, Latino, and Asian women.
Information for abused women, professionals, friends, and family on abuse of all types. E-Commerce enabled for publications sales and donations. http://www.womanabuseprevention.com/
Free graphic images and designs to use as posters, handouts, or for other applications including use at fund raising events related to violence against women issues. Please request permission for reproduction. http://config.com/~gargoyle/posters
Violence Policy Center Study of Murder/Suicide Trends -- Results indicate that most murder/suicides perpetrated by males upon their intimiate partners and children by the use of guns. http://www.vpc.org/graphics/amroul.pdf
SafetyNet - Resources and links, including statistics and a listing of state coalitions against domestic violence from Cybergrrl. Be aware that there is good information on this site, but it has not been updated in several years. http://home.cybergrrl.com/dv/
Informative general information site hosted in Oakland County, Michigan. Lists common myths, defines abuse and the cycle of violence, offers personalized safety plan, answers questions about leaving, and personal protection orders. http://www.domesticviolence.org/content.html
The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center was funded, in September 1998, through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control. The Center is a consortium of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), The Univers http://www.wcwonline.org/wrn/progrept.html
A listing of more than 100 songs in every genre, from traditional ballads to punk, many with links to online lyrics. http://creativefolk.com/abusesongs.html
Maitri is a free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that helps South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional abuse or family conflict. We provide peer support and referrals to legal help, emergency shelters http://www.maitri.org/
The Center is a non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Founded in 1977 by the Rev. Marie M. Fortune, the Center is an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence. http://www.cpsdv.org/
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is "a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of women and children." http://www.ncadv.org/
Domestic violence: an epidemic - a new UNICEF report, Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls - Available in Adobe Acrobat readable PDF format. http://www.unicef.org/vaw/
Public information about the Defense Domestic Violence Task Force that was established by The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Public Law 106-65. The Task Force is comprised of 24 members all of whom were appointed by the Secreta http://www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/index.htm
Louisville Kentucky Take Back The Night home page. Part of the national Take Back the Night events in October, the program works to end violence against women and children. http://www.iglou.com/tbtn/
Agency founded to provide low cost loans to women in abusive relationships through partnerships with shelters and domestic violence coalitions. Also provides practical advice about finances and planning for emergencies. http://www.frwc.org/
"PEACEWORKS"is an unique art documentary about domestic violence being developed by The Shelter, Inc. A team of artists/activists/formerly battered women and technicians, have come together to produce this screenplay. Drawn from the poetry, music and art http://www.jtb-servers.com/peace.html
Provides an opportunity for women to bear witness to their personal experience of violence, and celebrate their transformation from victim to survivor in a powerful statement of solidarity. http://home.cybergrrl.com/dv/orgs/cp.html
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, located in Seattle, WA, is a support agency for Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard-of-Hearing victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. http://www.adwas.org
An internet-based coalition of men and women working to address the issue of domestic violence. We declare that this is not just a women's issue, but is very much a men's issue, too. Therefore, it is our responsibility to educate and advocate against phy http://www.silcom.com/~paladin/madv/
Silent Witness National Initiative is a non-profit organization promoting peace, healing and responsibility in adult relationships in order to eliminate domestic murders by the year 2010. http://www.silentwitness.net/
A domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children, and is the only Asian shelter of its kind in the Mid-Western United States. http://www.apnaghar.org/
A national nonprofit organization working to prevent domestic violence -- CAEPV is the only program in the country founded by business leaders and focused on the workplace. http://www.caepv.org
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has announced the resumption of the End-Violence Working Group, in response to popular demand. End-violence (1998-2000) is a powerful virtual community of over 2,500 people in 120+ countries working t http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
The Family Violence Prevention Fund describes itself as "a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform." http://endabuse.org
American Bar Association site with caution and advice on how to use the internet more safely to obtain information and resources on domestic violence. http://www.abanet.org/domviol/internet.html
Informative articles, resources and web links designed to: increase public awareness of the nature and extent of domestic violence - from Australia. http://www.infoxchange.net.au/wise/DVIM/index.htm
A domestic violence prevention project to provide those in danger with instant access to help in the form of a wireless phone. http://www.calltoprotect.org
Evelina Giobbe is at the Commercial Sexual Exploitation Resource Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The mission of CSERI is to abate commercial sexual exploitation through research, education and community organizing, and to advocate for the human rights http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/giobbe.html
Started in 1978, when marital rape was a crime in only 4 states. Follows national cases; has legal briefs, legislative testimony, bills, statutes, law reviews, newspaper clippings, articles, statistics, published and unpublished studies, and letters. http://members.aol.com/ncmdr/index.html
