INFORMATION BOOTH: TABLE OF CONTENTS:
A. Hotlines Emergencies Networks Organizations
B. Women’s Empowerment/Protection Groups Organizations
C. Women’s Shelters
D. Physical Abuse
E. Domestic Abuse in Police Families
F. Horrific Abuse Torture
G. Mental Emotional Verbal Abuse
H. Leaving Escaping Abusive Person/Relationship
I. Restraining Orders
J. Filing Criminal Charges Calling the Police Against an Abuser
K. Using Deadly Force Against an Abuser
L. Lesbian Partner Abuse Woman on Woman Violence
M. Forced Marriage
N. Recovery
O. Groping
P. Honour Killing General Violence
Q. Sex Trafficking
R. Prostitution
S. Rape Prison Rape Psychiatric Rape
T. Rape Prevention
U. Rape Kit
V. What to do if You’ve Been Raped
W. Date Rape Drugs
X. Diffusion of Responsibility Kitty Genovese (a Sad Case)
Y. Violence Against Disabled Women
Z. Rape Campus Fraternity AA. Women and Drugs BB. Mass Terror-Rape
CC. Forced Sterilization
DD. Chinese Foot Binding
EE. Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Body Image
FF. Cutting Self-Harm
GG. Obesity
HH. Female Genital Mutilation
II. Gender Selective Abortion or Gendercide
JJ. Female Infanticide
KK. Witch Trials Witch Hunts
LL. Harassment Sexual Harassment
MM. Potential Problems and Dangers While Traveling
NN. Inmate Abuse
OO. Homelessness PP. Stalking
QQ. Massacre Killing Serial Killing Rape
RR. Pornography (All Sites are anti-Porn)
SS. STDs in the Porn Industry
TT. Deliberate Transmission of an STD/s
UU. Sex Pornography STDS Medical Treatment of STDs During the American Civil War
VV. Psychology Mental Health
WW. Psychiatry
XX. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
HOTLINES EMERGENCIES NETWORKS ORGANIZATIONS:
www.thehotline.org National Domestic Violence Hotline (U.S.) 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
www.thehotline.org National Domestic Violence Hotline (Canada) 1-800-363-9010
www.womensaid.org.uk Women's Aid (United Kingdom)
www.ibiblio.org/rcip Rape Crisis Information Pathfinder
www.nnedv.org National Network to End Domestic Violence
www.aware.org Arming Women against Rape and Endangerment
www.rainn.org RAINN: Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (U.S.)
www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_help_treatment_prevent Help Guide: Help for Abused and Battered Women
www.justicewomen.com/help_special_rape.html Women's Justice Center: Special for Rape Victims (U.S.)
www.musc.edu/vawprevention National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
www.crcvc.ca Canadian Resource Center for Victims of Crime
www.womensweb.ca Women's Web (Canada)
www.sexualassault.aloak.ca Sexual Assault Survivors (Canada)
www.womanabuse.ca Woman Abuse Council of Toronto
www.womenaid.org WOMENAID INTERNATIONAL
www.cfhs.ca/athome/human_animal_violence_connection CFHS| Women and Pets Escaping Violence
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT/PROTECTION GROUPS ORGANIZATIONS:
www.now.org National Organization for Women
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_Against_Women_Act Violence against Women Act:
www.saynotoviolence.org Say No: Unite: End Violence against Women
Wikipedia
www.global-womens-network.org Global Women’s Network
www.globalissues.org/article/166/womens-rights Women’s Rights: Global Issues
www.pinkribbon.org Pink Ribbon (International Breast Cancer Awareness; Official Website)www.pinkhijabday.org Pink Hijabs for a Cure
www.womenagainstrape.net/women-against-rape
Women against Rape
www.womanagainstrape.com/index.htm Woman against Rape
www.womansavers.com Woman Savers
www.wisemuslimwomen.org WISE: Muslim Women
www.dawncanada.net/ENG/ENGwelcome.htm Disabled Women’s Network (DAWN Canadawww.feminist.com Feminist.com
www.trynova.org National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
www.undp.org/women Women’s Empowerment: UNDP
www.stopvaw.org Stop Violence against Women
www.4collegewomen.org 4College Women.org
www.theglasshammer.com The GlassHammer: Smart Women in Numbers
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art16763.asp BellaOnline: The Voice of Women
www.womenandpolicing.org National Center for Women & Policing
www.abusesanctuary.blogspot.com Sanctuary for the Abused (Contains Articles, Links & Resources
www.asafeworldforwomen.org A Safe World for Women
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iwraw The International Women’s Rights Action Watch
www.womennewsnetwork.net Women News Network
www.womensenews.org Women’s eNews
www.allgirlsallowed.org All Girls Allowed
www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace
No Safe Place
WOMEN’S SHELTERS:
www.womenshelters.org Women’s Shelters (U.S.)
