A Life Free of Violence: It's Our Right
Website of the United Nations Inter-Agency Campaign on Women's Human Rights in Latin America and The Caribbean.
Woman's Fund, Inc. provides safety and support to survivors of violence. Services include emergency and transitional housing for up to 35 women and children, counseling, advocacy, outreach, and training. They provide 24-hour crisis services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
A World-Wide List of Agencies Against Domestic Violence
A global inventory of hotlines, shelters, refuges, crisis centres and women's organizations, searchable by country, along with an index of domestic violence resources in over 60 languages.
"The Academy on Violence and Abuse is an academic, health-professional membership-based organization dedicated to making violence and abuse a core component of medical and related professional education."
Action Ohio Coalition For Battered Women
Another coalition in the state of Ohio that works for battered women.
Adhunika is a global volunteer organization dedicated to the promotion of technology usage for women in Bangladesh. Their main goal is to promote web presence of women.
Administration for Children and Families
"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. "
Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT)
Posts factsheets and resource information about violence prevention. Topics include Discipline; Tips for Responding to Challenging Behavior; Supporting Positive Behaviors; Understanding Behavior; Media Violence; Positive Learning Activities; Anger Management; Violence Prevention for Teachers of Young Children; Selecting High Quality Childcare; and Violence Prevention for Families of Young Children.
Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE)
"The AWAKE (Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergency) Program at Children's Hospital Boston offers domestic violence services to patients, parents of patients and employees at Children's and the Martha Eliot Health Center."
Domestic violence perpetrator programme based in Plymouth, England. Also offers support & counselling service for women survivors, risk assessment service for family law/child protection practitioners, training and consultancy in the field of domestic violence (International).
Service Region: Devon, England
Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A statewide coalition located in the capital of Montgomery.
Alabama Coalition Against Rape
The ACAR works to prevent sexual violence in the state of Alabama through their network of rape crisis centers and by taking an active role in public policy, education, and training.
Website posts information concerning the Alabama Legislature, including pages for each Member of the House of Representatives and Senate, a detailed explanation of the legislative process in Alabama, Rules of each of the two houses, as well as the Joint Rules, a page wherein you can obtain the texts of bills introduced in the current Session, the Code of Alabama, historical information relating to the Alabama Legislature, and copies of all six of Alabama's Constitutions. Also includes a Student and Teacher Page which provides a large number of educational links for students, teachers, parents and any others interested.
Website gives links to a variety of issues including: State Senate; House of Representatives; Legislators by District; Legislative Branch; Legislative Affairs Agency; Information Documents; Council of State Governments-Alaska Conference 2001; Gavel-to-Gavel on the Web; Bill Action & Status Inquiry System (BASIS); Committee Schedule; Legislative Information Search; Directory of State Officials; Students Page; and Teleconference Schedule and Audio Recordings.
Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
A statewide coalition located Juneau. The website features information on safety planning, legal issues, upcoming events, domestic violence and sexual assault.
All Walks of Life works to prevent violence against people with disabilities. Toward this effort the organization collects data, provides education, publishes reports, and works with others to reach this goal.
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
The ABA Center on Children and the Law offers law-related resources relating to child abuse and neglect and other components of child welfare.
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
Reports on ending domestic violence, information on getting help, facts about domestic violence, events, and commission news. Provides a document, How an abuser can discover your Internet activities. The document discusses email safety and methods for clearing the computer cache of visited sites.
American Institute on Domestic Violence
This organization provides training, workshops, toolkits, and other resources for identifying and dealing with domestic violence spillover into the workplace.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
APSAC provides professional education which promotes effective, culturally sensitive, and interdisciplinary approaches to the identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. There is also emphasis on promoting research and guidelines to inform professional practice and educate the public about child abuse and neglect, while ensuring that America's public policy concerning child maltreatment is well informed and constructive.
Amnesty International Online is a major resource on human rights abuses worldwide.
Organization working to create a slave-free world through Programme, Communication and Information. Website includes information on modern slavery, child labour laws, trafficking, campaigns, news and resources.
Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A statewide coalition located in Phoenix.
Arizona Rape Prevention Education Data and Evaluation Project
Project collects sexual assault surveillance information from the programs in Arizona funded to provide rape prevention education and rape crisis hotline services in Arizona. The site also provides violence and abusive behavior data for Arizona; national rape statistics; state sexual assault surveillance systems data; and the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Injury and Disability Prevention rape prevention education strategic plan.
Arizona Sexual Assault Network
The Mission of the Arizona Sexual Assault Network (AzSAN) is to identify and address sexual violence issues through a collaborative statewide network.
ALIS Online is an information service of the Arizona Legislature, designed to promote increased public access to, and awareness of, the legislative process in Arizona. Offers subsites for the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as links to information on Bills; Members; Governor's Letters; Proceedings; Committees; and more.
Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A statewide coalition located in the capital city of Little Rock.
Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ACASA)
The Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ACASA) is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations working together toward the elimination of sexual violence.
Offers subsites for the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as links to Legislators and Committees; Meetings and Events; Bills and Resolutions; Staff Organizations; Acts; Research Resources; Batch Bill Status; Previous Legislative Sessions; Committee Meeting Videos; and Session Summaries.
Armenian Research Center, at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, focuses on the experiences of the Armenians, including their genocide.
"Artemis Center provides early intervention, supportive services, and education for victims of domestic violence and their children."
Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
Works to eliminate domestic violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities by increasing awareness about the extent and depth of the problem; making culturally specific issues visible; strengthening community models of prevention and intervention; identifying and expanding resources; informing and promoting research and policy; and deepening our understanding and analyses of the issues surrounding violence against women. Website includes resources and links on domestic violence and information on the organization.
