web sites focused on domestic violence in English and Spanish

In order to make this a useful resource list on and off-line, URLs are printed within the text so that this page can be copied, emailed, or printed and distributed].

additional links are found at On the Screen, Janet Isserlis' NIFL fellowship resource page.

another page, developed for new / beginning level readers is on line at http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/violence,html.

A SAMPLING OF WEBSITES DEVOTED TO ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The Feminist Majority Foundation domestic violence resources http://www.feminist.org/other/dv/dvhome.html

The Office of the High Commissioner's has created a special section on its web site in support of the Global Campaign to end Violence against Women:

http://www.ohchr.org/english/

Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children http://www.crvawc.ca/

Child Abuse reported to Police - http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/187238.pdf

Children Exposed to Domestic Violence - October 2000 report from RI Kids Count outlining impacts of violence on children
http://www.rikidscount.org/matriarch/documents/domesticviolence.pdf

Hidden victims: Children of Domestic Violence [resources compiled by Lifetime Television in conjunction with  domestic violence programming] http://www.lifetimetv.com/community/olc/violence/

Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica: EL NIñO MALTRATADO EN TLAXCALA: ESTUDIO DE CASOS http://www.insp.mx/salud/34/346-4s.html

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: http://www.missingkids.com/

National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violencehttp://nccafv.org/

Responding to Child Abuse -  Child Abuse Information from the Children's Aid Society of Toronto http://www.casmt.on.ca/Child_Abusemainframe.htm

Safe from the Start - Taking action on Children exposed to violence - http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/182789.pdf

Other sites related to domestic violence and abuse (alphabetically listed):

Abused & Battered Lesbians: [note; some of these sites are not current, but some do still exist] http://www.eurowrc.org/07.web_sites/11.links.htm

Alternatives to Domestic Aggression: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3242.html

American College of Obstretricians and Gynecologists violence against women home page: http://www.acog.org/from_home/departments/dept_web.cfm?recno=17

Andrea Dworkin On-line Library: http://www.igc.apc.org/Womensnet/dworkin/

Apna Ghar domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children/midwest:  http://www.apnaghar.org/indexnew.shtml

Arizona Rape and Sexual Assault Surveillance Project, University of Arizona: http://www.azrapeprevention.org/

Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence   http://www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute/default.htm

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Center for prevention of sexual and domestic violence (an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence) :http://www.cpsdv.org/

Checklist: Steps to End Violence Against Women:  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/speeches/cheklist.htm

Community Policing: http://www.communitypolicing.org/artbytop/dom_viol.htm

Community United Against Violence: http://www.cuav.org/index.php

Defense Task Force for Domestic Violence  -  Domestic violence is a multi-faceted problem. The Department of Defense has made a substantial commitment of resources over the past two decades to address domestic violence in the military. The Task Force will focus on systemic, not case specific, changes required to strengthen the Department of Defense's comprehensive domestic  violence program.

Domestic violence awareness online - Ohio Literacy Resource Center site" desined to assist teachers and other professionals gain enhanced knowledge and practical advice about domestic violence." http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/abuse/index.html

Domestic Violence in the African American Community http://dvinstitute.org/

Domestic Violence Hotlines and Resources: http://www.feminist.org/911/crisis.html

Domestic Violence in the Southasian Community: http://www.sawnet.org/

Domestic Violence Policy for Counties: http://www.serve.com/zone/opdv

Domestic Violence Resources: http://www.igc.apc.org/women/activist/domestic.html

Domestic Violence and Homelessness: http://nch.ari.net/domestic.html

Faces of Fear Webring: http://www.luckyblackcat.com/face1.htm

Family Research Laboratory: http://www.unh.edu/frl/index.html

Family Violence Awareness: http://www.iquest.net/~gtemp/famvi.htm

Organizations addressing violence against indigenous women - http://home.earthlink.net/~deers/organizations.html

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community  http://www.dvinstitute.org/

http://www.mcs.net/~kathyw/abuse.html

Men against Domestic Violence: http://www.silcom.com/~paladin/madv/

Men Against Violence Webring: http://www.interactivetheatre.org/mav/

Miningco.com: Violence and Drug Abuse:

http://substanceabuse.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa011298.htm

Minnesota Higher Education Center Against Violence and Abuse: http://www.umn.edu/mincava/

Muslims against family violence:http://www.steppingtogether.org/projects_mafv.html

