Related Sites

The following are links to sites that address issues pertaining to violence against women. When you click on a link on this page, a new window will be opened by your web browser. This feature allows you to browse other websites and easily return to this site. To return to this page, simply close the window of the website you were browsing.

Activist Organizations:

The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women

Envisions: "A World In which women's rights are human rights
Where prostitution and sex trafficking do not exist
Where women are free and equal in dignity and rights
Where no woman is sexually exploited
That recognizes and values the great genius of women
In the development of civilization and cultures
Where women have sexual integrity and autonomy"
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/catw

Corporate Watch

An online magazine and resource center designed to provide interested parties--activists, journalists, students, teachers and policy makers--with an array of tools that can be used to investigate and analyze corporate activity. Corporate Watch is committed to exposing corporate greed by documenting the social, political, economic and environmental impacts of transnational giant corporations. Information on the treatment of women in maquiladoras can be found at this site.
www.corpwatch.org

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The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)

"The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination (prevention) of domestic violence. The goal of the FVPF is to create a society where domestic violence is not acceptable, tolerated nor excused. To achieve this goal, the FVPF is committed to mobilizing concerned individuals, allied professionals, women's rights, civil rights, and other social justice organizations, and children's groups to join the campaign to end domestic violence against all women and children through public education/prevention campaigns, public policy reform, model training, advocacy programs, and organizing."

383 Rhode Island St. Suite #304
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
Phone: (415) 252-8900
Fax: (415) 252-8991
Email: fund@fvpf.org
http://www.fvpf.org/index.html

Feminist Majority Foundation

911 for Women
Links to Domestic Violence information, hot lines, sexual assault resources can be found on the webpage.

1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801
Arlington, VA 22209
703-522-2214
703-522-2219 (fax)
E-mail: femmaj@feminist.org
http://www.feminist.org/911/1_supprt.html

Human Rights Watch

The following is a direct quote from the Human Rights Watch website:

"Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all."
www.hrw.org

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

From the Mission Statement
"NCADV is dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children and therefore is committed to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of battered women and their children."

Principles of Unity
"NCADV is comprised of people dealing with the concerns of battered women and their families. We represent both rural and urban areas. Our programs support and involve battered women of all racial, social, religious and economic groups, ages and lifestyles. We oppose the use of violence as a means of control over others and support equality in relationships and the concept of helping women assume power over their own lives. We strive toward becoming independent, community-based groups in which women make major policy and program decisions."
http://ncadv.org/

National Task Force to End Violence Against Women

119 Constitution Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
To follow the Violence Against Women Act:
http://www.VAWACT.org

Sweat Shop Watch

Sweatshop Watch is a coalition of labor, community, civil rights, immigrant rights, women's and religious organizations, and individuals committed to eliminating sweatshop conditions in the garment industry. The organization believes that workers should be earning a living wage in a safe and decent working environment, and that those who benefit the most from the exploitation of sweatshop workers must be held accountable.
www.sweatshopwatch.org

WomenWatch

The UN working for women.
www.un.org/womenwatch/un/index.html

Continuing Education Courses:

AMWA's Domestic Violence Education Course.

This course has been developed by the American Medical Women's Association based on the manuals of the Family Violence Prevention Fund. The course director is Marjorie Braude, M.D., co-director is Peggy Goodman, M.D., with Carole Warshaw, M.D., as consultant. This program is designed for physicians, residents in all specialities, medical students, and other health care professionals.
http://www.dvcme.org/

City of Shelter - A Coordinated Response to Domestic Violence

City of Shelter is a recently completed eleven-part video-based training curriculum for professionals who respond to domestic violence. The series encompasses eight-and-one-half hours of training.

Seventy-one professionals in the criminal justice, social service, victim advocacy, and healthcare fields served as consultants and content contributors for the training series, including many of the nation's leaders -- Lt. Mark Wynn, Sarah Buel, Dr. Evan Stark, Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, Judge Ronald Adrine, James Hardeman, and Richard Rhodes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Why They Kill. City of Shelter has been reviewed and is recommended by numerous national domestic violence organizations, including the Family Violence Prevention Fund; the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence; the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; The National Center for Victims of Crime; and the National Domestic Violence Resource Center.

