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Black Women's Rape Action Project
offers counselling, support and advice to Black women and other women of
colour, immigrant and refugee women, who have suffered rape, sexual assault
or other violence.
The
Campaign Against Domestic
Violence aims to increase awareness of domestic violence, to improve
services for women who are experiencing or have experienced domestic
violence, and to campaign for legal change.
The
Crown
Prosecution Service Domestic Violence site provides information on
how the CPS deal with cases involving domestic violence.
The
Domestic Violence
section on the UK government's Crime Reduction website offers some useful
resources.
The Women's Aid
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill information section offers
policy briefings, information updates and an archive of older documents from
Women's Aid and a coalition of women's organisations and experts.
The
Domestic Violence
Data Source is an information co-ordinating system on projects relating
to domestic violence within England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and
the Republic of Ireland.
The
Home Office Domestic Violence section provides some useful guidance on
official policy responses to domestic violence.
Justice For
Women is a feminist organisation that campaigns and supports women who
have fought back against or killed violent male partners,
It campaigns for changes in the defences
to murder so that they reflect women's experiences of domestic violence.
Middlesbrough Domestic Violence Forum acknowledges that domestic
violence cannot be prevented by any single agency and requires the
coordinated efforts of both protection and support agencies. Its website
site is a source of information for all interested parties.
The
Metropolitan
Police Domestic Violence Strategy explores work in respect of risk
assessment, murder suppression and domestic violence murder review. The
strategy has grown out of the work of the multi-agency Domestic Violence
Working Group.
Newham Asian Women's Project provides
advice and support for Asian women and children experiencing domestic
violence. They operate from seven sites, a refuge, a second stage hostel and
a resource centre.
Working With Domestic
Violence: International
The
International Centre for the
Study of Violence and Abuse undertakes national, cross-national and
comparative research to inform evidence-based theory, policy & practice.
Their research includes domestic violence, child abuse, prostitution, rape,
pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation and victimisation.
The
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) supports research,
education, and access to violence related resources. They are a superb
online resource. MINCAVA are leaders in innovative violence-related
education, research and Internet publishing and coordinate internationally
renowned projects.
The
Violence Against Women Online Resources
site provides a wealth of information on interventions to stop violence
against women. The site is a cooperative project of the Office on Violence
Against Women and Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse. |
