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- 100+ Songs Related to Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault - A listing of more than 100 songs in every genre, from traditional ballads to punk, many with links to online lyrics.
creativefolk.com/abusesongs.html
- A Comparison of Pimps and Batterers by Evelina Giobbe - 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.
www.prostitutionresearch.com/giobbe.html
- Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc. - Internet Warning - Detailed information on abuser's access via the internet.
www.actabuse.com/warning.html
- Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services - 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.
www.adwas.org
- Advice on Hiding Your Tracks Online - Domestic Violence Committee, City of Fremantle - Information about staying safe online and concealing internet activity from an abuser/stalker.
www.freofocus.com.au/commun/dvc/hiding.html
- American Roulette - 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.
www.vpc.org/graphics/amroul.pdf
- Angels In Blue: Stalking Page - Information on stalking law and behavior, including information on internet stalking.
members.aol.com/lrfuzz1/Stalking/Stalking.html
- APB Women's Safety Hotlines - Hotlines from APB News.com.
www.apbnews.com/safetycenter/womens_safety/hotlines.html
- Apna Ghar - A domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children, and is the only Asian shelter of its kind in the Mid-Western United States.
www.apnaghar.org
- Arguing the Violence Against Women Act: Two Views - Readings for an online discussion May 1, 2000 from the Beekman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/vaw/readings
- Battered Immigrant Women - Agencies providing services to battered immigrant women should join the National Network on Behalf of Battered Immigrant Women. Services provided are information on training, information on current policies related to battered immigrant women, technical assistance materials, technical assistance on complex immigration issues via e-mail.
www.fvpf.org/immigration/index.html
- Battered Women and Their Children - Reports, papers and a training curriculum on identifying families with child abuse and domestic violence.
cwolf.uaa.alaska.edu/~afrhm1/index.html
- Bellweather Project - The Advocate's Survival Center - The Bellwether Project is a nonprofit project that works toward improved systems responses in the wake of violence against disenfranchised and marginalized persons - particularly women and children. The Bellwether Projects provides support and information to the advocacy community who work as liaisons and support persons between victims and the systems victims turn to for justice and protection. The Bellwether Projects also provides information and training directly to systems who respond in the immediate aftermath of violence.
boardserver.mycomputer.com/list.html?u=willendorf&f=1
- Biderman's Chart of Coercion - Analysis of mind control with significance for survivors of domestic violence.
www.nwrain.net/~refocus/coerchrt.html
- Call to Protect - A domestic violence prevention project to provide those in danger with instant access to help in the form of a wireless phone.
www.calltoprotect.org
- Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence - The Center is a non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Founded in 1977 by the Rev. Marie M. Fortune, the Center is an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence.
www.cpsdv.org
- City of Shelter - Domestic Violence Training Video
www.cityofshelter.org/CityToC.html
- Claims about Husband Battering - Michael Flood - A recent research project claimed to find that men and women are equally likely to be the perpetrators of domestic violence [Headey, Scott and de Vaus, 1999]. Studies such as these have been taken up by anti-feminist men to claim that 'husband battering' is widespread. In the article below, Michael outlines a critique of such claims.
www.xyonline.net/husbandbattering.shtml
- Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET) - A searchable, authoritative source of information about violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, gays and lesbians, and others
www.asksam.com/cavnet
- Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence - 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.
www.caepv.org
- Cyberstalking: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry - Department of Justice site.
www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm
- Danger Assessment Instrument - in Identifying Risk Factors for Femicide in Violent Intimate Relationships - Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
www.son.jhmi.edu/research/CNR/Homicide/DANGER.htm
- Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (DWAS) - Michigan. DWAS offers educational workshops, support to deaf victims of domestic violence, and services in ASL (American Sign language).
www.dwas.org
- Defending Our Lives - Defending Our Lives exposes the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. It features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. This film won the Academy Award for Best DocumentaryShort in 1994.