National Bulletin on Domestic Violence Prevention http://www.quinlan.com/dvp

New York State Domestic Violence Resources: http://www.serve.com/zone/everyone/resource.html

Nikki Craft's Issues: http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/Porn/index.html

No More Secrets Web Ring: http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3431/nomore.html

NOW -- Violence against women page: http://now.org/issues/violence/index.html

Remedy's Defenders of the Children Award:  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9312/remaward.htm

Rural Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault http://www.ruralwomyn.net/domvio.html

S.A.B.L.E. - Spouse abuse by law enforcement  http://www.policedv.com/

SAFE: Stop Abuse For Everyone: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~jade/safe/

Safe House: http://comnet.org/dvp

SafetyNet Domestic Violence Resources: http://www.cybergrrl.com/dv.html

The Second Closet: Domestic Violence in Lesbian and Gay Relationships - A Western Australian Perspective:

http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v3n4/vickers.html

The Sexual Assault Information Page: [http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/saInfoPage.html]  links to numerous resources, including

Acquaintance Rape: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/index/sexualAssault/acquaintanceRape/

University Resources: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/index/universityResources/

Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, University of Michigan: http://www.umich.edu/~sapac/

Sheffield Domestic Violence Forum - http://www.shef.ac.uk/~oip/dvforum/maintext.htm

Sobriety Education Project: Domestic Violence & Alcohol and Other Drugs: http://www.unhooked.com/sep/alcodome.htm

Sportserver.com - police blotter http://sportserver.com/blotter

Stalking resource center: http://www.ncvc.org/src.htm

Stalking victims' sanctuary:http://www.stalkingvictims.com/

Stop Domestic Violence - Anne O'Dell - Domestic Violence Videes http://stopdv.com/  ..."essential training for criminal justice professionals; law  enforcement, probation, parole,  prosecutors, judges, social services  workers, advocates, military personnel and educators.

Stop the Silence: Women Against Violence webring: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6100/index1.html

Summary of Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence: http://www.abanet.org/domviol/code.html

Support Network for Battered Women: http://www.snbw.org/

Survivors' Justice Center Webring: http://incestabuse.miningco.com/library/justice/blawring.htm

Tears of the Littlest Angels Webring: http://www.angelfire.com/mo/tearsofangels/

Violence against Women Office: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/

Violence against Women - research on the web  http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/gallery/ward/testpage.htm

Woman, Inc - a Lifeline for battered women http://www.norcov.com/womaninc/

Women's Justice Center (in English and Spanish) http://www.justicewomen.com/index.html

Women's Aid Federation of England http://www.womensaid.org.uk/

[Ministry of] Women's Equality including links to  resources related to violence, children/women, etc.  http://www.gov.bc.ca/weq/default.htm

Zero Tolerance Against Violence http://www.zerotolerance.ca/

Compiled by Susan Koppelman

(This bibliography is partial, includes published books only, and is intended to serve a variety of readers. Some of the books, esp. those from small publishers, go in and out of print. Check used book stores for those you can't find in print.)

Stop Domestic Violence: An Action Plan For Saving Lives by Lou Brown, Francois Dubau, and Merritt McKeon, J.D. St. Martin's Griffin, 1997

Fight Back! Feminist Resistance to Male Violence. Delacoste, Frederique and Felice Newman. Cleis Press, 1981.

The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans Paperback 2Nd&Expnd edition, 1996 Adams Pub; ISBN: 1558505822

Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Relationship and Recovery by Patricia Evans List Price: $10.95 Adams Pub, 1993; ISBN: 1558503048

Violence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives. French, Stanley G., Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy, eds. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0-8014-8452,1998.

Wild Women Don't Wear No Blues: Black Women Writers on Love Men and Sex edited by Marita Golden , Doubleday, 1993

Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence by Linda Gordon, Viking, 1988

Healing Your Life: Recovery from Domestic Violence by Candace Hennekens, Pro Writing Services and Press 1991

When "I Love You" Turns Violent by Scott A. Johnson, New Horizon Press, 1993

When Love Goes Wrong: What to do When You Can't Do Anything Right by Ann Jones and Susan Schechter Harper Perennial 1992

Next Time She'll Be Dead: Battering and How To Stop It, by Ann Jones , Boston: Beacon Press 1994

Every Eighteen Seconds: A Journey Through Domestic Violence by Nancy Kilgore Volcano Press 1992

"Women in the Trees:" U. S. Women's Short Stories about Battering and Resistance, 1839-1994 edited by Susan Koppelman Boston: Beacon Press 1996 ISBN 0-8070-6777-6

Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger by Barrie Levy, Seattle: Seal Press 1991

Battered Wives, Revised, Updated, by Del Martin, Volcano Press 1976, 1981

Eva-Mary. (Poetry) McCarriston, Linda. Triquarterly Books: Northerwestern University Press, 1991, and Another Chicago Press, 1991

Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life, by Ginny NiCarthy, Seal Press 1986

The Ones Who Got Away: Women Who Left Abusive Partners, by Ginny NiCarthy, Seal Press 1987

You Can Be Free: An Easy-To-Read Handbook for Abused Women, by Ginny NiCarthy and Sue Davidson, Seal Press 1989

Domestic Tyranny: The Making of American Social Policy Against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present, by Elizabeth Pleck, Oxford University Press 1987

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Relationship like This? Women in Abusive Relationships, edited by Kay Marie Porterfield, Freedom, Ca: Crossing Press, 1992

Called To Account: The Story of One Family's Struggle to Say No to Abuse, by M'Liss Switzer & Katherine Hale, Seattle: Seal Press, 1987

The Battered Woman, by Lenore Walker, Harper and Row 1979

The Battered Woman Syndrome by Lenore Walker Ed.D. Springer 1984

Counseling to End Violence Against Women: A Subversive Model by Mollie Whalen Newbury Park, Ca: Sage Publications, 1996

Crossing the Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest edited by Melba Wilson Seattle: The Seal Press, 1993.

Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse edited by Kersti Yllo and Michele Bograd Newbury Park, Ca: Sage Publications, 1988

Resources in Spanish
 

BOOKS

Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompanada (Seal Press)

No Mas! (hand book)

Ya No Mas! (video)

WEBSITES

Agencies with resources in Spanish from the Open Directory

http://dmoz.org/Society/People/Women/Issues/Domestic_Violence/Agencies_with_Resources_in_Spanish/

ABA: Domestica Violencia Sugrencias De Seguridad Para Usted Y Su Familia

http://www.abanet.org/tips/safetips2.html

Coalition for Positive Sexuality: Respeto

http://www.positive.org/~cps/DiQueSi/respeto.html

Centro de Justicia pasa Mujeres http://www.justicewomen.com/index.html

Centro Mujeres: La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

http://www.bajatravel.com/centromujeres/index.html

Centro Reina Sofia para el Esudio de la Violencia http://www.gva.es/violencia/

Coordinadora Paz para la mujer http://www.pazparalamujer.org/enlaces.htm

Elementos para el estudio de la violacisn sexual - http://www.insp.mx/salud/39/396-6.html

Home Alive en Espanol - http://homealive.org/espanol.htm

Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica: EL NIñO MALTRATADO EN TLAXCALA: ESTUDIO DE CASOS

http://www.insp.mx/salud/34/346-4s.html

Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica: El maltrato infantil: un problema mundial.

http://www.insp.mx/salud/40/401-9.html

INSTRUCCIONES PARA LAS ORDENES DE PROTECCION

http://www.law-on-line.com/dv/dvfaq(espanol).htm

La Violencia en contra de la mujer (Mala N. Htun, Centro de Estudios Internacionales de la Universidad de Harvard)

http://www.iadialog.org/htunspan.html#Violencia
 

MUJERESRED: VIOLENCIA CONTRA LA MUJER

http://www.nodo50.org/mujeresred/violencia.htm

MITOS Y REALIDADES DE LA VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA

http://www.teleport.com/~celinec/mvwcs/mitos2.txt

Naples Shelter: La Violencia Domistica nos Afecta a Todos!!

http://www.naplesshelter.org/spanish.htm

NCPC: El crimen oculto - la violencia domistica

http://www.ncpc.org/esp7.htm
 

SACPD: La Violencia Domestica http://www.sacpd.org/domvio-s.html

Stop Prisoner Rape, Inc. en espanol - http://www.spr.org/spr-espanol.html

Victim Services En Espanol - Victims' Services has changed its name to Safe Horizon -- visit here to check Spanish language resources http://WWW.SAFEHORIZON.ORG/

W.O.M.A.N. Inc. Latina Domestic Violence Program -  http://www.norcov.com/womaninc/site_espanol_servicios.html

This post is dedicated to three outstanding dv/vaw organizations: MUJERESRED, RuralWomyn, & TAASA.

muchas gracias! special thanks to russel panter

Reprinted from FAV (Feminsts Against Violence)

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