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
This website offers resources for asian persons experiencing or engaging in domestic violence. Additional informational brochures are translated into 5 asian languages.
Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center
The API Center conducts research to prevent and reduce youth violence among the API population. It also aims to position communities to become proactive in creating a safe and healthy environment for themselves.
ASISTA (Advanced Special Immigrant Survivors Technical Assistance)
ASISTA is a collaboration between four nationally-recognized legal experts who work to provide comprehensive and cutting-edge technical assistance on the intersection between immigration and domestic violence law. Our purpose is to centralize, enhance and expand immigration assistance to frontline advocates and attorneys who provide legal assistance to immigrant victims.
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Foster research, facilitates information exchange, further professional education and provide for the advancement of professional standards and practices in the field of sex offender evaluation and treatment. Website includes information on membership, conferences, state chapters, public policy, publications, awards and grants, employment, research, forms, and resources.
Association of Women's Rights in Development
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.
"The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities."
Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
The Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse is a national resource on issues of domestic and family violence. It provides a central point for the collection and dissemination of Australian domestic and family violence policy, practice and research. The Clearinghouse also provides information on international efforts to end these forms of violence. Website inlcudes publications and research and resource databases.
Battered Women's Justice Project
BWJP provides technical assistance for practitioners on policy issues related to the civil and criminal justice response to domestic violence, including use of the self-defense plea by battered women charged with crimes. Also provides information on the response of Native communities to domestic violence.
Batterer Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan
This is a coalition comprised of people and agencies who work in batterer intervention services, battered women's service organizations, and those involved in a coordinated community response to domestic violence in Michigan. Their site includes a listing of state standards for batterer intervention programs.
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Website. Addresses a variety of policy-relevant issues related to the health and development of children, youth, and families. Links to information about the Committee on Adolescent Health and Development, projects, publications, meetings, staff and contact information, frequently asked questions, an e-newsletter, and more.
British Columbia Human Rights Coalition
Website gives information about the organization and posts publications. The coalition gives information, advice and advocacy for individual complainants; consultation and workshop organization for unions, employers, and other groups; and papers and presentations on human rights issues for meetings, conferences and media.
Building Blocks for Youth is an alliance of children's advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals and community organizers that seeks to protect minority youth in the justice system and promote rational and effective justice policies.
Contains dvd's, bookmarks, pamphlets, and other resources teaching youth on preventing violence and conflict resolution.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse
"BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. "
This website, geared towards children and teens, provides quizzes to help recognise family violence, stories from young people, tips for developing a safety plan, answers to questions about telling police, child protection or counsellors about abuse, leaving home and the issues to consider, and helping a friend. This organisation provides professional education and resources. The ‘Bursting the Bubble’ website was developed in consultation with counsellors, teachers, child protection professionals, and teenagers in schools and in youth refuges. It was funded by the Victorian government's Community Support Fund.
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
"Organizing Asian Communities (also known as Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence) was founded by Asian women in 1986 as one of the first organizations in the United States to mobilize Asian communities to counter anti-Asian violence. CAAAV focuses on institutional violence that affects immigrant, poor and working-class communities such as worker exploitation, concentrated urban poverty, police brutality, Immigration Naturalization Service detention and deportation, and criminalization of youth and workers."
California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
The purpose of The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) is to promote public policy, and provide advocacy, training, and technical assistance on the issue of sexual assault.
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) website is designed to: "Serve as an online connection for child welfare professionals, staff of public and private organizations, academic institutions, and others who are committed to serving children and families. Provide up-to-date information on evidence-based child welfare practices. Facilitate the utilization of evidence-based practices as a method of achieving improved outcomes of safety, permanency and well-being for children and families involved in the California public child welfare system."
California Legislative Information
Website offers links to Assembly Bills; Senate Bills; Today's Events; Bill Information; California Law; Your Legislature; and Legislative Publications.
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
Coalition representing the needs and interests of battered women and their children throughout the state of California. Website includes information about programs/projects, alliance news, legislation, links to resources, call to action, and employment.
"The purpose of the program is to equip unmarried mothers and fathers with skills for making healthy decisions and to explore future options for their relationship including the potential of getting married. New parents will learn skills for parenting together and strengthening their family unit."
Strives to relieve suffering caused by war, poverty, poverty, and disease by advancing peace and health in neighborhoods and nations around the globe. Information on peace and health programs are posted on this site.
Cell Phones For Life, Inc. mission is to provide free emergency use cell phones for the elderly, disabled, and battered women's shelters. These phones are used for emergencies only and provide a sense of freedom and security.
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc.
The Center offers community-level services directly to children and their families, and trains professionals on child welfare issues. Most of our services are provided at not cost, and address the diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds of families.
Center for Health and Gender Equity
Organization works to create changes in policy and program across the areas of family planning, sexually transmitted diseases and gender violence, and to advocate for development policies that promote women's rights and autonomy.
CIR is a Chicago-based not-for-profit organization that works towards elimination of poverty through grass-roots research aimed at identifying innovative policy strategies better reflecting low-income persons' needs. CIR's projects all result in new poverty solutions crafted in collaboration with low-income persons, community-based organizations, and governmental agencies.
Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking
The Center is committed to the development of community-based restorative responses to crime and violence which strengthen community safety and social harmony.
Center for Sex Offender Management
Organization works to enhance public safety by preventing further victimization through improving the management of adult and juvenile sex offenders who are in the community. Activities include an information exchange, trainings, technical assistance, and more.
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
Provides resources on program assistance and research about school violence prevention. The Center is a nationally recognized resource for School Resource Officer Programs and has assisted many North Carolina school systems in their safe school planning efforts.
