Violence Against Women - Ways to Prevent and End Violence

Ways to Prevent and End Violence

There are some ways you can help prevent and end violence.

Call the police if you see or hear evidence of domestic violence.

Support a friend or family member who may be in an abusive relationship.

Volunteer at a local domestic violence shelter or another organization helping survivors or working to prevent violence.

Raise your children to respect others. Teach your children to respect others and to treat others as they would like to be treated. Lead by example.

Protect yourself. Take a self-defense class.

Become an activist. Participate in a Take Back the Night march, a yearly march held in most major cities to raise awareness about violence against women. Or tell your congressional representatives that you expect their support for the funding of domestic violence survivor services and prevention programs.

If you're a victim of abuse or violence at the hands of someone you know or love or you are recovering from an assault by a stranger, you are not alone. Get immediate help and support.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 800-799-SAFE (7233) and 800-787-3224 (TTY). Spanish speakers are available. When you call, you will first hear a recording and may have to hold. Hotline staff offer crisis intervention and referrals. If requested, they connect women to shelters and can send out written information.

The National Sexual Assault Hotline can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 800-656-4673. When you call, you will hear a menu and can choose #1 to talk to a counselor. You will then be connected to a counselor in your area who can help you. You can also visit the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline.

Additional Information on Ways to Prevent and End Violence:

Publications

Division of Violence Prevention, NCIPC, CDC - This web page provides general and statistical information on family violence and violence against women.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm

Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools - The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, has developed this compendium which provides researchers and prevention specialists with a set of assessment tools with demonstrated reliability and validity for measuring the self-reported incidence and prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence victimization and perpetration.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/Compendium/Measuring_IPV_Victimization_and_Perpetrat...

State Sexual Assault Coalitions - This publication contains a list of addresses, phone numbers, and faxes of coalitions across the country who help with domestic violence.

http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/saresources.htm

Toolkit to End Violence Against Women - This toolkit provides concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women. Numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking reviewed the recommendations in this Toolkit.

http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/

Coaching Boys into Men (Copyright © FVPF) - This brochure encourages parents, teachers, coaches, and other role models to play an active role in teaching boys about violence against women and suggests strategies for how to teach them.

http://endabuse.org/programs/printable/display.php3?DocID=9916

Controlling Anger - Before It Controls You (Copyright © APA) - This publication provides information on the nature of anger, how to manage the expression of anger, and useful strategies for problem solving.

http://www.apa.org/topics/controlanger.html

Domestic Violence: Protecting Yourself and Your Children (Copyright © AAFP) - This fact sheet provides information on how to protect yourself and your children from domestic violence, where to go to get help, and other facts you should know about domestic violence.

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/safety/kids-family/052.html

VictimLaw (Copyright © National Center for Victims of Crime) - VictimLaw has been designed as a comprehensive, user-friendly, on-line database of victims' rights statutes, tribal laws, constitutional amendments, court rules, administrative code provisions, and case summaries of related court decisions that meets the needs of a wide variety of users with different levels of substantive and technological expertise. Such ready access to information can advance the cause of crime victims' rights by facilitating the exercise, implementation, and enforcement of those rights.

http://www.victimlaw.info

Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (Copyright © AAP) - This Internet site is a database of violence intervention and prevention materials and programs that can be searched by age group, audience, category, and keyword.

http://www.aap.org/vipp/

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Content last updated September 1, 2007.