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Prevalence of Domestic Violence
1. Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year to three million women who are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend per year.
2 Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.
3 Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives, according to a 1998 Commonwealth Fund survey.
4. Nearly 25 percent of American women report being raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their lifetime, according to the National Violence Against Women Survey, conducted from November 1995 to May 1996.
5. Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.
6 In the year 2001, more than half a million American women (588,490 women) were victims of nonfatal violence committed by an intimate partner.
7 Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women. In 2001, women accounted for 85 percent of the victims of intimate partner violence (588,490 total) and men accounted for approximately 15 percent of the victims (103,220 total).
8 While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
9 In 2001, intimate partner violence made up 20 percent of violent crime against women. The same year, intimate partners committed three percent of all violent crime against men.
10 As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.
11 Women of all races are about equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate.
12 Male violence against women does much more damage than female violence against men; women are much more likely to be injured than men.
13 The most rapid growth in domestic relations caseloads is occurring in domestic violence filings. Between 1993 and 1995, 18 of 32 states with three year filing figures reported an increase of 20 percent or more.
14 Women are seven to 14 times more likely than men to report suffering severe physical assaults from an intimate partner.
Domestic Homicides
1.On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner.
2. Women are much more likely than men to be killed by an intimate partner. In 2000, intimate partner homicides accounted for 33.5 percent of the murders of women and less than four percent of the murders of men.
3.Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause18 , and evidence exists that a significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.
4.Research suggests that injury related deaths, including homicide and suicide, account for approximately one-third of all maternal mortality cases, while medical reasons make up the rest. But, homicide is the leading cause of death overall for pregnant women, followed by cancer, acute and chronic respiratory conditions, motor vehicle collisions and drug overdose, peripartum and postpartum cardiomyopthy, and suicide.
Health Issues
1.The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide committed by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion are for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages.
2.About half of all female victims of intimate violence report an injury of some type, and about 20 percent of them seek medical assistance.
3.Thirty-seven percent of women who sought treatment in emergency rooms for violence-related injuries in 1994 were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend.
Domestic Violence and Youth
1.Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.
2.Eight percent of high school age girls said “yes” when asked if “a boyfriend or date has ever forced sex against your will.”
3.Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
4.During the 1996-1997 school year, there were an estimated 4,000 incidents of rape or other types of sexual assault in public schools across the country.
Domestic Violence and Children
1.In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.
2.Slightly more than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under age 12.
3.Studies suggest that between 3.3 - 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
Rape
1.Three in four women (76 percent) who reported they had been raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 said that a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, or date committed the assault.
2.One in five (21 percent) women reported she had been raped or physically or sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
3. Nearly one-fifth of women (18 percent) reported experiencing a completed or attempted rape at some time in their lives; one in 33 men (three percent) reported experiencing a completed or attempted rape at some time in their lives.
4.In 2000, 48 percent of the rapes/sexual assaults committed against people age 12 and over were reported to the police.
5. In 2001, 41,740 women were victims of rape/sexual assault committed by an intimate partner.
6. Rapes/sexual assaults committed by strangers are more likely to be reported to the police than rapes/sexual assaults committed by “nonstrangers,” including intimate partners, other relatives and friends or acquaintances. Between 1992 and 2000, 41 percent of the rapes/sexual assaults committed by strangers were reported to the police. During the same time period, 24 percent of the rapes/sexual assaults committed by an intimate were reported.
Stalking
1.Annually in the United States, 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner.
2. Seventy-eight percent of stalking victims are women. Women are significantly more likely than men (60 percent and 30 percent, respectively) to be stalked by intimate partners.
3. Eighty percent of women who are stalked by former husbands are physically assaulted by that partner and 30 percent are sexually assaulted by that partner.
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Vision Statement:
Empower women to live new life with the fruits of the spirit of God, which are Love, Peace, Happiness, amd Joy.
Equip women with a rejuvenated spirit to re-enter society at the Wellness and Support Resource Center by providing enrichment activites, information and resources.
*Provide transportation, independence and a new outlook on life by offering vehicles for women through our Car Donation program.
*Rebuild dignity and selft respect through Career building, Technical training and Job placement programs.
Restore self-esteem, self image and self confidence in our *Hair Care service center with complimentary makeovers.
Goal and Objective:
*Educate our young about abuse and it's effects, along with ways to save themselves from being victims.
Our Goal is to provide and maintain a safe and healthy environment without violence and fear for the benefit of current and future generations.
Mission Statement:
Our Mission is to provide domestic abuse prevention, intervention and awareness services to all women who are victims of domestic violence and abuse.