www.shelternet.ca Shelternet (Canada)
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_shelter Women’s Shelter: Wikipedia
www.associatedcontent.com/.../staying_safe_in_a_womens_shelter.html Associated Content:
Staying Safe in a Women’s Shelter
www.ehow.com/about_4577100_battered-womens-shelters.html About Battered Women’s Shelters
www.ehow.com/about_6677085_job-description-women_s-shelter-worker.html Job Description for a
Women’s Shelter Worker
PHYSICAL ABUSE:
www.emedicinehealth.com/domestic_violence/article_em.htm eMedicineHealth: Domestic Violence
www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_types_signs_causes_effects.htm
Helpguide.org: Domestic Violence and Abuse: Signs of Abuse and Abusive Relationships
www.feminist.com/antiviolence/facts.html Feminist.com: Facts about Violence
www.mamashealth.com/abuse/bwomensyndrome.asp Mama's Health: Battered Women
www.violetnet.org Double Click on 'Just the Facts'
www.libraryindex.com/pages/234/Causes-Wife-Abuse.html Library Index: The Causes of Wife Abuse
www.lfcc.on.ca/HCT_SWASM_4.html Characteristics of Abusive Men: Centre for Children and Families
in the Justice System (London, Ontario)
www.recovery-man.com/abusive/abusive.htm Abusive Relationships, Characteristics, Consequences
and Recovery
www.divorceinteractive.com/abusive_husbands.asp Divorce Interactive: Two Types of Physically
Abusive Husbands
www.tellinitlikeitis.net/2008/02/inside-the-minds-of-angry-controlling-and-abusive-men.html Tellin
it Like it is: Inside the Minds of Angry, Controlling and Abusive men
www.selfgrowth.com/.../Abusive_Men_Top_10_Signs_of_an_Abusive_Man.html Self Growth: Top 10
Signs of an Abusive Man
www.healthieryou.com/wabuse.html Healthier You: Plain Talk About Wife Abuse
www.womenagainstabuse.org Women Against Abuse (Philadelphia Based but You can Still Become
Involved)
www.now.org/nnt/spring-2001/nativeamerican.html Native American Women and Violence
www.emedicine.medscape.com/article/805546-overview Medscape: Domestic Violence
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN POLICE FAMILIES:
www.abusesanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-abuser-is-police-officer.html Sanctuary for the
Abused: When the Abuser is a Police Officer
www.purpleberets.org/violence_police_families.html Domestic Violence in Police Families
HORRIFIC ABUSE TORTURE:
www.crimeshots.com/VincentNightmare.html Mary Vincent`s Nightmare
www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-victim-a-survivor-an-artist-1106335.php A Victim, A Survivor, an
Artist: Seattle pi
www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Jan-06-Sun-2002/news/17803997.html 1978 Mutilation:
Family Relieved by Singleton’s Death
www.ibnlive.in.com/...limbed-chopped-for-resisting-gangrape/142549-3.html Girl`s Limbs Chopped
for Resisting Gangrape
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_throwing Acid Throwing: Vitriolage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16201961 BBC News Asia: Bangladeshi Man 'Admits' Cutting off Wife's
Fingers
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bangladesh-man-accused-of -cutting-off-wifes-hand6278155.html
The
Independent:
Bangladesh
Man
Accused
of
Cutting
off
Wife's
Hand
www.webster.edu/~woolflm/acidattacks.html
Webster:
The
Atrocity
of
Acid
Attacks
www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110622/ubc-student-attacked-blinded
_bangladesh110622
CTV
News:
UBC
Student
Blinded
in
Bangladesh,
Husband
Arrested
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/...monzur-blinded-rally.html
CBC
News:
UBC
Rallies
for
Blinded
Student
www.abcnews.go.com/International/Story?id=4665251&page=1
ABC
News:
Acid
Attacks
on
the
Rise
in
South
Asia
www.abcnews.go.com/2020/KatiePiper/model-burned-acid-attack-rebuilds-life/story?id=9502972
ABC
News:
Model
Overcomes
Pain
of
Brutal
Acid
Attack
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/31/iran-acid-woman-pardons-attacker Iranian Woman Blinded