Center for Women's Global Leadership
This Center seeks to develop an understanding of the ways in which gender affects the exercise of power and the conduct of public policy internationally. Their focus includes a global campaign to end violence against women.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation - South Africa
This Centre is a South African, non-governmental, multi-disciplinary unit concerned with policy formation, implementation, service delivery, education and training, and the provision of consultancy services. The Centre focuses on a wide range of violence-related issues.
CHANGE (Men Learning to End Their Violence to Women) Ltd.
CHANGE offers consultancy and training to Criminal Justice Service staff and partner agencies in working with men convicted of violence towards their wives or female partners, and in developing appropriate services for women partners.
Site includes information on training, publications,conferences,UK network information, & new organisation Respect
Service Region: general
Contact Info: Scotland, UK, based
Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County
Posts information about the Child Abuse Council and its activities, what is child abuse, child abuse prevention, mandated reporting, child abuse statistics, and treatment and specific programs within Santa Clara County.
Child Abuse Legislation Study Project
A non-profit organization dedicated to tracking bills, laws, and legislative action on child abuse, incest, and domestic violence. Website includes links to Urgent! activism news; Anti-abuse action; a free newsletter; links; victim's resources; and more.
Child Abuse Prevention Network
Provides tools for professionals to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Child Advocates is an organization in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (Bay Area, California) with over 500 volunteers working with abused and neglected children.
Child Development-Community Policing (CD-CP)
To coordinate the efforts of the New Haven Police Department and mental health clinicians by providing interdisciplinary intervention to children and families who are victims, witnesses, or perpetrators of violent crimes.
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
Subsite of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice website. CEOS contains information about child pornography, child predators, and traffickers of women and children including information on how to report child pornography on the Internet; investigating and prosecuting exploitation of children; safety tips for parents and children; international aspects of child exploitation; and more.
Organization assists in the search for missing children in Canada. Delivers education and prevention programs pertaining to children's safety. Offers Child Fingerprinting Clinics: "All About Me I.D." Advocate for the rights of children. Website includes links, safety information, pictures of missing children, and event information.
Serves as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor. Website includes links to consumer campaign, legislations, and best practice solutions, chld labor in the U.S., child labor around the world.
Addresses the maltreatment of children through direct clinical services, professional training, and research. Their website offers a publications, abstracts of ongoing research, and information for caregivers, and more. Includes online courses.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
The Clearinghouse is a national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. Databases, Publications, Links, and Funding sources are provided on their website.
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. Website includes links to information about advocacy, programs, how to donate, publications, giftables, conferences and trainings, consultation, member agencies, and corporate friends.
Program at Portland State University providing research, training, program development and graduate education. Their web site provides information about each aspect of the program, including extensive information about their research.
Child Witness to Violence Project
A counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of violence: children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence. Website includes information on the program's mission, services, related projects, CWTV staff, children & violence, how to find help, tips for caregivers, a calendar, and program resources.
Service region: Boston, MA
Internet resource for information on child abuse and related issues. This e-zine was created to support, inform and encourage those dealing with any aspect of child abuse, in a positive non-threatening environment. Website posts information about child abuse, legislation, and events and trainings. Offers links and an electronic newsletter.
Organization in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment. Childhelp programs include: body safety education for children, abuse intervention training for adults who work with children, early enrichment programs for at-risk children and families, residential treatment for victims of severe child abuse, and 24-hour abuse crisis counseling and referral services.
Designed for professionals concerned with child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption. Supported by the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and published by the Child Welfare Information Gateway and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
"The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation."
"We are a national advocacy group working to reform failing child welfare systems on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of abused and neglected children who depend on them for protection and care. Website contains new individual sections for each of our legal cases and policy projects, featuring an overview and a complete archive of related documents, fact sheets, printed reports, and press information."
Children's Safety Centers Network, Inc.
Organization provides a safe haven for children during parent visitation when there is threat of abuse or witnessing abuse during parent visitation or visitation exchanges. Website explains services.
Service Region: Various locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Distributes materials on youth and violence prevention, including guides to data and educational resources and materials for parents.
CHOOSE RESPECT teaches young teens and the caring adults in their lives about dating abuse prevention and healthy relationships.
A great resource that provides information and facts about child exposure to domestic violence, all of which is documented by the Clackamas Women's Services in OR. Click on the links to review the services provided and the upcoming events.
Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly
This web site allows interested researchers to search for reference materials related to various aspects of elder abuse, neglect, self-neglect and ageism. At this time, the database contains annotated abstracts of materials from the current year back through 1993, and provides information on obtaining references from previous years. CANE is a partner of the National Center on Elder Abuse.
Contact Info: Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly (CANE)
University of Delaware
Dept. of Consumer Studies
Allison Hall West - Rm. 211
Newark, DE 19716
telephone: (302) 831-3525
email: CANE-UD@udel.edu
Clearinghouse On Supervised Visitation
Offers: Information Updates; Training Manuals; Law Enforcement Manuals; Newsletters; and information about Florida Visitation Centers, and National/International Visitation Centers, and How To Start a Supervised Visitation Center.
Clergy and Educator Abuse Survivors Empowered
Organization is devoted to educating church leadership about the prevalence of clergy abuse within the denomination. Website includes information on Clergy Sexual Abuse, Spiritual Healing for Survivors of Clergy Abuse, Prevention, and more.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is a feminist non-governmental organization (NGO) that promotes women's human rights. The Coalition is composed of regional networks and affiliated international groups. They work internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms, especially prostitution and trafficking in women.
Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
"CJM is an international non-profit, non-governmental coalition composed of organizations from religious, labor, environmental, community and women’s organizations in Mexico, the United States, Canada and Dominican Republic.We place special emphasis on defending the rights of women who suffer discrimination, humiliation, and sexual harassment in the workplace."
Coalition of South Asian and Middle Eastern Organizations
CAMEO aims to empower comunities by ending family violence in South Asian and Middle Eastern communities. They provide support services, and promote awareness through education, training, and advocacy. For more information contact dearcameo@hotmail.com.
Code Amber Child Safety Programs
Code Amber is the nationally recognized leader in child safety. Our organization is on the forefront of the Amber Plans and Amber Alerts nationwide. We regularly appear at corporate sponsored child safety events to increase parental awareness of child safety issues, products and services. Please review our site and contact us for your next child safety fair or child safety event.
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence, is a statewide, grassroots, nonprofit organization that has been coordinating services for battered women and their families since 1978. Its mission is "to prevent and eliminate domestic violence in all forms at all levels of society through comprehensive coordination of services, training, and technical assistance, community education, advocacy, action and funding."
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
The Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA) is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations working together for freedom from sexual violence.
Website offers many links to information sources including: Current Regular Session Information, Current Special Session Information, Contact Information; Service Agencies; General Legislative Resources; Session Laws; Bill Digest; Capitol Tour; and more.
UN Commission uses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a yardstick to review observance of human rights worldwide, discuss reported violations, consider new ways to promote and protect human rights, and encourage countries to respect their populations' basic rights and freedoms. Website includes information on the UN Commission, U.S. Delegation, Statements and Press Releases, Human Rights Reports, Key Background Documents, and Useful Links.
Committee for Children: Leaders in Youth Violence Prevention and Social-Emotional Learning
Provides classroom curricula for the prevention of child abuse and youth violence. They also offer training and parent education, and conduct original research.
Communities Against Rape and Abuse
CARA pushes a broad agenda for liberation and social justice while prioritizing anti-rape work. CARA is spearheaded by survivors of sexual and domestic violence who have led organizing efforts against forced institutionalization of people with disabilities, against racist sterilization abuse of women of color and poor women, and against the alarming criminalization of young people. Organizers and activists demonstrate how these issues are intricately connected to the process of undermining sexual violence.
CARA also uses community organizing as a tool to reconnect people to each other with a common goal of building safe, supportive, and accountable communities. Community members participate in support group facilitation training; in-depth dialogue about family/friend-based accountability strategies; and projects that emphasize positive sexuality.
Communities Against Violence Network
CAVNET is a a searchable, authoritative source of information about violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, gays and lesbians, and others.
The Community Justice Exchange, sponsored by the Center for Court Innovation and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, offers information about innovative new programs that are improving the way criminal justice agencies work. The site includes best practices, planning tools, project descriptions, interviews with community justice practitioners, a library database and links to a variety of related organizations.
Community Solutions for Children, Families, and Individuals, Inc. -- La Isla Pacifica
A human service agency providing services in mental health, youth support, domestic violence and sexual assault, court and community referrals, and transitional housing for singe youth parents.
Congresso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
"As a holistic human service agency, Congreso offers a wide range of adult and youth services including: truancy intervention, out-of-school time youth development programs, workforce development, drug and alcohol counseling, housing counseling, health education, teen pregnancy prevention and intervention, maternal and child health programs, and HIV/AIDS services."
Information for adults who want to make their communities better places for kids. The site includes information on violence-related issues.
Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Membership organization working to end domestic violence by changing the social conditions, beliefs and social actions that perpetuate abuse against women and children. Website includes links to "About CCADV," CCADV initiatives, what is dv?, services in Connecticut, safety planning, dating violence, and other links.
Website offers information on the House; Senate; Offices; Committees; Agencies; Legislature; and Connecticut General Statutes. A quick search allows the user to find a legislative bill by number.
Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services
Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services, Inc. (CONNSACS) is a statewide coalition of individual sexual assault crisis programs, which work to end sexual violence through victim assistance, community education, and public policy advocacy.
Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
Educates and aids in the prevention of partner violence. The alliance was founded on the belief that through the workplace the corporate community can make a significant contribution to ending and preventing partner violence.
Creating a Partner Violence Workplace Policy
This web page, developed by the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, describes points to consider when creating a workplace policy about partner violence. The site also offers facts, figures, articles and advice for corporations. Information covers dating violence, domestic violence, employee education, safety, support, security and more.
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Provides high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. Website posts Statistics about crimes committed against children.
Crimes Against Children: Online Child Pornography
This is part of the Innocent Images National Initiative, an intelligence-driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative initiative to combat the proliferation of child pornography/child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online computer. Website includes information on kidnappings, online child pornography, the national sex offender registry, the Child Support Recovery Act, federal statutes and more.
Dade County Domestic Violence Division
Miami-Dade County has forged a cooperative effort between the court, government agencies, and those in the community who are committed to effectively addressing family violence through the justice system.
Darlington Domestic Violence Forum
Organization works to bring agencies together to prevent domestic violence in Darlington, England. Offers training to professional groups & voluntary organisations. Website gives crisis resources/information, links, personal safety information, and legal help.
Service Region: Darlington, England
Day One is the sole agency in the state of RI organized specifically to deal with issues of sexual assault as a community concern. Its mission is to reduce the prevalence of sexual violence and to support and advocate for those affected by it. We will support and stand by women, men, children and families from day one.
Deana's Fund: Acting to Prevent Violence
Organization develops and produces comprehensive educational theater programs on relationship violence for grades K-12, colleges, workplaces, and communities.
