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Rape crisis centers in the United States, usually capitalized as Rape Crisis Center and often abbreviated as RCC, are community-based organizations affiliated with the anti-rape movement in the U.S. Rape crisis centers in other countries offer similar services, but have different histories and vary in their organizational structure.
From May through October of 1979, according to PCAR, 1,322 victims of rape sought assistance from nineteen of the thirty-five rape crisis centers operating across the state. Of those 1,322 survivors, 557 (42.1 percent) were children under the age of eighteen.
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Many emergency rooms or rape crisis centers can also give victims treatments in advance, such as PrEP to lower the risk of contracting HIV or Plan B to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, Turkheimer says.
Mavrogenis, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center’s Youth Education Program Coordinator, comes armed with “life-saving information” — accompanied by puppets, chants, videos and a bright smile.
The Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect (PCAR) is the oldest anti-rape coalition in the United States, working to eliminate all forms of sexual violence and advocating for the rights and needs of victims. Founded in 1975, PCAR works with a statewide network of 51 rape crisis centers serving all 67 counties to provide services to survivors ...
Jan. 27—Pinecrest Country Club news The fourth annual Tee Up Against Sexual Violence presented by the Robeson County Rape Crisis Center will be held March 2. For information or to register a ...
In 2005, the campaign shifted to prevention of sexual violence and the first tool kits were sent out to coalitions and rape crisis centers across the country. [8] Awareness for the campaign culminated in 2009 when Barack Obama was the first president to officially proclaim April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.