Here we have provided a listing of the many web sites related to battered women and domestic violence. Click any link to open that web site in the current browser window. For easy navigation among the links, use the alphabet below.

If you find a broken link or wish to add a new one, contact the webmaster at jzinckgraf@womenaware.net.

Disclaimer: We have provided these links as a service to our visitors, but are not responsible for the content of their web sites. At the time it was added to this list, each web site contained appropriate content related to domestic violence.
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  • Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc.
  • Within these pages we hope to provide our visitors with information of value with respect to the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.
  • Administration on Aging (A0A)
  • Welcome to the Administration on Aging (AoA) web site. It includes information designed for Older Americans and their families as well as those concerned about providing the opportunities and services to enrich the lives of older persons and support their independence.
  • Abuse of Power
  • For and by women who have been abused by intimate partners who are police officers or firefighters.
  • Alianza
  • A national organization that works in the areas of research, public policy, training and technical assistance, and community education and development.
  • ALAS (Alianza Latina en contra la Agresión Sexual)
  • Alianza Latina en contra la Agresión Sexual is alisting of recommended Spanish language web sites and web pages in commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month that might serve as resources for victim rights advocates wanting to expand their outreach efforts.
  • Anne’s Domestic Violence Training
  • Anne’s domestic violence training is stimulating, contemporary and critically needed by professionals in the criminal justice system. Sgt Anne O’Dell founded the largest specialized Domestic Violence Unit in the nation.
  • The Anti-Poverty Network (APN)
  • The Anti-Poverty Network (APN) is an information-oriented forum open to all concerned with ending or eliminating poverty. The network includes faith-based groups, people living in poverty, advocacy organizations, labor unions, and others.
  • Anti-Racist Alliance
  • This web site is designed for individuals, educators, activists and trainers who are interested in being part of a national movement for racial justice.
  • The Antistalking Web Site
  • This is a site for anyone interested in the crime of stalking. It is meant to be not only a resource for stalking victims, but for law enforcement, mental health professional, researchers, educators, legislators and security personnel.
  • Artemis
  • This web site is for survivors of all races and sexual preference containing victim and survivor resources.
  • The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
  • Seeks to eliminate domestic violence in Asian & Pacific Islander communities by increasing awareness about the extent and depth of the problem; making culturally specific issues visible; strengthening community models of prevention and intervention; identifying and expanding resources; informing and promoting research and policy; and deepening our understanding and analyses of the issues surrounding violence against women.

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  • Baitul Hemayah, Inc.
  • To empower the women of our community in order to confront the cycles of domestic violence, abuse, exploitation, and ignorance. We strive to build a movement that works to end violence against women.
  • Baldwin Foundation
  • The Baldwin Foundation assists victims of prostitution. Representatives from the foundation are available for staff trainings, as well as for consultation on individual cases. They operate on a sliding fee scale.
  • The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute
  • BCDVI’s programs are designed to specifically and intentionally develop relationships among congregations and domestic violence agencies by garnering the support of clergy, advocates and law enforcement.

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  • Captive Daughters
  • A non-profit organization dedicated to prevention of sex trafficking of children through education.
  • CAVNET
  • The purpose of the CAVNET homepage is to serve as a searchable, authoritative source of information about violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, gays and lesbians, and others.
  • CEDAW
  • United Nations Convention to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women.
  • The Center for Non-Profits
  • Founded in 1982, the Center for Non-Profit Corporations is a charitable umbrella organization serving New Jersey’s non-profits through advocacy, education, legal and management assistance and cost saving programs. Our mission is to build the power of New Jersey’s non-profit sector to improve the quality of life for the people of our state. The Center has six hundred member organizations worldwide.
  • The Center for Women Policy Studies
  • Since its founding in 1972 as the nation’s first feminist policy research organization, the Center for Women Policy Studies has been on the front lines of efforts to promote justice and equality for women.
  • Community United Against Violence (CUAV)
  • Community United Against Violence (CUAV) is a 15-year-old nonprofit agency which addresses and prevents hate violence directed at lesbians, gaymen, bisexuals, and transgender persons.

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  • The Dating Violence Resource Center
  • The Dating Violence Resource Center, a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime, is dedicated to improving our nation’s response to dating violence.
  • The Division on Civil Rights (DCR)
  • The Division on Civil Rights (DCR) is part of the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety (L&PS) and is the agency responsible for investigating discrimination complaints and eradicating illegal discrimination in New Jersey. We’ve fought discrimination for more than 50 years.

