Other Useful Links
Virginia and DC Links:
- Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence
Action Alliance: Virginia's coalition of sexual assault and domestic
violence centers and programs. VSDVAA builds networks, advocates for
survivors, and provides education and resources across Virginia.
- Men Can Stop Rape: A DC-area organization that
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.
- The
Empower Program: A Washington DC based organization dedicated to educating
girls about their own abilities and rights, including defending themselves
against abuse and harassment.
National and International Links:
- Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
(RAINN): The nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN
operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-HOPE) and carries out
programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims, and ensure that rapists are
brought to justice.
- Amnesty
International: Get their 2001 report on violence against woman around
the world, Broken bodies, shattered minds: Torture and ill-treatment of women.
- Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET):
This page is an interactive web page --essentially a
search engine -- linking different sites dedicated to this issue.
- End Violence
Against Women Global Forum: This is an
archives of the discussions among women around the globe who are working to end
violence against women. Managed and funded by the United Nations as part of the
Beijing +5 committee. This is a fascinating and important discussion. Women from
every continent (except Antarctica!) have participated in this
discussion.
- Gerri Gribi's Website:
Includes an annotated list of more than 200 recorded songs related to domestic
violence and sexual assault. It covers every genre from traditional folk to
punk, and includes many links to online lyrics.
- Healing Women Newsletter: A
monthly on-line newsletter for women who were sexually abused as
children.
- Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch monitors human
rights in over 70 countries. Check out their Arrest Now! campaign to arrest war
criminals in the former Yugoslavia.
- Media Watch: challenges
abusive stereotypes and other biased images commonly found in the media.
- National Organization on Male Sexual
Victimization: Dedicated to a safe world, we are an organization of diverse
individuals committed through research, education, advocacy and treatment and
elimination of all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men.
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Website of the major national coalition
working to end domestic violence.
- Revolutionary Association
of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): "If you are freedom-loving, anti-fundamentalist, you are with us."
RAWA was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent
political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for
social justice in Afghanistan. They continue their work, in spite of the
femicidal policies of the Taliban regime.
- Sexual
Assault Information Page: A wonderfully
comprehensive resource on a host of issues pertaining to sexual assault and
abuse. While the site itself is no longer available, an archived version is
available here.
- Stop Prisoner Rape: A
resource for and about male and female inmates who have been sexually
abused.