www1.shore.net/~cdf/defending.html
- Defense Task Force for Domestic Violence - Public information about the Defense Domestic Violence Task Force that was established by The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Public Law 106-65. The Task Force is comprised of 24 members all of whom were appointed by the Secretary of Defense. Half of the members are senior military and civilian personnel from the Department of Defense and half represent subject matter experts from the private sector, Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/index.htm
- Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office - Includes hyperlinked text of the Violence Against Women act and other legal information.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo
- Domestic Abuse Help - Resources for victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
www.domesticabusehelp.com
- Domestic Violence - Explains the definition, forms, myths, and FAQs on domestic violence.
www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/twhn/domest.htm
- Domestic Violence - U.S. Resources - 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.
www.vachss.com/help_text/domestic_violence_us.html
- Domestic Violence and Birth Control Sabotage: A Report From The Teen Parent - Center for Impact Research
www.impactresearch.org/documents/23.pdf
- Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Resources - Violence Against Women Online Resources for Child Custody and Protection - University of Minnesota.
www.vaw.umn.edu/ccp.asp
- Domestic Violence and Homelessness - National Coalition for the Homeless Fact Sheet #8, May 1998
nch.ari.net/domestic.html
- Domestic Violence and Welfare - from the Welfare Information Network. Articles on the economic aspects of domestic violence, welfare and homelessness.
www.welfareinfo.org/domestic.asp
- Domestic Violence as a Form of Child Abuse - Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - National Child Protection Clearing House, Issues Papers - Article by Marianne James, Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Criminology
www.aifs.org.au/nch/issues2.html
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month Events - Family Violence Prevention Fund listing of events planned for October 2000.
www.fvpf.org/newsflash/08-31-2000.html
- Domestic Violence Handbook - Informative general information site hosted in Oakland County, Michigan. Site is joint effort of the Oakland County Domestic Violence Coordintating Council, Creative Communciations Group, and the American Divorce Information Network, publishers of Divorce Online.
www.domesticviolence.org/content.html
- Domestic Violence Help - 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.
www.angelfire.com/hi2/quickie121
- Domestic Violence in the Workplace - AFSCME - Information for union members about preventing domestic violence in the workplace.
www.afscme.org/health/viol06.htm
- Domestic Violence in United Kingdom - Learn about the Government policy and laws on domestic violence. Includes guidance, publications, crime reduction programmes, and related resources.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/domesticviolence
- Domestic Violence Information Center - Information and resources from The Feminist Majority Foundation.
www.feminist.org/other/dv/dvhome.html
- Domestic Violence Information Manual: - Informative articles, resources and web links designed to: increase public awareness of the nature and extent of domestic violence - from Australia.
www.infoxchange.net.au/wise/DVIM/index.htm
- Domestic Violence National Directory of Professional Services - Comprehensive listing of services for domestic violence survivors and the advocates who assist them. Published by the Soros Foundation.
www.soros.org/crime/DVDir-main.html
- Domestic Violence Photography - Oregon State Police - Coos Bay Forensic Laboratory
police2.ucr.edu/dv-photo.htm
- Domestic Violence Prevention Online - Electronic Journal dealing with domestic violence prevention issues
www.dvponline.com
- Domestic Violence Report - Civic Research Institute - 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.
civicresearchinstitute.com/vi2.html
- Domestic Violence Resource Manual - Multnomah County Department of Community and Family Services - Comprehensive resource manual and compilation of contacts information for agencies providing services in this area of Oregon
www.multnomah.lib.or.us/dcfs/dv/dvman
- Domestic Violence: A Workplace Issue - Department of Labor Publication
www.dol.gov/dol/wb/public/wb_pubs/domestic.htm
- Domestic violence: an epidemic - UNICEF - Domestic violence: an epidemic - a new UNICEF report, Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls - Available in Adobe Acrobat readable PDF format.
www.unicef.org/vaw
- Domination, not alcohol, responsible for domestic violence - by K. Marie Porterfield Indian Country Today correspondent
www.kporterfield.com/samples/domesticviolence.html
- Donate a Phone Program - The national Donate a Phone campaign collects wireless phones to benefit victims of domestic violence. In the hands of a victim, these phones are a lifeline, enabling them to call for assistance when faced with an emergency situation.
