Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life. This holiday season, a donation as small as $27 to Safe Horizon will put a victim of violence and abuse on the road to self-sufficiency. Safe Horizon’s first gift catalog ever offers supporters concrete examples of [...]

Although it is typically envisioned as occurring between partners, domestic violence is any emotional, physical or sexual abuse by a household member. Rather than being isolated events, domestic violence tends to recur and increase in severity over time.
Victims often wrestle with feelings of fear, loyalty, guilt and shame. Further aggravating the situation is that victims [...]

The National Network to End Domestic Violence, a social change organization, is dedicated to creating a social, political and economic environment in which domestic violence against women no longer exists and perpetrators are held accountable. NNEDV’s primary membership is an alliance of the 56 state and territorial coalitions against state domestic violence coalitions, allied organizations [...]

Rape remains an issue shrouded in a cloak of mystery – the most common victims are intimate partners and many do not have the fortitude to testify against a ‘loved’ one. Research since the women’s movement in the 1970’s confirms the magnitude of the rape problem. In 2005, the National Crime Victimization Survey estimates 192,000 [...]

This piece of legislation was made into United States law in 1994, marking the year as one of the most productive in terms of women’s rights in decades. The Violence Against Women Act’s main focus was for the federal government to provide money to local authorities, so that they were better able to investigate and [...]

To keep domestic violation acts a part of United States law and to further the protection of our country’s citizens, it is very important that there are advocates out there for these causes making sure that everyone understands the necessity of this type of legislation. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is an organization that [...]

“I want to thank MADRE for your support. Preventive medicine, nutrition, and maternal health care… These are things we never had before.” – Health worker in Jucuaran, El Salvador.
MADRE is setting the model for smart feminist activism by working in partnership with women in local, regional, and international organizations to advance social justice by meeting [...]

Compassion Over Killing (COK) is a national nonprofit animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C. Started in 1995 as a high school club, the organization has grown by leaps and bounds since its early days—today it has 6 full-time staff members and dozens of volunteers from coast to coast who are committed to exposing the [...]

From the outside, it is often puzzling why victims of domestic violence cannot simply leave unhealthy relationships, but the decision to leave or stay in a relationship is much more complex than just staying or going. Leaving often means walking away from a home and possessions, suddenly being homeless, concerns about how to continue to [...]

On Tuesday, November 10th of this year, a young girl by the name of Shaniya Davis was taken right from her home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She was then taken thirty miles to a hotel where she was raped by a 29 year old man, and then deprived of oxygen until she lay dead in [...]