Collaborative project of the University of Michigan and The Center for Impact Research which seeks to foster collaboration among researchers, policy makers, and community organizations which are concerned with the nexus of welfare and domestic violence is http://www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/
The Domestic Violence education course developed by American Medical Women's Association for physicians, residents in all specialities, medical students, and other health care professionals. http://www.dvcme.org/
published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/l11edsum.stm
Review of the Vine system for victim notification by the Vera Organization. Report is available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. http://www.vera.org/pvictimization.html
Look up help for a loved one or family member from all over the United States. There are stories of families and their struggle with domestic violence. http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/quickie121
No Safe Place offers resources and insights into the origins and possible solutions to violence against women. (Public Broadcasting System) http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/index.html
A nonprofit project working toward improved responses to violence against disenfranchised and marginalized persons - particularly women and children. Provides support and information, and training to responders of violence. http://boardserver.mycomputer.com/list.html?u=willendorf&f=1
Conceived by Vagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler, V-Day is a consciousness raising event designed to end violence against girls and women through public performances, education, networking, and fundraising activities. http://www.vday.org/
This interim rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("the Service") regulations to allow a spouse or child to seek immigrant classification if he or she has been battered by, or subjected to extreme cruelty committed by, the citizen or law http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/laws/insvawa.htm
This initiative's goal is to reduce violence towards women by establishing policy and protocol to effectively respond to victims of family violence. http://www.isn.net/cliapei/womanabuse/
The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence. A National Survey of Shelters for Women Who Are Battered. By Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D, Claudia V. Weber, M.S., and David S. Wood, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/ascione_1.html
Our advocates, who are placed at crisis centers and police/prosecutor's offices, provide education and support to victims of domestic and sexual violence and stalking throughout New Hampshire. http://victimassistance.tripod.com
"The PMWI is a 58-item instrument designed to measure the level of psychological abuse of women by their intimate male partners. Partial text from Tolman's PMWI validation Study (1995) is available." - Kristin Ward, Cornell University http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rtolman/pmwimas.htm
The Miles Foundation is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to providing direct and support services to victims of violence associated with the military; providing professional education and training of military personnel and civilian community http://hometown.aol.com/milesfdn/myhomepage/index.html
They say that killers don't see their victims as people like themselves; they see an object, a thing, something less than human. Here conversations with sisters, parents, children....bring the 'humanity' back to these tragically lost lives. I found it ri http://newenglandusa.com/arts_ed/arts_ed.html
When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data. Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. Site maintained by the Violence Policy Center. http://www.vpc.org/studies/dv4cont.htm
Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help and information concerning domestic violence, elder abuse and abuse against disabled persons in the United States. http://www.vachss.com/help_text/domestic_violence_us.html
Harry Kreisler interviews Judith Herman on the personal and political dimensions of trauma and recovery; September 2000. Explains how PTSD develops in women survivors of domestic violence. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Herman/herman-con3.html
Defending Our Lives exposes the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. It features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. This film won the Academy Award for Best DocumentarySho http://www1.shore.net/~cdf/defending.html
w@rn - WORN down or WARN against? A new, one act play that tells the story of an ordinary, middle-class woman who gets caught up in a cycle of domestic violence. http://www.helennelder.com/warn/index.htm
Funded by the Violence Intervention and Education Workgroup (VIEW), through a grant provided by the Ministry of Education and Training, as part of the Ontario government's Inter-ministerial Violence Against Women Prevention Initiative. http://www.queensu.ca/humanrights/tap/index.html
A License To Abuse: The Impact of Conditional Status on Female Immigrants by Michelle J. Anderson [Text and footnotes of this article are reprinted from The Yale Law Journal. Volume 102 . April 1993 . Number 6. Copyright (c) 1993 by The Yale Law Journal http://www.NoStatusQuo.com/ACLU/anderson/brides/pg1.html
To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The recommendati http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/
Provides contemporary research and treatment information on the topic of violence against women. Designed to be useful to scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations, and any other professional or lay person interested in current topic http://www.vawprevention.org
Comprehensive listing of services for domestic violence survivors and the advocates who assist them. Published by the Soros Foundation. http://www.soros.org/crime/DVDir-main.html
The Institute's Mission is: To provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on fami http://www.dvinstitute.org/
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - National Child Protection Clearing House, Issues Papers - Article by Marianne James, Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Criminology http://www.aifs.org.au/nch/issues2.html