www.wirelessfoundation.org/12give
- DV/CPS Collaboration Home - DV/CPS collaborative strategies for integrating domestic violence services into child protection systems.
www.calib.com/dvcps
- Education Wife Assault - Information for abused women, professionals, friends, and family on abuse of all types. E-Commerce enabled for publications sales and donations.
www.womanabuseprevention.com
- Ending Violence Against Women, Population Reports, Series L, Number 11 - published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
www.jhuccp.org/pr/l11edsum.stm
- Family and Domestic Violence Training Package - Participants' Kit - Australian government site with a step by step training manual on domestic violence.
www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/fdvpktoc.html
- Financial Resources for Women and Children, Inc. - Agency founded to provide low cost loans to women in abusive relationships through partnerships with shelters and domestic violence coalitions. Also provides practical advice about finances and planning for emergencies.
www.frwc.org
- Firearms and Domestic Violence - Fact Sheet from the Violence Policy Center
www.vpc.org/fact_sht/domviofs.htm
- Governor's Task on Domestic Violence Report - South Carolina - Document published in November 2000 - Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
www.state.sc.us/governor/documents/dvtf_report.pdf
- Graphic Resource Site for Women's Domestic Violence Issues. - Free graphic images and designs to use as posters, handouts, or for other applications including use at fund raising events related to violence against women issues. Please request permission for reproduction.
config.com/~gargoyle/posters
- Human Services Policy (HSP): Special Populations/Domestic Violence - Department of Health and Human Services online resources related to Domestic Violence
aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/hspother.htm
- Immigration Interim Rule on Battered Woman Immigrants - This interim rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("the Service") regulations to allow a spouse or child to seek immigrant classification if he or she has been battered by, or subjected to extreme cruelty committed by, the citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse or parent.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/laws/insvawa.htm
- Instigate - an Online Toolkit - Transforming Communities - Technical Assistance and Training, Marin County, CA.
www.transformcommunities.org/tctatsite/instigate/welcome.html
- Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community - 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.
www.dvinstitute.org
- Internet Safety for Survivors - Violence Against Women Online Resources - University of Minnesota
www.vaw.umn.edu/internetsafety.asp
- Language/Etymology/rule of thumb - Definitive essay on the purported "rule of thumb" law about wife-beating.
www.urbanlegends.com/language/etymology/rule_of_thumb.html
- Mail Order Brides and the Abuse of Immigrant Women - 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.]
www.NoStatusQuo.com/ACLU/anderson/brides/pg1.html
- Maitri - San Francisco, CA - 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.
www.maitri.org
- Making Women's Shelters Accessible to Transgendered Women - 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.
www.queensu.ca/humanrights/tap/index.html
- Men and Women Against Domestic Violence - An internet-based coalition of men and women working to address the issue of domestic violence. We declare that this is not just a women's issue, but is very much a men's issue, too. Therefore, it is our responsibility to educate and advocate against physical, mental, emotional and sexual violence of all kinds.
www.silcom.com/~paladin/madv
- Men's Roles and Responsibilities in Ending Gender Based Violence - Working Paper Series - U.S. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women. (A Virtual Seminar on this topic is also available online at: http://www.mail-archive.com/emvnet@un-instraw.org.
www.un-instraw.org/mensroles/working_papers.html
- Military Family Resource Center - Domestic Violence Prevention Month - This Web site, developed by the Military Family Resource Center, contains information on building and strengthening domestic violence prevention partnerships between military and civilian communities. Domestic violence hurts not only those who suffer its emotional and physical wounds, but it impedes the military mission and harms families.
www.mfrc.calib.com/domestic_violence/index.htm
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - Making the Link - Domestic Violence & Alcohol and Other Drugs
www.health.org/govpubs/ml011/index.htm
- National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape - Started in 1978, when marital rape was a crime in only 4 states. Follows national cases; has legal briefs, legislative testimony, bills, statutes, law reviews, newspaper clippings, articles, statistics, published and unpublished studies, and letters.
