Sexual Violence Awareness Month

Web Sites

Massachusetts Resources

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health: Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Services: Rape Crisis Centers
http://www.mass.gov/dph/fch/sapss/sites.htm
This page provides information on contacting Rape Crisis Centers throughout the state, as well as Llámanos, a Spanish language hotline. Services are free, non-judgmental and confidential.

Elizabeth Freeman Center
http://www.umass.edu/ewc/rr/iris_web/ewcr0170ab.html
Information page on this local Berkshire County center from the Everywoman’s website at the University of Massachusetts: Everywoman’s Center

Llámanos
http://www.llamanos.org/
Llámanos y hablemos Línea de Ayuda Acerca del Abuso Sexual en Español a Nivel Estatal. (Statewide Spanish language website addressing issues of sexual abuse and violence.)

Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women: Resources and Hotlines
http://www.umass.edu/ewc/rr/iris_web/ewcr0170ab.html
Sexual assault and domestic violence resources throughout Massachusetts are listed here by region. When available, web sites as well as phone numbers and addresses are provided.

Massachusetts Domestic Violence Crisis Support Resources
http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/states/massdv.shtml
Phone numbers and addresses for Massachusetts domestic violence advocates and support contacts are given here.

Massachusetts General Laws
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm
The complete listing and text.

Northern Berkshire Family Net
http://www.familynetfun.com/Resources/index.html
Resource listing of organizations in the mid and northern region of Berkshire County.

University of Massachusetts: Everywoman’s Center http://www.umass.edu/ewc/rr/iris_web/ewcr0170ab.html
Information on the Elizabeth Freeman Center.

National Resources

Clothesline Project
http://www.clotheslineproject.org/
“The Clothesline Project (CLP) is a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence against women.” Now a national program, this site provides information on starting a local clothesline project.

Legal Momentum:
http://legalmomentum.org/legalmomentum/aboutus/
Legal Momentum advances the rights of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy.

Love is Not Abuse
http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/
A site created by the National Domestic Violence Hotline and Liz Claiborne addresses domestic, dating, and workplace violence. Resource for women, children, teens, men and employers. Statistical data, teen resources, workplace resources, and other materials are provided here.

National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
http://www.naesv.org/
Working to end sexual violence, the NAESV utilizes a comprehensive grassroots communication network to shape national policy related to sexual violence and victims’ needs, ensure funding for rape crisis programs and sexual assault coalitions, and provide expertise to governments, businesses and non-profit organizations addressing sexual violence in all of its forms. This site provides recent news on legislation initiatives, and links to other organizations.

National Coalition Against Domestic Abuse:
http://www.ncadv.org/
Information on programs, public policy, resources, news and events.

National Center for Victims of Crime: Dating Violence
http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbID=DB
This site provides tip sheets, victim assistance, provider support, civil litigation information, fact sheets, research and resource reviews.

National Center for Victims of Crime: Teen Project
http://www.ncvc.org/tvp/main.aspx
Information provided here for professionals, families and teens on sexual assault, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse, stalking and dating violence.

National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
http://www.vawnet.org/index.php
The online resource for advocates working to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violence in the lives of women and their children.

National Sexual Violence Resource Center
http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/2007/overview.html
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) opened in July 2000 as a national information and resource hub relating to all aspects of sexual violence. A project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, the oldest and one of the largest state sexual assault coalitions, the NSVRC is funded through a grant from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Violence Prevention. This site provides substantial information on this subject and resource links for National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

NOW and Violence against Women Site
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/
This National Organization for Women site provides articles and information on sexual violence and harassment, alerts and links.

New York Model for Batterer Programs
http://www.nymbp.org/mission.htm
This organization seeks to create an anti-racist model on the local and national level for batterer programs that wholly supports the social change efforts of the battered women’s movement.

Safe Youth Movment
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/dateviolence.asp
This site offers materials and resources for professionals, parents and teens.

United States Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/regulations.htm
Information on help for victims of sexual assault, stalking, teen dating violence and domestic violence. Additional information on Federal legislation, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and VAWA grants, grant statues, related laws and legislation, immigration, and the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women.

Violence Against Women Act of 1998
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/vawa/vawa1998.html
Background information and text of the bill.

Violence Against Women Online Resource Directory
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/
Excellent resource of links created by the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, this site is maintained by the University of Minnesota Library. It provides links to valuable documents and sites pertaining to advocacy, child custody and protection and the criminal justice system.

White Ribbon: Men Working to End Men’s Violence Against Women
http://www.whiteribbon.ca/
“he White Ribbon symbolizes a man’s pledge to never commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women. The White Ribbon Campaign is the world’s largest effort by men to end men’s violence against women.” Started by a handful of men in Canada in 1991 on the second anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, there are now White Ribbon Campaigns in over 50 countries around the world. What began as an annual awareness week is now a year-round effort focusing on education and awareness, and challenging men around their role in ending violence against women.