The authors have received many letters from people in the field who indicate the significance of City of Shelter. For example, Cheri Davis, Chairperson of the Montgomery County Health Care Task Force on Family Violence wrote, "I have been teaching health care providers about domestic violence for the past 15 years. "City of shelter" is the most comprehensive training video that I have seen." Dr. Judith Royer wrote, "As an Emergency Medicine physician, I have been involved in this area for a long time and I have never seen a program live or recorded, locally or nationally, that has the impact of this series."

Please visit the City of Shelter website www.cityofshelter.org to get an idea of the comprehensive scope of the content, review comments, etc. (Commentary adapted from a letter from Patrick O'Donnell, Ph.D., co-producer of the series. Email: odonnell@donet.com)

Current Research:

Identifying Risk Factors for Femicide in Violent Intimate Relationships

Principal Investigator: Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN

Why is this study important?

Homicide is the most serious form of violence against women. National statistics show that homicide is the leading cause of death for African-American women and the seventh leading cause of premature death for women overall in the United States. Women are most often killed by a husband, lover, or by an ex-husband, ex-lover. In order to prevent this form of violence, specific risk factors for intimate partner homicide need to be established. Once risk factors are identified, women may be assessed and interventions taken to prevent women from being killed. This information will be useful to women, health care providers and the judicial system.

What is the primary study aim?

The primary aim of this study is to identify factors that identify women who are at high risk for homicide.

http://www.son.jhmi.edu/research/CNR/Homicide/main.htm

Dating Violence Prevention Research Projected (Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Campbell)

http://www.son.jhmi.edu/research/CNR/CDCartsbased

Grant Opportunities:

The Melissa Foundation

The Melissa Foundation funds small ($1500) dissertion awards for violence.

http://www.melissainstitute.org/melissainstitute/graduate.html

T32 Violence Training Grant

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has been awarded a five year (1999-2004 & renewable) interdisciplinary training grant from the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Mental Health) on Violence Research. To find out more about this grant and the associated fellowships, click on the following URL:

http://www.son.jhmi.edu/

Listserv:

The Domestic Violence Health Initiative Listserv

Directions for joining and posting to the listserv: for joining and posting to the listserv:

To subscribe to the list, send a mail message to "imailsrv@fvpf.org" with the following in the body of the message:
subscribe dvhi your_full_name

To post a message to the list, send a mail message to "dvhi@fvpf.org"

Resources for Health Care Professionals

Violence Against Women: Information and Resources

www.endvaw.org

This website is the result of a project which began about a year ago here at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, to collect and share documents and materials on the subject of violence against women, produced by organizations such as yours worldwide. If you are one of the organizations which sent your materials to us, we thank you very much for your contribution.

The highlight of the site is a searchable database wherein you can find all formats of research materials, including:

Documents
Reports
Journal Articles
Posters
Pamphlets
Videos
Novelty Items
Radio programs
Information about organizations

In addition, the site offers daily news items, an invitation to contribute materials, ask a question, and join an email group. The site is updated regularly so you can be sure that you are receiving up to date information.

Please take some time to look at the site and let us know what you think. We also warmly encourage you to become part of the email listserv, so that you can get updates about the site and take part in discussions with your colleagues.

Again, we thank you for your generous contributions which made this site so useful and rich, and we look forward to more collaboration with you in the future.

Regards,
Susan Leibtag
Coordinator,
End Violence Against Women website
endvaw@jhuccp.org
JHU/PIP
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 USA

www.endvaw.org

Resources for the Battered Woman

New Day Shelter

Welcome to New Day Shelter, a non-profit agency which provides confidential services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. We also provide community education about the devastating effects domestic violence and sexual assault have on our society and the need for change. Through education efforts by New Day Shelter, the public is made aware of the fact that violence is wrong and against the law, regardless of the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim.

We believe each person, no matter what age or gender, should be treated with respect and has the right to live in peace and security. Our goal is to offer support, advocacy and encouragement. We make a variety of options clear and available and believe that it is every persons' right and responsibility to make decisions for themselves.

Crisis Line: 715-682-9565
Toll-free: 1-800-924-4132
Business: 715-682-9566
Fax: 715-682-6865
http://www.dockernet.com/~shelter/

Victim Services

2 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10007
Headquarters: (212) 577-7700 fax: (212) 385-0331

Victim Services 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline
(800) 621-HOPE (4673)
(212) 233-3456 TDD
(800) 810-7444 TDD
New York City region only

This site was created on October 1, 1997 in honor of
Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
http://www.dvsheltertour.org/main.html

Battered Men

Husband Battering

For consideration of the issues surrounding battered men, try this website.
http://www.batteredmen.com