members.aol.com/ncmdr/index.html
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - 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."
www.ncadv.org
- National Domestic Violence Hotline - 24-Hour Access from all 50 states. Translators available.
www.ndvh.org
- National Network on Behalf of Battered Immigrant Women - Three organizations jointly direct the Network, with each one providing leadership in its areas of expertise.
www.fvpf.org/immigration/national_network.html
- National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center - Provides contemporary research and treatment information on the topic of violence against women. Designed to be useful to scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations, and any other professional or lay person interested in current topics related to violence against women and its prevention.
www.vawprevention.org
- Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women - The Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women does activism to end domestic violence and oppression everywhere, and provides services to lesbian, bisexual and transgendered women victims/survivors of battering.
www.nblbw.org
- New Hampshire AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program - Our advocates, who are placed at crisis centers and police/prosecutor's offices, provide education and support to victims of domestic and sexual violence and stalking throughout New Hampshire.
victimassistance.tripod.com
- New Social Security Numbers For Domestic Violence Victims And Others - SSA Publication No. 05-10093 - describes procedures and requirements for requesting a new social security number.
www.ssa.gov/pubs/10093.html
- New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence - Promoting effective cross-systems' responses to DV through training, technical assistance and policy development.
www.opdv.state.ny.us
- No Safe Place - No Safe Place offers resources and insights into the origins and possible solutions to violence against women. (Public Broadcasting System)
www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/index.html
- NOW and Violence Against Women - The National Organization for Women's site on issues related to violence against women.
now.org/issues/violence/index.html
- Partnerships Against Violence - Home page of Partnerships Against Violence
www.pavnet.org
- Peace at Home - Peace at Home is a human rights agency dedicated to stopping domestic violence.
www.peaceathome.org
- PeaceWorks Home Page - "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.
www.jtb-servers.com/peace.html
- Picturing a Life Free of Violence - Media and Communications Strategies to End Violence Against Women - showcases a wealth and variety of media and communications strategies and materials used around the world to end violence against women. A collaboration between UNIFEM and the Media Materials Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the publication highlights materials and campaigns, providing descriptions of innovative communications methods for awareness raising.
www.unifem.undp.org/public/freeofviolence/pdf/Chapter_1.pdf
- Plays about real-life issues - w@rn - WORN down or WARN against? A new, one act play that tells the story of an ordinary, middle-class woman who gets caught up in a cycle of domestic violence.
www.helennelder.com/warn/index.htm
- Polaroid | Medical Professionals | Domestic Violence - Follow the links to Health Care Professional. Good information about documenting abuse using instant photography in health care settings.
www.polaroidwork.com
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Conversation with Judith Herman - 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.
globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Herman/herman-con3.html
- Poverty, Welfare and Battered Women: What Does the Research Tell Us? - Department of Justice Online Resources
www.vaw.umn.edu/Vawnet/welfare.htm
- Prince Edward Island Woman Abuse Protocols - This initiative's goal is to reduce violence towards women by establishing policy and protocol to effectively respond to victims of family violence.
www.isn.net/cliapei/womanabuse
- Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory - "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
www-personal.umich.edu/~rtolman/pmwimas.htm
- Reading List on Domestic Violence - Good basic reading list on domestic violence -- history, research, self-help.
www.gate.net/~liz/liz/013.htm
- Resources for Anti Violence Networks (RAVN) - RAVN will provide advocacy services to high-risk battered women as well as training and consultation to other organizations. Special issues: lesbian battering, trafficking/prostitution, abuse of disabled women, stalking. [Also listed in Society: People: Women: Organizations]
www.antiviolence.org
- Responding to Domestic Violence: Where Federal Employees Can Find Help - Prepared by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Includes places to turn to and a sectionalized report.
www1.opm.gov/ehs/workplac/html/domestic1.htm
- Rural Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault - The challenge of providing services in rural areas
www.ruralwomyn.net/domvio.html
- SAFE House's Safety Plan Web Page - A plan for increasing safety and preparing in advance for the possibility for further violence.
