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A women's shelter, also known as a women's refuge and battered women's shelter, is a place of temporary protection and support for women escaping domestic violence and intimate partner violence of all forms. [1] The term is also frequently used to describe a location for the same purpose that is open to people of all genders at risk.
Womankind was founded in 1982 by a group of volunteers who answer the call from the abused Asian women. Led by Founding Executive Director, Pat Eng, direct the first meeting to discuss the issues why Asian women are exposed to domestic violence in the community but rarely receive social attention and addressed.
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is an organization of lay volunteers who volunteer one year or more to community service with poor communities. JVC works in inner city neighborhoods and rural communities in about 36 different cities throughout the U.S. [1] JVC works with the homeless, abused women and children, immigrants and refugees, the mentally ill, people with HIV/AIDS and other ...
Secular Pro-Life (SPL), an all-volunteer organization which works both to end elective abortion and to incorporate non-religious people into the U.S. anti-abortion movement. Silent No More, an organization for people who regret that they or their partners had abortions. Stoneridge Group, a political campaign marketing firm based in Alpharetta ...
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has opened “Janie’s House,” a new shelter for abused women in Atlanta, GA. “Steven’s in the mix and Janie’s in the house!,” Tyler shared on social media.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a national association in the United States that supports and promotes court-appointed advocates for abused or neglected children. CASA are volunteers from the community who complete training that has been provided by the state or local CASA office. [1]
Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter is Canada's longest running rape crisis center. [1] The shelter, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, was established in 1973 and has operated a feminist transition house since 1983, offering women shelter from men who are abusing them, including fathers, husbands, sons, pimps, johns and landlords.
The Center's Women's Survival Space, a place where abused women and their children could find safety, was the first of its kind in the State and is now the longest operating domestic violence shelter in New York State. Today, the Center houses up to 1,000 women and children each year in three emergency domestic violence shelters.