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  • End Violence
  • On this web site, you will find information and updates about the work of the Non-Violence Alliance, the Domestic Violence Intervention Training Institute and issues related to work with batterers.
  • Equality Now
  • An International organization dedicated to taking action for the rights of women and girls in many areas.

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  • Family Violence Studies
  • The endowed Institute for Family Violence Studies has been established within the School of Social Work to: research family violence as it occurs in all age groups, including children, adults, and the elderly; distribute the findings of this research at the local, state, national, and international levels; evaluate the effectiveness of family violence interventions, such as programs for batterers and family preservation programs; develop innovative programs for reducing family violence; as well as other endeavors. Domestic Violence online tutorials are available.
  • The Foundation Center
  • Visit this site for an online short course on grant writing proposals. Also includes a nationwide list of libraries with funding information collections.

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  • GovLoans.gov
  • GovLoans.gov is your gateway to Federal loan information, brought to you through a partnership between Federal agencies and GovBenefits.gov; the official government benefits web site.
  • GovBenefits.gov
  • GovBenefits.gov helps citizens access government benefit eligibility information through a free, confidential, and easy-to-use online screening tool. After answering some basic questions, the user receives a customized report listing the benefit programs for which the user, or person for whom he or she is entering information, may be eligible.

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  • Hot Peach Pages
  • International by CaNetiq: Global inventory of abuse helplines, shelters, refuges, crisis centres and women’s organizations, plus index of domestic violence resources in over 60 languages.

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  • INCITE
  • A national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities.
  • The International Women’s Tribune Centre (IWTC)
  • An international non-governmental organization established in l976 following the United Nations International Women’s Year World Conference in Mexico City. IWTC provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women’s organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women.

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  • Legal Services of New Jersey
  • Legal Services of New Jersey is an independent non-profit organization, which coordinates the statewide Legal Services system. LSNJ strives to ensure equal access to justice under law to all people of New Jersey, providing free legal assistance to low-income people in civil matters.
  • Lesbian.org
  • Promoting lesbian visibility on the internet.

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  • MADRE
  • An international human rights organization working in partnership with community based groups to address human rights.
  • Manavi
  • Manavi is a non-profit organization for women who trace their cultural heritage to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Manavi’s goal is to increase awareness of women’s rights in society and encourage social change to end all violence against women.
  • Millennium: Ending Domestic Violence
  • As a follow-up to the 1999 conference, we are discussing several smaller events designed to continue the spirit and momentum the August conference generated.

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  • National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
  • This organization started by advocates Deborah D. Tucker and Sarah M. Buel provides training and consultation; police and military training; technical assistance; public policy advocacy, on domestic violence and sexual assault issues.
  • National Center on Elder Abuse
  • This site contains comprehensive information on elder abuse including state and national statistics, service referrals for victims’ friends and families and services offered by NCEA.
  • National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • NCADV is dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children and is therefore committed to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of women and children.
  • National Immigration Law Center
  • The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights of low-income immigrants and their family members.
  • The National Immigration Project
  • A network of immigration lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers, and legal workers who work to end unlawful immigration practices, to recognize the contributions of immigrants in this country, to promote fair immigration practices, and to expand the civil and human rights of all immigrants, regardless of their status in the United States.
  • National Lawyers Guild
  • An association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. The guild posts information about their immigration project.
  • National Organization for Women
  • The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
  • National Sheriffs’ Association
  • The National Sheriffs’ Association, now in its sixty-second year of serving the law enforcement/criminal justice professionals of the nation, is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice field. Through the years, NSA has been involved in numerous programs to enable sheriffs, their deputies, chiefs of police, and others in the field of criminal justice to perform their jobs in the best possible manner and to better serve the people of their city/counties or jurisdictions.
  • National Woman’s Alliance
  • An organization working to improve the lives of women and girls of color with resources on violence against women, choice and many other issues.
  • NIJ Research Review
  • NIJ Research Review is prepared quarterly by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. It contains short summaries of significant research findings from recently funded reports and lists titles of other recently completed projects. Web addresses are provided for easy electronic access to the full abstract of each project.
  • NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • For 30 years NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund has used the power of the law to define and defend women’s rights. Working in Congress, the courts and through the media, we act strategically to secure equality and justice for all women across the country.
  • The NJ Immigration Policy Network, Inc.
  • (NJIPN/the Network) is a broad-based statewide non-profit coalition established in 1984 and dedicated to a “fair and humane immigration policy which ensures respect, dignity, and justice for all newcomers to the United States and which betters the life of the community as a whole.”