home.talkcity.com/healingway/domesticviolence/safeplan.htm
- SafePlace: Disability Services ASAP - Disability Services ASAP offers a resource lending library featuring books, curriculum kits, videos, audiotapes, anatomically correct dolls, models, games, journals, and other materials relating to abuse and violence prevention, sexuality education, and personal safety for people with disabilities, families, and professionals. The library currently features over 350 items, that are available for checkout in person or by mail within the United States
www.austin-safeplace.org/programs/disability/default.htm
- SafetyNet Domestic Violence Resources - SafetyNet - Resources and links, including statistics and a listing of state coalitions against domestic violence from Cybergrrl. Be aware that there is good information on this site, but it has not been updated in several years.
home.cybergrrl.com/dv
- Save Have Programs for Pets - Directory from the American Humane Society of the United States of programs to provide temporary shelter for pets of abused women.
www.hsus2.org/firststrike/programs/safe_haven.html
- Saving Bernice: Battered Women, Welfare, and Poverty - Center for Impact Research
www.impactresearch.org/documents/19.pdf
- SAWNET; South Asian Women's NETwork - Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence information for South Asian Women (taken to include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).
www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/violence.html
- Shattered Hearts: Applying Hassan's BITE model to abusive relationships - Describes similarities between mind control and/or cultic relationships and the relationship between a batterer and victim.
www.trancenet.org/hearts/research/reference/hassan.shtml
- Sisters, Mothers, Daughters - Domestic Violence Video - 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.
newenglandusa.com/arts_ed/arts_ed.html
- State Computer Harassment or "Cyberstalking" Laws - National Conference of State Legislatures
www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/cip/stalk99.htm
- STORM Survivors Organizing to Resist Misogyny - A site with information on abusive aspects of prostitution, survivor stories, and activist links.
home.att.net/~rhiannonn
- Survivor's Handbook - Handbook for Survivors in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Published by the Domestic Violence Project/Safe House, Ann Arbor, MI.
comnet.org/graphics/orgs/dvp/Survivhndbk.pdf
- Take Back The Night - Louisville Kentucky Take Back The Night home page. Part of the national Take Back the Night events in October, the program works to end violence against women and children.
www.iglou.com/tbtn
- The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence by Ascione, Weber & Wood : The Zero 5.0laf - The Official Website of Andrew Vachss - The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence. A National Survey of Shelters for Women Who Are Battered. By Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D, Claudia V. Weber, M.S., and David S. Wood, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/ascione_1.html
- The Battered Husband Controversy - Debunks the myth that men and women are equally violent in the home. Over twenty citations.
www.zip.com.au/~korman/dv/controversy
- The Clothesline Project - Provides an opportunity for women to bear witness to their personal experience of violence, and celebrate their transformation from victim to survivor in a powerful statement of solidarity.
home.cybergrrl.com/dv/orgs/cp.html
- The Family Violence Prevention Fund - The Family Violence Prevention Fund describes itself as "a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform."
endabuse.org
- The Miles Foundation - The Miles Foundation is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to providing direct and support services to victims of violence associated with the military; providing professional education and training of military personnel and civilian community based advocates; conducting and supporting research; serving as a resource center for advocates, journalists and government officials; and serving to ensure that public policy is well-informed and constructive.
hometown.aol.com/milesfdn/myhomepage/index.html
- The Project for Research on Welfare, Work and Domestic Violence - Collaborative project of the University of Michigan and The Center for Impact Research which seeks to foster collaboration among researchers, policy makers, and community organizations which are concerned with the nexus of welfare and domestic violence issues. Includes publications, research reports, research resources, conferences, and Internet resources.
www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped
- The Safety Zone - The Alcohol Connection - Information on Woman Abuse and Addiction
www.serve.com/zone/alcohol/index.html
- The Silent Witness National Initiative - 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.
www.silentwitness.net
- The Urban Institute - Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence in Six Communities: Beyond the Justice System
www.urban.org/crime/ccr96b.htm
- Toolkit To End Violence Against Women - To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The recommendations contained in the Toolkit were reviewed by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.