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How did W2W get started?
We had a dream and vision to creat an event focused on women's needs. Our hearts leaned toward Domestic Abuse at which time we adopted several charities to offer our support. After the Board of Directors was formed, we pursued that vision.
What do you hope to accomplish through W2W?
Open a resource center for client programs and administration operations
Establish self esteem programs for abused teens and mothers
Operate a Technical Career training center
Provide Haircare and Beauty Image Makeover Services
Provide support groups for abused women and children
Provide a car donation program for Transportation needs
What did you personally invest to get W2W started?
W2WCSI has been financially supported through personal funds and donations. Our personal business location was donated as office space including furnishings, phone, and computer system. Our garage and home became the storage center for extra needed supplies.
What is the greatest need that W2W has today?
A regular flow of donated funds to support and operate a resource center to house and run all necessary programs. We look upon this as our MISSION; with prayer it will become a financially supported MINISTRY.
What is the biggest asset W2W has to offer?
Our Charity is based on a support system to Equip, Rebuild and Empower domestic abuse victims in need by providing restoration for the Mind, Body and Spirit. One Cause, One Charity, One god!
How has W2WCSI been of service to others?
*Provided free hair prosthesis through the "Tell us your story" program for self-esteem
*Donated money to several local charities
*Donated free haircare services and Expo entrance to Domestic Abuse victims
*Donated free meal tickets to 1st Lady's Luncheon - 2005
*Sponsored the Winterwear Outreach donation program
Woman2Woman Stopping Domestic Abuse's Friend Space (Randomized)
Woman2Woman Stopping Domestic Abuse has 154 friends.
When I think about the greatest blessing in my life, I always think about my friends. I have been blessed to have such inspirational, motivational friends in my life like you who are always there for me and encourage me to keep going for my dreams and goals in life. Time after time, my friends have helped to restore my faith and hope in life by believing in me and helping me to see things in myself that I never saw before. So I just want to say thank you for being such a wonderful friend. Friends like you are rare to find and impossible to replace!
Age is just a number. It doesn't matter what our age is, we are never too old and never too young to make a difference in the world. All of us have our own story to tell and we can learn from each other since we have gone through different experiences in our lives. Although we are at different healing stages in our lives, that doesn't make one story more important than another story. When we share what we have gone through, when we stand together choosing to let our voices be heard, then together we can be a positive change in this world. Every story deserves to be told and every voice deserves to be heard. When we take the time to listen, when we take the time to show we care, when we take the time be there for others and reach out a hand to them, we're able to make the world a brighter place and have a positive influence in other people's lives.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -- Martin Luther King Jr.
As survivors, we've beat the odds against us in our lives and we have risen above the ashes of our past. However, there are so many other victims and survivors out there who still live their lives in silence, feeling trapped. We need to stand together and fight together on life's battlefield to help those and rescue those who are still trapped in silence. By taking a stand and speaking out about the dangers of abuse and what we have gone through, we can give survivors and victims hope to hold on in life. If we remain silent, then nothing will ever change. Change begins with us. We must search within ourselves, find that strength we have, and use it to let our voices be heard, showing others that we cannot be silenced about the things that matter the most in life.
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Prevalence of Domestic Violence
1. Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year to three million women who are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend per year.
2 Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.
3 Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives, according to a 1998 Commonwealth Fund survey.
4. Nearly 25 percent of American women report being raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their lifetime, according to the National Violence Against Women Survey, conducted from November 1995 to May 1996.
5. Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.
6 In the year 2001, more than half a million American women (588,490 women) were victims of nonfatal violence committed by an intimate partner.
7 Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women. In 2001, women accounted for 85 percent of the victims of intimate partner violence (588,490 total) and men accounted for approximately 15 percent of the victims (103,220 total).
8 While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
9 In 2001, intimate partner violence made up 20 percent of violent crime against women. The same year, intimate partners committed three percent of all violent crime against men.
10 As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.
11 Women of all races are about equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate.
12 Male violence against women does much more damage than female violence against men; women are much more likely to be injured than men.
13 The most rapid growth in domestic relations caseloads is occurring in domestic violence filings. Between 1993 and 1995, 18 of 32 states with three year filing figures reported an increase of 20 percent or more.
14 Women are seven to 14 times more likely than men to report suffering severe physical assaults from an intimate partner.
Domestic Homicides
1.On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner.
2. Women are much more likely than men to be killed by an intimate partner. In 2000, intimate partner homicides accounted for 33.5 percent of the murders of women and less than four percent of the murders of men.
3.Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause18 , and evidence exists that a significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.