Delaware Coaltion Against Domestic Violence
Member organization striving to create an environment in which those victimized by domestic violence become empowered. The Coalition also seeks to eliminate the institutional and personal abuse of power that creates the conditions under which domestic violence is condoned. Website also includes information about DCADV membership, calendar of events, resources and referrals, and links.
Website posts links to the State Senate; House of Representatives; Bill Tracking; On-line publications; General Information; Legislative Divisions; Contact Information; and Meeting Notices and Agendas. Also includes a list of related links.
Delaware, Sexual Assault Network
CONTACT Delaware provides telephone counseling, crisis intervention, information, referral, education, and prevention services for persons in crisis and for persons in need of listening services.
District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Coalition coordinates advocacy, direct service, education, research, and training for the D.C. area. Website includes crisis resource information.
District of Columbia Rape Crisis Center
The District of Columbia Rape Crisis Center (DCRCC) provides services to victims of sexual violence, a resource library, trainings for professionals, and community education programs.
Domestic Abuse Counseling Center
A non-profit organization whose mission is to end partner violence in western Pennsylvania through counseling abusers; collaborating with social service agencies, criminal justice systems, victim-advocate agencies, and health organizations; and promoting public awareness and education.
Domestic Abuse Project is a multi-service agency for battered women, men who batter and their children serving the Minneapolis area. Dynamics of Domestic Violence Presentation is one of many training resources available from DAP. Other resources include manuals on groupwork with various populations and a manual on program evaluation.
Domestic Violence and Mental Health Policy Initiative
The Domestic Violence and Mental Health Policy Initiative (DVMHPI) is a collaborative effort designed to mobilize a comprehensive response to the mental health needs of domestic violence survivors and their children. DVMHPI provides publications, resource center information, and direct service information.
Domestic Violence Child Protective Services
Gives information about projects and collaborations funded by The Office of Community Services (OCS) and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Information includes grantee profiles, networking lists, grantee product directory, related links, fact sheets, an annotated bibliography, and lessons learned.
Organization includes an educational and training center, research center, public policy center, and domestic violence register for professionals and organizations. Website includes a Battered Woman's Questionnaire; a Lethality Scale; a Psychological Abuse Questionnaire; a Physical Abuse Questionnaire; a Physical Injury Scale; a Sexual Abuse Questionnaire; and information about Stalking.
Domestic Violence Unit -- Project Safe Family: Massachusetts Department of Social Services
"The Department's vision is to ensure the safety of children in a manner that holds the best hope of nurturing a sustained, resilient network of relationships to support the child's growth and development into adulthood."
Domestic Violence: Make it Your Business
Posts information about the facts of domestic violence and its impact on all our workplaces. Gives information for if you are an employer, lawyer, victim, or perpetrator. Also information for if you work with a victim or perpetrator. Includes community resources.
Dove, Inc., Domestic Violence Program
Dove is a coalition of religious organizations, volunteers, and advocates that seeks to coordinate efforts to address unmet human needs and social injustices. Dove works for justice, equality and understanding among all people.
Emerge: Counseling and Education to End Domestic Violence
Organization offers group counseling for men who have verbally, mentally or physically abused a woman in a relationship. Includes discussion of the connection between domestic violence and child abuse. Website includes information on domestic violence, information for partners, battered women programs, training for counselors, resource links and more.
Service region: Cambridge, Quincy, Lowell, and Roxbury, Massachusetts
End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking International
ECPAT International is an international coalition of agencies and individuals dedicating its work to the issues of child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. Their web site includes links to ECPAT network members around the world.
Information about stalking, traits of stalkers, how stalking affects the workplace, safety tips, building your case, court orders, victims' rights, and how you can help stop stalking.
End Violence Against Women: Information and Resources
This website provides documents, posters, daily news items, reports, pamphlets, an E-mail group, journal articles, videos, links to organizations, training materials, radio programs, novelty items and more. You can also contribute your organization's materials to the site.
"Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. "
The European Roma Rights Center is an international non-governmental organization which combats human rights abuses against Roma peoples in Europe.
EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL PRACTICE (EBBP)
The EBBP.org project creates training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice. This organization provides educators with tools for teaching evidence-based concepts and skills to students and practitioners.
An international campaign to give voice to the millions of women denied basic human rights and freedoms. The goal of Face to Face is to increase global awareness that women's rights are human rights. Website gives information on recent news, activities and events, partners and projects, celebrity field visits, companies making a difference, and a photo exhibition.
This website contains information about the intersection of religious issues and child abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and clergy misconduct.
This Project aims to educate medical students to identify, treat and prevent partner violence.
Family Violence Outreach Program -- Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis, Inc
CCCC works to prevent abuse, neglect and victimization across the life span and to serve those affected by providing home visiting and outreach, parenting education, family strengthening activities, counseling and advocacy to children and adults.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
FVPF is a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform. From their website you can sign up for an electronic newsletter, and read about battered immigrant women, economic independence, and the health care impact. With the California Department of Health, FVPF has co-sponsored an unprecedented new TV campaign with the goal of stopping domestic violence and helping battered women. For a set of scripts of the TV spots, contact Kristie Wang at kristie@fvpf.org.
Federal Interstate Stalking Law
Provides definitions and interpretations of the Federal Interstate Stalking Law.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC)
FJSRC provides online access to the BJS Federal Justice Statistics Program database about cases processed in the Federal criminal justice system. Users may interactively query the database and download datasets for more detailed analysis. Data for 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 are available online.
Committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. They educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally.