by Acid Attack Pardons Assailant as he Faces Same
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow-burning Wikipedia: Sati (Widow Burning)
www.adaniel.tripod.com/sati.htm Adaniel: Sati the Burning of the Hindu Widow
www.indianchild.com/sati_in_india.htm Indian Child: Sati in India the Burning of the Widow Bride
MENTAL EMOTIONAL VERBAL ABUSE:
www.colorado.academia.edu/ChristyDaleSims/Papers/117481/Invisible_abuse_in_newspaper_article
s Invisible Wounds: The Exclusion of Emotional Abuse in Newspaper Articles (this is an extract; over 20
pages long written by Christy-Dale L. Sims)
www.cyberparent.com/abuse/femalemental.htm Females and Verbal Abuse: Cyberparent
www.ezinearticles.com/?Mental-Abuse---The-7-Most-Important-Things-To-Know Mental Abuse:
The 7 Most Important things to Know
www.lilaclane.com/relationships/emotional-abuse Lalaclane: Symptoms of Emotional Abuse
www.drirene.com/theabuser.htm The Verbally Abusive Partner (Dr. Irene)
LEAVING ESCAPING ABUSIVE PERSON/RELATIONSHIP:
www.pattyinglishms.hubpages.com/hub/Abusive-Relationship Hub Pages: How to Escape an
Abusive Relationship
www.ehow.com/how_4919128_escape-abusive-husband.htm eHow Family: How to Escape an
Abusive Husband
www.ehow.com/how_2062946_leave-abusive-husband.html eHow Family: How to Leave an Abusive
Husband
www.ehow.com/how_6006532_escape-abusive-person.html eHow Family: How to Escape an
Abusive Person
RESTRAINING ORDERS:
www.divorcesupport.about.com/od/abusiverelationships/a/restrain_order.htm What is and How to
Get Temporary Restraining Orders
www.ehow.com/how_5051870_temporary-restraining-order.html eHow: How to Get a Temporary
Restraining Order
FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES CALLING THE POLICE AGAINST AN
ABUSER:
www.ehow.com/how_6761218_file-criminal-charges-abuser.html eHow: How to File Criminal
Charges on an Abuser
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art16763.asp Calling the Police-Domestic Violence
www.libraryindex.com/pages/239/Domestic-Violence-Laws-Courts.html Domestic Violence-The
Laws and the Courts-Landmark Legal Decisions
USING DEADLY FORCE AGAINST AN ABUSER:
www.articles.sfgate.com/2002-10-26/news/17565826_1_woman-syndrome-parole-board-marvawallace
1
st
Killer Freed Under Battered Woman Law
www.angelfire.com/in/cite/essay1.html Women Who Kill their Abusers
www.libraryindex.com/pages/2083/When-Women-Kill-Their-Partners When Women Kill their Partners-
Should the Law be Changed
LESBIAN PARTNER ABUSE WOMAN ON WOMAN VIOLENCE:
www.lesbianlife.about.com/od/lesbianhealth/a/DVFactsMyths.htm Lesbian Domestic Violence:
Battering in Same Sex Couples
www.womensweb.ca/violence/dv/lesbian.php Women’s Web: Abuse in Lesbian Relationships
www.pandys.org/articles/lesbiandomesticviolence.html Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships:
Pandora’s Box
www.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/factsheet.shtml Fact Sheet: Lesbian Partner Violence
www.examiner.com/.../honolulu-lesbian-relationship-abuse Examiner: Honolulu Lesbian
Relationship Abuse
www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=8&compID=95 Violence and Abuse: WomenWoman
Rape:
Our
Bodies
Our
Selves
FORCED MARRIAGE:
www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/2006/07/forced-marriages Glamour: A Global Horror: Young Women
Forced Into Marriage
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Nine...girl-rescued-from-forced-marriage.html Telegraph: Nine-Year-Old
Midlands Girl Rescue from Forced Marriage
www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyemonday/2009/forcedtomarry CBC Documentary: Forced to
Marry
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/mar/08/religion Guardian: 3000 Women a Year Forced into Marriage
in UK, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/international/africa/27malawi.html New York Times: Forced to Marry
before Puberty, Afr