Domestic & Sexual Violence

End Violence Against Women International

http://www.evawintl.org/ EVAWI’s focus is to create a more compassionate response for the victim, an aggressive prosecution of the perpetrator, and an overall safe community. It provides expertise, resources, and tools to promote this change. EVAWI prides itself for offering many collaborative learning opportunities for professionals of the criminal justice system.

Battered Women’s Justice Project

http://www.bwjp.org/ The Battered Women’s Justice Project does not take individual cases but is a source of education and support. The website directs its visitors to resources of training, technical assistance and consultation. The National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit and the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women are both […]

Americans Overseas – Pathways to Safety International

https://pathwaystosafety.org/ “Providing holistic services to the growing American overseas community, including the 80 million Americans traveling abroad annually and the 9 million Americans that live overseas.”

AEquitas

http://www.aequitasresource.org/ AEquitas is a resource for prosecutors working sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, human trafficking, or other related cases. This websites provides prosecutors with 24-hour technical assistance and case consultation, trainings, and a library of resources related to violence against women. AEquita works to promote prosecution practices that “increase victim safety and offender accountability.”

Accessing Safety

http://www.accessingsafety.org/ The Accessing Safety Initiative provides the tools necessary to improve services to victims and survivors of violence with disabilities or hearing difficulties and deafness. This website provides information to create this change, resources to understand disabilities and deaf culture, ways to improve accessibility, and important material on understanding and responding to violence.

Americans Overseas, International Hotline 1-866-USWOMEN(879-6636)

“Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center advocates are available on the international toll free domestic violence crisis line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The crisis line is closed on major US holidays. To contact the toll-free crisis line from overseas, first dial your AT&T USADirect access number and at the prompt, enter […]

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1−800−799−SAFE(7233)

“Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 170 languages through interpreter services.”