"The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), which was founded in 1987, is a cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. Our organization believes that feminists - both women and men, girls and boys - are the majority, but this majority must be empowered. "
Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
FCADV serves as the professional association for Florida's 38 domestic violence centers. FCADV works towards ending violence through public awareness, policy development, and support for Florida's domestic violence centers. Website includes information about projects, centers, training and events, about FCADV, 2002 Legislation, DV and elders, and more.
Florida Council Against Sexual Violence
The Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (FCASV) is a statewide nonprofit organization committed to victims and survivors of sexual violence and the sexual assault crisis programs who serve them.
Information, resources, and support for families with troubled teens, including State Directory of Family Help. Information on Abuse; Anger in Our Teens and in Ourselves; Adolescent Sex Offenders; Teen Violence. Speakers available.
Contact Info: Toll-free helpline 1-877-362-8727
The Freedom and Justice Center conducts research and develops models and materials aimed at improving public policy and the law, the legal system and the legal profession in matters related to prostitution and other areas of the sex industry. Recognizing prostitution as inherently violent, we do not support the decriminalization, regulation or legalization of prostitution.
Organization is a US-based women's solidarity organization working with GABRIELA Philippines. They organize around issues such as the global traffic of women, world trade and the sex industry, the mail-order bride industry, first world and third world perspectives on the women's movement, and gender relations in the Asian-American community. GABNet operates a speakers' bureau which offers lecturers and discussants who lead in-depth discussions on these issues. They also publish a bimonthly newsletter, kaWomenan.
Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project
Organization provides community education and direct services for clients. Offers a crisis line (1.800.832.1901), shelter, guidance, and resources to allow gay, bisexual, and transgender men in crisis to remove themselves from violent situations and relationships. Website includes information about domestic violence, survivor stories, information on getting involved, and more.
Service region: Massachusetts
The Gender Violence Institute (GVI) is a resource development and consulting firm founded
in 1994 by Rose Thelen and Chuck Derry. Through community organizing, policy development, education and training the institute works to promote the personal and social change necessary to end
violence in women's lives. GVI may be contacted at:
PO Box 91
Clearwater, MN 55320 OR
Telephone and FAX: (320)558-4510; Toll Free: 888-558-4484
E:mail: GenViolns@aol.com
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A statewide coalition located in the capital city of Atlanta.
Website posts information about Reapportionment; Legislative Searches; Index of Bills; Passed Legislation; Audio/Video; General Assembly; Budget Information; and Lobbyist-in-a-Box (creates a list of bills to monitor and allows you to receive updated status reports on those bills).
Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault
The Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault (GNESA) coordinates and supports a multidisciplinary approach to public and professional education, advocacy, and service for sexual assault centers and service providers.
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Member organization coordinating, organizing and facilitating work on issues related to trafficking in persons and women's labour migration in virtually every region of the world. Website includes information about GAATW, GAATW Activities, Publications, GAATW Newsletter, Resource Center, Human Rights Standards for the Treatment of Trafficked Persons and Recommendations, and Anti-Trafficking Documents.
This site contains all you need to know about setting up and managing your own social and environmental campaigns, drawn from the experience of Greenpeace Australia campaigners with contributions from a range of environmental and social change activists.
Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law
The Harriett Buhai Center provides family law and domestic violence assistance to low-income families in Los Angeles through the efforts of volunteer lawyers, paralegals and students.
HateWatch is a web-based not-for-profit organization that monitors the growing and evolving threat of hate groups on the Internet. HateWatch offers assistance to academicians, activists and victims of hate crimes. They have an email newsletter.
Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
An inter-island-wide coalition located in the city of Honolulu.
Weblinks to Status and Documents; Conference; Legislative Information; House; Senate; Felix Study; Archives; Links; and more.
Healthyplace: Domestic Abuse Stories
This website offers a place for survivors to share their stories with each other.
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Provides information on sexual assault related to substance abuse, as well as other violence-related information. Provide training, technical assistance, publications, and other resources to assist colleges and universities in their alcohol, other drug, and violence prevention efforts.
This website has an international inventory of hotlines, shelters, refuges, crisis centres and women's organizations, searchable by country, plus an index of domestic violence resources in over 70 languages.
Hubbard House provides shelter and outreach services for domestic violence victims and their families.
Human Rights Watch has information about their regional offices, campaigns, and research papers on human rights abuses worldwide.
Human Rights: Our Common Aspiration
Oraganization devoted to eliminating all forms of discrimination around the world, forging international solidarity among discriminated minorities and advancing the international regine of human rights.
The political and human rights issues related to human trafficking are discussed in this document. Critical thinking questions are posed, along with facts sheets and policy initiatives.
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
A statewide coalition targeting multiple issues of violence within communities.
Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance
Includes links of interest to crime victims and advocates. Sidebar links include Get Help, Find Information!, Idaho Programs for Crime Victims, National Programs for Crime Victims, Idaho News, Events, Forum and more.
Website posts 2001 Legislative links to Legislation; Session Laws; Vetoes; Interim Calendar; Interim Committee; and Session Summary. Other links include information on Citizen Legislators; and Constitution and Statutes.
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A membership organization providing statewide training of service providers working with victims of domestic violence, information and referral to local resources, technical assistance to domestic violence programs statewide, public education materials, lending library, and implementing public policy. Website includes Illinois domestic violence program information, Internet safety tips, statistics, and links to the above mentioned programs.
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
The purpose of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) is two-fold: to end sexual assault violence and to alleviate the suffering of sexual assault victims.
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
Advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing. Website includes information about how to get involved, conferences, activist institutes, their newsletter, current issues, and resources.
Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and The Resource Center
ICADV is committed to the elimination of domestic violence through: providing public awareness and education; advocating for systemic and societal change; influencing public policy and allocation of resources; educating and strengthening coalition members; and, promoting the availability of comprehensive services.
Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault
The Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault (INCASA) views itself as an organization working toward the elimination of sexual assault and realizes that its most important goal must be to achieve its own non-existence.
Website includes information on the Session Calendar; Interim Information; Bills and Resolutions; Legislators; Publications and Other Documents; Law and Administrative Rules; and Session Rules, Journals, and Archive.
Initiative for Violence-Free Families of Hennepin County Minnesota
The Initiative for Violence-Free Families has been retooled to demonstrate our commitment to mobilize the community to take action to end violence. Users can find practical steps that can help prevent violence and can make a difference in their community.
Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
This site is an extensive resource that is intended to serve as a central resource for those interested in conflict resolution and ethnic conflict. Posted information includes an Information Bank, Training Programs, Bibliography Database and Researcher Database through the Conflict Data Service; issues of Ethnic Conflict Research Digest, a journal of peer reviews; news and events; and publications and papers.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Maintains a Welfare Reform Research Coordination Project which often includes information about domestic violence and welfare reform.
Institute for Youth Development
Promotes a comprehensive risk avoidance message to youth for five harmful risk behaviors that are inextricably linked: alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco and violence. This website contains a news release titled New Analyses of National Data Reveal Risk, Protective Factors for Youth Violence and Other Risks, Leading Researchers Report at Capitol Hill Briefing.
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community
This Institute provides 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 perspective 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.
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
National resource center that focuses specifically on issues of family violence, sexual assault, and child maltreatment. Provides workshops, resources, consultation and more.
International Center for Research on Women
ICRW's mission is to improve the lives of women in poverty, advance women's equality and human rights, and contribute to the broader economic and social well-being. ICRW accomplishes this, in partnership with others, through research, capacity building, and advocacy on issues affecting women's economic, health, and social status.
International Child Resource Institute
ICRI has been providing services for families and children locally and around the world. ICRI makes a difference by providing technical assistance and consultation to a wide variety of national and international organizations interested in such children's issues as child care, child abuse prevention, child survival, maternal and child health, placement alternatives for abandoned and traumatized children and the promotion of children's rights. ICRI has offices or collaborates with organizations around the world to provide services to children and families.
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission monitors and documents human rights abuses against gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people, and people living with HIV and AIDS around the world.
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
This website offers information about International Terrorism (which includes terrorist organization profiles, a terror attack database, and information on state-sponsored terrorism), the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and Counter-Terrorism. They also offer a database of articles relating to terrorism and a page on weblinks.
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims promotes the provision of treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims globally and contributes to the prevention of torture. This has been done by focusing on support to the establishment of rehabilitation centres and programmes as well as through documentation, information, and training of health professionals.
International Save the Children Alliance
The International Save the Children Alliance currently comprises 30 organizations around the world. Working in over 100 countries, Save the Children is the world's largest independent movement for children.
International Society for Child Abuse and Neglect
ISPCAN's mission is to prevent cruelty to children in every nation, in every form: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, street children, child fatalities, child prostitution, children of war, emotional abuse and child labor. ISPCAN is committed to increasing public awareness of all forms of violence against children, developing activities to prevent such violence, and promoting the rights of children in all regions of the world
International Victimology Website
Resource for all those interested in improving justice for victims of crime and abuse of power. Features two databases (Victimology Research Database - victimology research in progress and Victim Services and Victimization Prevention Database -promising practices); a document and publications hosting page (including the UN Handbook on Justice for Victims and the Guide for Policymakers on the Implementation of the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power); links to other victimology resources on the Internet; and a victimology news page and bulletin board.
International Women's Rights Action Watch
IWRAW is a resource and communications center on human rights of women and of children. They work directly with nongovernmental organizations throughout the world and with the United Nations facilitating use of international human rights law and processes for effective advocacy to improve the status of women, protect children, and promote gender equality. Primary subjects of concern include violence in the family, economic rights, family law, nationality.
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Member organization encouraging excellence in service through support to member projects, accountability for the quality of services, and the development of model policies and practices. Website links to domestic violence services in Iowa, common questions, resources for teens, and more.
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
The Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault was established to unite Iowa's sexual assault crisis centers. To better meet the needs of survivors, IowaCASA provides training, public policy activities, assistance to communities of color, resources and referrals.
Website is divided into sections for learning about the Legislature. Sections include: Session; Members; Iowa Law and Court Rules; Administrative Rules; Interim, Agencies; Educational Information; and Other.
Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline (pdf)
The Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline is a 24-hour line providing support, information and referral services to survivors of sexual abuse, signifcant others, people concerned about sexual abuse and people seeking information and referral. All services are free of charge, confidential and available to women, men and children.
Islamic Society of North America: Domestic Violence Forum
This site was established to bring awareness to the issue of domestic violence in Muslim communities and provide opportunities for collaboration, exchanges of information and the promotion of continued research in the field of domestic violence’s impact on Muslim families. It includes intervention strategies, definitions and resources for victims.
Contact Info: Islamic Society of North America
P O Box 38
Plainfield, IN 46168, USA
(317) 839 - 8157 phone
(317) 839-1840 fax
ssiddiqui@isna.net
Website includes information for children, teenagers, adults, and educators on how to keep yourself and others safe from sexual exploitation and abduction. Also includes information on a speakers bureau, stories of successful child-parent reunions, and a legislative watch.
A Jewish voice in the peace community and a peace voice in the Jewish community. JPF is a nondenominational Jewish organization committed to active nonviolence as a means of resolving conflict. This organization also supports the conscientious objection to military service.
