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Ending Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

Abuse of Women with Disabilities
http://new.vawnet.org/category/Main_Doc.php?docid=369
VAWnetDocs/AR_disab.pdf
Violence and abuse affect women with disabilities at greater rates than women without disabilities, but many domestic and sexual violence programs are still not accessible or responsive to the needs of disabled women. This article by Margaret A. Nosek and Carol A. Howland contains statistics and concrete tips for removing barriers.

National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
www.vawnet.org
This site contains numerous resources about all forms of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.pcadv.org
PCADV is a private non-profit organization with a statewide network of 62 domestic violence programs across the Commonwealth.

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
www.pcar.org
PCAR supports all of the rape crisis programs across Pennsylvania and has been a statewide leader in ensuring that victims of sexual assault have access to support and services and in working to prevent future sexual victimization.

What Will It Take (to end violence against women)?
www.whatwillittake.org
The Chicago Foundation for Women is coordinating this unique initiative to engage the citizens of Illinois in a year-long discussion about ending violence against women.

New Research on Teen Dating Violence
Teen Dating Abuse 2009 Key Topline Findings
This research summary was released in June 2009 by Liz Claiborne and the Family Violence Prevention Fund.

Key Findings: American teens from across the country are experiencing alarmingly high levels of abuse in their dating relationships, and the economy appears to have made it worse. Nearly half of all teens whose families have experienced economic problems in the past year report having witnessed their parents abusing each other. These teens report a higher incidence of abuse in their own dating relationships.

Parents are disturbingly out of touch with the level of teen dating violence and abuse among their teens. The large majority of abused teens are not informing parents and, even when they do, most stay in abusive relationships.