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  • The People’s Institute
  • Dedicated to examining history, culture, internal dynamics of leadership and networking to help others face the issue of Racism and learn to educate others for 23 years.
  • PoliticsNationwide.com
  • The PoliticsNationwide.com network of web sites is being built to enable all Americans who have access to the Internet to find elected officials, candidates, persons, groups, organizations, interests, causes, associations, parties, entities, agencies and departments that are directly or indirectly involved in politics, public policy and government throughout the United States.
  • Project Rainbow Net
  • Project Rainbow Net contains Domestic Violence resources for the LGBT community.

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  • Rhiannon3, Inc.
  • This site contain links to a free eZine, a discount bookstore, abuse and relationship information, and a Cops and Survivors message board.
  • The R.O.S.E. Fund
  • The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital R.O.S.E Partnership—the Reconstruction of Faces and Self-Esteem. The R.O.S.E. Fund was formed to help women heal the physical scars of abuse as well as the emotional ones.

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  • Safe Network
  • If you’re a teen who’s afraid of or being hurt by a boyfriend, girlfriend, or someone else you know, help is available.
  • Sakhi
  • Sakhi, meaning “woman friend,” was established to fill a critical need—survivors needed to be served and supported, and the community needed to be mobilized and organized. Our mission is to empower South Asian women, particularly survivors of domestic violence, and to build a society where women can live without fear and abuse.
  • Sexual Harassment
  • A selection of documents and resources allowing exploration of sexual harassment issues from a variety of perspectives, maintained by Professor Nancy Wyatt.
  • Stirfry Seminars
  • Provides retreats, seminars and training on racism, organizational transformation, managing organizational conflict, and diversity as well as other topics. Films, books and essay information are available.
  • Stop It Now!
  • A non-profit organization founded on the belief and experience that we as individuals and as a society can challenge and change the way we act.
  • Suppressed Histories
  • This site contains articles and slide show presentation information about the global suppression of the history of women in many realms including religion, the arts and politics.

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  • Take a Stand
  • This site was created to help people who have gone through the trauma of rape, so rape victims can help one another. It contains personal stories and artwork by survivors.
  • Toolkit To End Violence Against Women
  • Provides concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women developed by the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women.
  • Transforming Communities (TC)
  • Transforming Communities: Creating Safety and Justice for Women and Girls (TC) was created by Marin Abused Women’s Services (MAWS) in 1992 as a learning center for the advancement of new thinking, practices and strategies to prevent violence against women and girls.

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  • UNIFEM
  • The United National Development Fund for Women, promoting women’s rights and gender equality.
  • UPS Foundation
  • This foundation targets programs that help families and children address hunger, poverty, and homelessness.
  • Urban Resource Institute
  • Urban Resource Institute’s Lewis E. Bingham National Domestic Violence Library and Clearinghouse web site includes links to other online information sources pertaining to domestic violence and access to URI’s own research and publications on domestic violence.

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  • VAWnet Library
  • An online resource for advocates working to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violence in the lives of women and their children.
  • Violence against Women
  • Online Resources site provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up to date information on interventions to stop violence against women.
  • Volunteers of America Delaware Valley
  • Volunteers of America Delaware Valley operates 29 programs and services in the southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware area to assist those in need. Our programs provide community-based assistance to needy children, the elderly, the homeless, those with chronic mental health issues and ex-offenders returning to society.

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  • Women Abuse Prevention
  • General information about domestic violence and information on programs to improve services for the Deaf and Disabled.
  • Woman Action
  • A global information, communication, and media network that enables NGOs to actively engage in the Beijing+5 review process with the long term goal of women’s empowerment, with a special focus on women and media.
  • Women Helping Women
  • Women Helping Women is a non-profit, community-based organization committed to providing financially accessible therapy and support services to enhance the quality of women’s lives.
  • Womenlink
  • Our goal: To Better humanity and create a new world for women and children.
  • WomenWatch
  • The gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies, and academic and research institutions.