Jewish Women International, founded in 1897 as B'nai B'rith women, honors the concept of tikkun olam — repairing the world-through education, advocacy and action. Guided by a vision of a safe world for women and children, each of their anti-violence initiatives promotes the highest form of tzedakah by helping women and children become independent and help themselves.
Kansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A statewide coalition located in Topeka.
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
The Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV) is a network of programs reaching across the state to end battering and sexual assault wherever it occurs.
Major categories of information on this website include: 2001-2002 Legislative Session; House; Senate; Statutes; Campaign Finanace Data; and Additional Legislative Links.
Provide a clinically based resource for training, consultation, program development and evaluation, and research in all forms of child abuse and neglect. The Center is committed to multidisciplinary approaches to improving the recognition, treatment, and prevention of all forms of abuse and neglect.
Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs Inc
The Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. (KASAP) is the statewide coalition of the 13 rape crisis centers in the Commonwealth. This website provides resources for survivors, public and professionals.
Kentucky Domestic Violence Association
The KDVA works to provide a strong, statewide voice on behalf of the domestic violence victims and their children by administering state and federal funds to fifteen of Kentucky's domestic violence programs serving Primary Service Providers in the Area Development Districts, promoting public awareness, operating a Certification Program for domestic violence staff, and among other things, advocating for state legislative initiatives to increase protection to domestic violence victims and their dependent children.
Website posts links to: Schedules and Vistor Info; Who's Who; Organization and Administration; Legislation and Legislative Record; Public Services; Legislative Resources; Other Web Sites; and Kids Pages.
L. A. Gay & Lesbian Center's STOP Partner Abuse Program
Domestic violence in the LGBT community. Safety plan, services offered, where to find appropriate help, etc.
Service Region: Los Angeles, California
"Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Our current program areas are: Employment and Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic Violence (EHRVDV), Equality Works Program, Immigrant Women Program, National Judicial Education Program, and Sexuality and Family Rights Program."
The Life & Peace Institute is an international and ecumenical centre for peace research and action. Founded in 1985 by the Swedish Ecumenical Council, LPI aims to further the causes of justice, peace and reconciliation through a combination of research, seminars and publications.
Lighthouse Institute/Chestnut Health Systems
We offer a comprehensive scope of behavioral health and human services in Illinois.
The Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic is a non-profit agency in London, Ontario, Canada, which advocates for the special needs of children and families involved in the justice system.
Peter G. Jaffe, PhD, Executive Director
254 Pall Mall Street, Suite 200
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5P6
Tel: 519-679-7250
Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Statewide network of battered women's programs, supportive organizations, and individuals who share the goal of ending violence against women and children in Louisiana. Website includes links for safety planning for adults, safety planning for kids, what is domestic violence?, Louisiana law, who are your legislators?, statistics, current projects, conference information, links, and batterer intervention.
Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault
The Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault (LFASA) is a private nonprofit organization of the state's sexual assault crisis centers, as well as other agencies and individuals concerned about sexual violence. Their mission is to work toward the elimination of sexual violence through program support, education, and social change.
Major categories on the website include Session Information; House; Senate; Committees; Legislators; and a Search function that allows you to search the Bill Summaries. Other links include: About the Legislature; Boards and Commissions; Diabilities Informaton; Fiscal Information; How Do I. . .?; Internet Publications; Legislative Auditor's Office; Louisiana Laws; and PULS Line.
Website for teens on dating violence. Includes an a story about an abusive relationship, red flags for abuse, facts about abuse, a quiz, and information on how to talk to adults and what to do when it's over, and other resources.
Love Is Respect - National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline
Loveisrespect.org is the online home of the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline. A community where one can find support and information to understand dating abuse.
Organization dedicated to redefining child abuse through aggressive public awareness and advocacy. Website offers information and resources for parents, childcare givers, kids and teens.
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
Promotes and applies the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and public conflicts through research, education, and programming. The Institute was established to promote and teach the philosophy and practice of nonviolence to help reduce the violence that consumes our hearts, our homes, and our societies.
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault
"The Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault is organized to put an end to sexual violence in Maine, and to ensure that there will be ongoing support and services for victims and survivors."
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
Member organization that provides services for victims of domestic abuse and their children; public education and school-based prevention programs; training for volunteers, professionals, and others; monitoring of batterers' intervention programs; development of public policy and supporting legislation that protects and empowers victims of domestic violence and holds perpetrators accountable; and visibility and a voice to groups that have traditionally been silenced. Website includes links for what is domestic violence?, providing help to someone else in need, domestic violence and related services in Maine, and more.
Website includes subsites to the House of Representatives and to the Senate. Also includes links to Session Information and Constitution, Statutes, and Laws.
A dating violence prevention and awareness project that involves teens as educator/role models. The Website gives information on project activities, publications, and information for teens and teachers on dating violence.
The Marie Stopes International provides sexual and reproductive health information. The organization also provides direct services to 3.3 million people worldwide in 38 countries.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
Contains information and links on the work of Dr. King.
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Inc. (MCASA) is a nonprofit organization founded to address the needs of victims of sexual crimes throughout the State. Its members are sexual assault crisis programs, law enforcement, legal practitioners, mental health and health care providers, and educators committed to eliminating sexual violence through community education and public policy advocacy.
Website posts information about the General Assembly; Bill Information and Status; Bill Indexes and Profiles; Prior Session Information; Redistricting Information; Other documents; How to Contact or Find a Legislator; House and Senate Proceedings; House and Senate Agenda; Hearing Schedule; and Budget Hearing Schedule.
Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
Member organization working to end domestic violence. Website includes news, legislative agenda, dv laws, service providers, how to