Featuring links to national organizations that address violence against women, as well as a list of links to organizations that more specifically address domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Organizations
Resources
General
(http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw)
OVW's mission is to provide federal leadership to reduce violence against women, and to administer justice for and strengthen services to all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
(http://www.endvaw.org)
End VAW collects and shares documentation and communication materials produced in the worldwide struggle to end violence against women.
(http://www.endabuse.org)
FVPF works to prevent violence within the home and in the community to help those whose lives are impacted by violence.
(http://www.ncdsv.org)
The NCDSV encourages and creates unprecedented levels of collaboration among professionals working to end violence against women.
(http://www.vawprevention.org)
This organization helps prevent violence against women by advancing knowledge about prevention research and fostering collaboration among advocates, practitioners, policy makers and researchers.
(http://www.ruralwomyn.net)
RWZ provides rural women and their organizations with information to raise the profile of rural women, promote the leadership of rural women, and promote action in government.
(http://www.womenslaw.org)
The mission of Women’s Law is to provide easy-to-understand legal information to women living with or escaping domestic violence.
Domestic Violence
(http://www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html)
The ABA Commission’s mission is to mobilize the legal profession to provide access to justice and safety for victims of domestic violence.
(http://www.apiahf.org)
The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence serves as a national network for professionals of various communities and serves as a forum for, and clearinghouse of, information, research, resources and critical issues about violence against women in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
(http://www.atask.org)
This organization is a coalition of individuals and organizations which aims to eliminate family violence and to strengthen Asian families and communities.
(http://www.dviworld.org)
The DVI’s mission is to educate and train professionals and lay people, conduct research, and impact public policy about violence against women, children, men, the elderly and promote survival of the non-abusive family.
(http://www.dvinstitute.org)
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 mechanism, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community.
(http://www.ncadv.org)
NCADV works to organize for collective power by advancing the transformative work, thinking, and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives.
(http://www.dvalianza.org)
This organization's mission is to promote understanding, initiate and sustain dialogue, and generate solutions that move toward the elimination of domestic violence affecting Latino communities, with an understanding of the sacredness of all relations and communities.
(http://www.nnedv.org)
NNEDV is the leading voice among domestic violence advocates, developing policy that changes the way the US deals with this complex and far-reaching problem.
Sexual Assault
(http://www.mencanstoprape.org)
MCSR empowers male youth and the institutions that serve them to work as allies with women in preventing rape and other forms of men's violence.
(http://www.resourcesharingproject.org)
This project is designed to provide technical assistance, support, and to facilitate peer-driven resources for all statewide sexual assault coalitions.
(http://www.nsvrc.org)
This organization is a comprehensive collection and distribution center for information, research, and emerging policy on sexual violence intervention and prevention.
(http://www.rainn.org)
This organization operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims, and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
Stalking
(http://www.ncvc.org/src/Main.aspx)
SRC's dual mission is to raise national awareness of stalking and to encourage the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the country.
(http://www.haltabuse.org)
This organization fights electronic and on-line harassment through education of the general public, education of law enforcement personnel, and empowerment of victims.
Resources
(http://www.austin-safeplace.org/site/PageServer?pagename=train_materials)
SafePlace has several manuals, curricula, and videos available for purchase on their site.