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ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GLOBAL V-DAY : V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women. V-Day is a vision: We see a world where women live safely and freely. V-Day is a demand: Rape, incest, battery, genital mutilation and sexual slavery must end now...Read V-Day's full mission statement. UNIFEM : The United Nations Development Fund for Women [UNIFEM] works on several fronts to interrupt the cycle of violence against women, with an overall objective of linking violence to the source that feeds it: gender inequality...Read more on UNIFEM's strategies to end violence against women worldwide. Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. Stop Family Violence's mission is to organize and amplify our nation's collective voice against family violence. We are a catalyst for social change - empowering people to take action at the local, state and national level to ensure safety, justice, accountability and healing for people whose lives are affected by violent relationships. Our goal is family peace. UNITED STATES You can see a list of national organizations and clearinghouses on violence against women at feminist.com NEW YORK STATE New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault : NYSCASA’s mission is to end all forms of sexual violence and sexual exploitation by advocating an effective response to all people affected by sexual assault...Read more about NYSCASA's projects and programs. New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence : NYSCADV's mission is to eradicate domestic violence and to ensure the provision of effective and appropriate services to victims of domestic violence through community outreach, education, training, technical assistance and policy development...Read more about NYSCADV's services. NEW YORK CITY New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault : The mission of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault is to develop and advance strategies, policies and responses that prevent sexual violence and limit its destabilizing effects on victims, families and communities. Day One partners with youth to end dating abuse and domestic violence through community education, supportive services, legal advocacy and leadership development. In each of their programs, Day One engages with young people to envision together a future without fear of abuse. Day One is an incubator project of the Fund for the City of New York. New York Asian Women's Center (NYAWC) was the first domestic violence organization on the East Coast to serve the Asian communities, the NYAWC helps battered women overcome violence and govern their own lives, free of abuse. The Center also works to raise public awareness about domestic violence, advocate for the rights of battered women, and create an agenda for social change. EMERGENCY ORGANIZATIONS National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 Hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): (800) 656-HOPE (4673) Hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The RAINN hotline automatically connects callers to hotlines run by rape services organizations near the caller. For more information check RAINN's website.

VAGINA FESTIVAL 2007 took place on FEB. 16-18 at AGNI GALLERY, NYC Proceeds were donated to V-Day. We were honored to present two performances of The Vagina Monologues. About Vagina Festival 2007 > View the 2007 Program > VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN > At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime — with the abuser usually someone known to her. Violence against women and girls is a universal problem of epidemic proportions. V-Day's 2007 theme Reclaiming Peace seeks to make the connection between the worldwide anti-violence work of V-Day activists with our collective desire for peace and an end to armed conflicts. “We are saying that if a government supports the use of force, weapons, violence as a method of control and dominance, this models and gives license to the same kind of behavior at home,” stated V-Day Founder/Artistic Director Eve Ensler.

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