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Links on Violence Against Women

Aotearoa New Zealand and international links on sexual violence, domestic violence and other forms of violence against women.

Help for those experiencing violence
Websites

Help for those experiencing violence

If you are living in New Zealand and experiencing violence these sites may be able to help. You can also look in the emergency section in the front of your telephone book.


Women's Refuge
24 hour emergency accommodation, a 24 hour crisis phone line and other services.

Rape Crisis
Support line for those who have experienced sexual violence and their whanau.

Rape Crisis also provides a list of contact numbers throughout NZ for those who have experienced sexual violence.

Shine* - 0508 384 357
Providing a national 24 national help line and crisis support and referral  for children and adult victims of family violence and a range of other services  -

Are you OK? - 0800 456 450
Free family violence information line

Shakti
An organisation set up for ethnic women by ethnic women working to challenge the acceptance of domestic violence in their communities.

Network for Stopping Violence
National network of agencies working to end all violence.

Websites

End Violence Against Women
End Violence Against Women
UK advocacy group working to end violence against women, including UK refuges and women’s aid groups

Ending violence against women
Oxfam New Zealand
Oxfam NZ works with partners in the Asia Pacific to address gender equity and violence against women issues

Is someone you know being abused in a relationship
Domestic Violence Resource Centre, Victoria, Australian
A guide for families, friends and neighbours to take action to help someone being abused in a relationship. 

NOW and violence against women
US National Organisation for Women
Includes latest US news related to violence against women, a list of NOW activities and campaigns including information on violence against women on campus and sexual harassment. 

Self-help pages for men
HMA, New Zealand
A range of factsheets and worksheets for men who are violent to women and children, including an understanding of how male privilege and traditional gender roles play a part in sexual and domestic violence.

Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its causes and consequences
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
In 1994 the United Nations agreed to appoint the special rapporteur to gather information, make recommendations and work closely with other special rapporteurs to end violence against women.

Stop Violence Against Women
Advocates for Human Rights
A forum for information, advocacy and change and designed as a tool for the promotion of women's human rights in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Includes information on:

Stop Violence Against Women
Amnesty International
Amnesty's campaign site that recognises a life free from violence as a basic human right. Provides a global overview of national legislature relating to VAW, state perpetration of VAW and other issues.

Violence Against Women
United Nations Development Fund for Women
An international perspective on violence against women, looking at the role of the UN and with quick facts and figures on violence against women.

White Ribbon Day
NZ Families Commission
Further resources on White Ribbon Day with a particular focus on the role men can play in ending violence against women.