Other Resources

If you are a woman who has experienced or are experiencing domestic violence you can get help, you are not alone and you do not need to put up with it:

If you need help, in an emergency dial 999 or, for hearing impaired women call, 0800 220377 or 0800 220391.

0808 2000 247 Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline, run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge

The Women's Aid Federation of England web-site: http://www.womensaid.org.uk also has contacts for other helplines. You can hide your visit on the site.

Your local telephone directory will also have contacts for local domestic violence services and rape crisis centres, for the Citizens Advice Bureau, and local Social Services.

Other places to go for help:

Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation NIWAF exists to challenge attitudes and beliefs which perpetuate domestic violence. We seek through our work to promote healthy and non-abusive relationships.

http://www.niwaf.org/

Rape Crisis Federation The Rape Crisis Federation was launched in October 1996 and exists to provide a range of facilities and resources to enable the continuance and development of Rape Crisis Groups throughout Wales and England. The website also has contact details for Rape Crisis in Scotland and Ireland.

http://www.rapecrisis.org.uk/

Scottish Women's Aid For refuges in Scotland.

http://www.scottishwomensaid.co.uk/

Southall Black Sisters
52 Norwood Rd
Southall Middlesex
UB2 4DW
020 8571 9595
sbs@leonet.co.uk

Truth About Rape Campaign Supported by Campaign to End Rape and The Rape Crisis Federation, this media campaign aims to explode the myths that surround rape and to expose the truth.

http://www.truthaboutrape.co.uk

US Government: Violence Against Women Office The Violence Against Women Office of the Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice was created in 1995 to implement the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and to lead the national effort to stop domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/

Women's Aid Federation of England Women's Aid is the key national charity in England for women and children experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their homes. The site includes a list of individual refuge websites.

http://www.womensaid.org.uk/

Zero Tolerance Zero Tolerance was first used in the early 90s in connection with male violence against women and children. Since then it has been more widely used but the original Zero Tolerance campaigns have shared a common approach to the prevention of male violence against women and children.

http://www.zerotolerance.org.uk/

Other resources for women

Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) Centre for independent research, evaluation, training, consultancy and networking from a feminist perspective.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is a feminist human rights non-governmental organization that works internationally to oppose all forms of sexual exploitation.

Asian Women's Resource Centre Point of contact, information centre and directory for women and women's organisations in London.
London Women's Centre
4 Wild Court
Off Kingsway
London
WC2B 5AU
Tel: 0207 405 4050

Refugee Women's Resource Project, at Asylum Aid in the UK
Tel: 0207 377 5123
Email: rwrp@asylumaid.org.uk
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk

Rights of Women (ROW) Free legal advice for women is available from Rights of Women's telephone helpline. Divorce, domestic violence, sexual violence, children/contact issues and lesbian parenting. More details on website, along with information sheets on women's rights.
53-54 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8RT
Tel: 0207 251 6577

http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk

General

Aviva An amazing resource of listings of women's groups & events worldwide, updated monthly.

http://www.aviva.org/

Feminism.com American site, with many feminist resources, including on anti-violence.

http://www.feminist.com/

Feminism and Women's Studies Links page.

http://eserver.org/feminism/index.html

HM Prison Service Website of the Prison Service, includes information and addresses for all prisons in England and Wales.

http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants JCWI is an independent, national voluntary organisation campaigning for justice and combating racism in immigration, nationality and asylum law and policy.

http://www.jcwi.org.uk/

NOW (National Organisation for Women) NOW was established on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by people attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women. Among NOW's 28 founders was its first president, Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963). NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change in our society in order to achieve our goal, which is to eliminate sexism and end all oppression.

http://www.now.org

The Women's Library The Women's Library, formerly The Fawcett Library, exists to document the changing role of women in society, in the past, now and in the future. It seeks to collect materials relating to the changing role of women in society and to make these available to personal and to remote users, however they make contact.

http://www.lgu.ac.uk/fawcett/

Women In Prison Women in Prison (WIP) was established in 1983 as a support and campaigning group for women prisoners. We felt that there was a need for a group committed to effecting change within the women's prison system. By listening to, and gathering evidence directly from prisoners and ex-prisoners, and by making their experiences known, we hoped to change attitudes towards imprisonment. WIP continues to pursue its policy of employing ex-prisoners within the organisation.

http://www.womeninprison.org.uk/

Women Online Worldwide Women's online community, with moderated chatrooms, online zine, message boards and women-created e-cards.

http://www.wowwomen.com/