4.Research suggests that injury related deaths, including homicide and suicide, account for approximately one-third of all maternal mortality cases, while medical reasons make up the rest. But, homicide is the leading cause of death overall for pregnant women, followed by cancer, acute and chronic respiratory conditions, motor vehicle collisions and drug overdose, peripartum and postpartum cardiomyopthy, and suicide.
Health Issues
1.The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide committed by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion are for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages.
2.About half of all female victims of intimate violence report an injury of some type, and about 20 percent of them seek medical assistance.
3.Thirty-seven percent of women who sought treatment in emergency rooms for violence-related injuries in 1994 were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend.
Domestic Violence and Youth
1.Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.
2.Eight percent of high school age girls said “yes” when asked if “a boyfriend or date has ever forced sex against your will.”
3.Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
4.During the 1996-1997 school year, there were an estimated 4,000 incidents of rape or other types of sexual assault in public schools across the country.
Domestic Violence and Children
1.In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.
2.Slightly more than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under age 12.
3.Studies suggest that between 3.3 - 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
Rape
1.Three in four women (76 percent) who reported they had been raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 said that a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, or date committed the assault.
2.One in five (21 percent) women reported she had been raped or physically or sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
3. Nearly one-fifth of women (18 percent) reported experiencing a completed or attempted rape at some time in their lives; one in 33 men (three percent) reported experiencing a completed or attempted rape at some time in their lives.
4.In 2000, 48 percent of the rapes/sexual assaults committed against people age 12 and over were reported to the police.
5. In 2001, 41,740 women were victims of rape/sexual assault committed by an intimate partner.
6. Rapes/sexual assaults committed by strangers are more likely to be reported to the police than rapes/sexual assaults committed by “nonstrangers,” including intimate partners, other relatives and friends or acquaintances. Between 1992 and 2000, 41 percent of the rapes/sexual assaults committed by strangers were reported to the police. During the same time period, 24 percent of the rapes/sexual assaults committed by an intimate were reported.
Stalking
1.Annually in the United States, 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner.
2. Seventy-eight percent of stalking victims are women. Women are significantly more likely than men (60 percent and 30 percent, respectively) to be stalked by intimate partners.
3. Eighty percent of women who are stalked by former husbands are physically assaulted by that partner and 30 percent are sexually assaulted by that partner.
Vision Statement:
Empower women to live new life with the fruits of the spirit of God, which are Love, Peace, Happiness, amd Joy.
Equip women with a rejuvenated spirit to re-enter society at the Wellness and Support Resource Center by providing enrichment activites, information and resources.
*Provide transportation, independence and a new outlook on life by offering vehicles for women through our Car Donation program.
*Rebuild dignity and selft respect through Career building, Technical training and Job placement programs.
Restore self-esteem, self image and self confidence in our *Hair Care service center with complimentary makeovers.
Goal and Objective:
*Educate our young about abuse and it's effects, along with ways to save themselves from being victims.
Our Goal is to provide and maintain a safe and healthy environment without violence and fear for the benefit of current and future generations.
Mission Statement:
Our Mission is to provide domestic abuse prevention, intervention and awareness services to all women who are victims of domestic violence and abuse.
How did W2W get started?
We had a dream and vision to creat an event focused on women's needs. Our hearts leaned toward Domestic Abuse at which time we adopted several charities to offer our support. After the Board of Directors was formed, we pursued that vision.
What do you hope to accomplish through W2W?
Open a resource center for client programs and administration operations
Establish self esteem programs for abused teens and mothers
Operate a Technical Career training center
Provide Haircare and Beauty Image Makeover Services
Provide support groups for abused women and children
Provide a car donation program for Transportation needs
What did you personally invest to get W2W started?
W2WCSI has been financially supported through personal funds and donations. Our personal business location was donated as office space including furnishings, phone, and computer system. Our garage and home became the storage center for extra needed supplies.
What is the greatest need that W2W has today?
A regular flow of donated funds to support and operate a resource center to house and run all necessary programs. We look upon this as our MISSION; with prayer it will become a financially supported MINISTRY.
What is the biggest asset W2W has to offer?
Our Charity is based on a support system to Equip, Rebuild and Empower domestic abuse victims in need by providing restoration for the Mind, Body and Spirit. One Cause, One Charity, One god!
How has W2WCSI been of service to others?
*Provided free hair prosthesis through the "Tell us your story" program for self-esteem
*Donated money to several local charities
*Donated free haircare services and Expo entrance to Domestic Abuse victims
*Donated free meal tickets to 1st Lady's Luncheon - 2005
*Sponsored the Winterwear Outreach donation program
