Open Directory - Society: People: Women: Issues: Violence and Abuse: Domestic Violence
See also: - A listing of more than 100 songs in every genre, from traditional ballads to punk, many with links to online lyrics. - Through seminars, workshops and other educational vehicles, challenges men to reconsider their long held beliefs about women, in an effort to create a more just society. Includes training materials and downloadable multimedia resources. - 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 of prostituted women, youth, and transgendered persons, and to increase opportunities for individuals to leave the sex industry. - A gateway to all types of domestic violence cases, resources, statistics, and research with a "true crime" focus. - Information for victims of domestic violence by police officers and firefighters. - 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. - Provides general information on what domestic violence is, how to get help, and links including safety plans, links to Power and Control wheels, women of color, women with disabilities, women who are deaf, rural and Native American women, and extensive lists of books, articles and of state coalitions. - Funded by the Office on Violence Against Women, the Accessing Safety Initiative helps organizations and communities meet the needs of women with disabilities and Deaf women who are victims or survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. - 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. [PDF] - Resources for Domestic Violence, missing and abused children, forum, chat, and Amber Alert. - Readings for an online discussion May 1, 2000 from the Beekman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University - Analysis of mind control with significance for survivors of domestic violence. - A program of the Salons Against Domestic Abuse Fund dedicated to mobilizing salon professionals and others to fight the epidemic of domestic abuse in communities across the United States. It builds awareness of domestic abuse and trains salon professionals to recognize warning signs and safely refer clients to local resources. - 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. - Domestic violence, verbal and psychological Abuse resources by the American Bar Association. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Information and resources from The Feminist Majority Foundation. - Devoted exclusively to innovative programs, legal developments, and current services and research in domestic violence law and prevention. Includes: An Advocate's Introduction to DV and the Military. - Article from The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children. - from the Welfare Information Network. Articles on the economic aspects of domestic violence, welfare and homelessness. - Article on false correlation between domestic violence and alcohol use. - Information for abused women, professionals, friends, and family on abuse of all types. E-Commerce enabled for publications sales and donations. - Endless Possibilities is part weaving program, part community center, part recycling program, and part haven. It's a fund raising program of the Outer Banks Hotline Crisis Intervention and Prevention Center. - The Institute is a non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Founded in 1977 by the Rev. Marie M. Fortune, the Institute is an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence. - Fact Sheet from the Violence Policy Center - Department of Health and Human Services online resources related to Domestic Violence - 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 family violence through research findings, the examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community. - 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 Co., Inc.] - 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 and counselors. - 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. - This guide points to key resources on the topic of domestic violence from a health perspective. - MSH-TA is a Native American program that provides training and technical assistance to our American Indian and Alaskan Native relations in the effort to eliminate violence in the lives of women and their children. - Contains information on building and strengthening domestic violence prevention partnerships between military and civilian communities. Describes U.S. Department of Defense and service initiatives and research, and provides links to related resources. - Information and advice about family courts' failing to protect children and mothers in child custody disputes where there has been domestic violence or evidence of child abuse. Includes articles, personal stories, and message boards. - This site provides access to program development, policy and technical assistance and training related to the nexus between domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse/neglect. - The National Organization for Women's site on issues related to violence against women. - 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." - 24-Hour Access from all 50 states. Translators available. - SSA Publication No. 05-10093 - describes procedures and requirements for requesting a new social security number. - Promoting effective cross-systems' responses to DV through training, technical assistance and policy development. - Special issue of Mother Jones magazine devoted to domestic violence. - No Safe Place offers resources and insights into the origins and possible solutions to violence against women. (Public Broadcasting System) - Danger Assessment instrument from Johns Hopkins. Caution: to download the assessment, you must register on the site. - "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 artwork of victims, the film stitches together vignettes exploring the root causes of violence and outlining the individual and communal journey of healing from abusive relationships. - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Prevention Institute called together a group of leaders for a national convening in September 2006. This report is the product of that meeting. Link provided to PDF copy of report. - Help for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in and around Portland, Oregon with a 24-hour state-wide hotline. - 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. - Resource with fact sheets, links to funding sources, downloadble videos, ad copy and icons relating to preventing violence through substance abuse treatment. - "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 - A grassroots community-based organization working as advocates for women who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Provides information on direct action political organizing to make system-wide change to give women access to justice. - Includes standards and peer review documents for domestic violence programs in Michigan . - Good basic reading list on domestic violence -- history, research, self-help. - Handbook for journalists supported by grants from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and The California Wellness Foundation - Prepared by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Includes places to turn to and a sectionalized report. - The challenge of providing services in rural areas - Resources, links and articles on emotional, psychological, verbal and physical abuse and online predators. - 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 riveting . Recommended: E.Druda, Video Librarian. - The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. The Stalking Resource Center consists of five components: a Peer-to-Peer Exchange Program, Training, an Information Clearinghouse, a Practitioners' Network, and a Website. - The Family Violence Prevention Fund describes itself as "a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform." - To help child welfare and domestic violence agencies and family courts respond more effectively when domestic violence and child maltreatment occur in the same families. - 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. - Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence in Six Communities: Beyond the Justice System - A factsheet from the World Health Organisation (WHO) covering the scope of the problem, related health consequences, and guidance for health workers. - 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. - A 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization which provides books, posters, tapes and other materials on domestic violence to women's shelters through a unique gift certificate program. - News and information with a focus on survivors of domestic violence. - 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 University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL), and Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) at Wellesley College. - Novelist, blogging on abuse and safety issues; specifically domestic violence and child abuse. - Statistics and resources on domestic violence. - Offers definitions, prevalence and trends, effects, resources for victims and offenders, and a directory of shelters and hotlines. (February 01, 2001) - Findings of a study by Frank R. Ascione and Utah State University colleagues concerning history of pet abuse in households of women housed in shelters for victims of domestic violence. Includes links to related resources. (April 25, 1997)