toolkit.ncjrs.org
- Trans and Intersex Survivors of Domestic Violence: - By Diana Courvant and Loree Cook-Daniels on the website: The American Boyz (AmBoyz) is an organization which aims to support people who were labeled female at birth but who feel that is not an accurate or complete description of who they are (FTMs) and their significant others, friends, familie and allies (SOFFAs).
www.amboyz.org/articles/dv.html
- UM SSW - Trapped: Project Publications and Research Reports - Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence.
www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/pubs.html
- Understanding the Victims of Spousal Abuse - Some answers to all those "why" questions...
www.sourcemaine.com/gift/Html/spousal.html
- UNIFEM's Internet Working Group to End Violence Against Women - The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has announced the resumption of the End-Violence Working Group, in response to popular demand. End-violence (1998-2000) is a powerful virtual community of over 2,500 people in 120+ countries working to end violence against women. End-violence was a driving force for UNIFEM's global Videoconference, "A World Free of Violence Against Women." End-violence also fed into the Beijing +5 Review Process and reports of UNIFEM and other UN agencies, including the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail
- United Declaration Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women - Text of the UN's Declaration. This is a gopher site, no frills, but the complete text is given.
gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/00/undocs/gad/RES/48/104
- United States DV Resources - Domestic Violence Resources by State on a clickable map, sponsored by Womens Rural Advocacy Programs in Minnesota
www.letswrap.com/usadv
- US State Department - Services - International Adoption and Child Abduction - Information on international adoption and child abduction issues provided by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
travel.state.gov/abduct.html
- USAF & NNFR Partner Violence document - Partner Violence in Ethnic Minority Families - National Network for Family Resiliency Publication.
www.nnfr.org/research/pv/pv_ch7.html
- Victim Services Domestic Violence Shelter Tour - A virtual tour of a shelter for domestic abuse survivors in New York City.
www.dvsheltertour.org
- Violence Against Women - A factsheet from the World Health Organisation (WHO) covering the scope of the problem, related health consequences, and guidance for health workers.
www.who.int/frh-whd/VAW/infopack/English/VAW_infopack.htm
- Violence by Intimates - Bureau of Justice Statistics Fact Book in PDF format.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/vi.pdf
- Warning Signs of An Abusive Relationship - Useful information from the University of Buffalo.
ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/warnings.shtml
- WARNING: How an Abuser Can Discover Your Internet Activities - American Bar Association site with caution and advice on how to use the internet more safely to obtain information and resources on domestic violence.
www.abanet.org/domviol/internet.html
- What is Emotional Abuse? - Information from Health Canada defining emotional abuse and providing resources for dealing with it.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/html/emotioneng.html
- When Men Murder Women - 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.
www.vpc.org/studies/dv4cont.htm
- When Victims Have a Right to Know: Automating Notification with VINE - Review of the Vine system for victim notification by the Vera Organization. Report is available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
www.vera.org/pvictimization.html
- White Ribbon Campaign - For the women engineering students murdered in Montreal.
www.whiteribbon.ca
- Wife, Marital, Spousal Rape - Information Page - The Wife Rape Information Page at the University of New Hampshire
www.unh.edu/student-life/sharpp/sharpp.html
- Women's Rights Network - 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.
www.wcwonline.org/wrn/progrept.html
- Womens Accounts - News and information with a focus on survivors of domestic violence.
www.WomensAccounts.com
- Zonta International Strategies to Eradicate Violence Against Women - ZISVAW is a program dedicated to eliminating violence against women and children funded by the Zonta International Foundation.
www.zisvaw.org
- V-Day: Until the Violence Stops - Conceived by Vagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler, V-Day is a consciousness raising event designed to end violence against girls and women through public performances, education, networking, and fundraising activities.
www.vday.org
- Why Doesn't She Just Leave? - Facts and Myths about Domestic Violence - Article by Trish Wilson in the online journal, Feminista
www.feminista.com/v1n4/twilson.html
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