Rule of Thumb: Resources & Links

The Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) helped 1,047 victims whose cases included Order of Protection violations, felony assaults or more than two domestic violence incidents reported to the police. And, in 2000, in the City of St. Louis seven victims of domestic violence also became homicide victims.

LAAW, (Legal Advocates for Abused Women, St. Louis) clients range in age from 17 and up. The average LAAW client has dependents and is struggling on a low income or no income at all. Women comprise 95% of LAAWÕs client base, with 80-90% serving as female head of household. Minorities account for 60-75% of LAAW clients. Approximately seven percent indicate they are disabled. 314-535-5229 or 800-527-1460

Other coordinated efforts in St. Louis, MO include Court Watch, Domestic Violence Policies for Law Enforcement Officers, Battered Immigrant & Refugee Women Committee.

Women Watch - United Nations entities that deal with the advancement and empowerment of women, international instruments on women's rights, women's issues on UN radio and other useful information.

MoVA, the Missouri Victim Assistance Network, is a portal for many resources and links.

Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence 573-634-4161

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence offers information about the following:

• The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
• Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
• Batterer Intervention Services Coalition
• CAVNET: Communities Against Violence Network
• Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
• Community United Against Violence: Information about violence between and against gay, lesbian, and transgendered persons
• Family Violence Prevention Fund is a gathering of more than 200 organizations with the purpose of preventing violence in our everyday lives.
• Kidsrights publish "Into the Light" which is recommended by NCADV
• "Let's Wrap" The Women's Rural Advocacy Programs Quarterly Newsletter
• NameSail.Org An ongoing project to bring notoriety to the problems and issues of Domestic Violence
• Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) 1-800-787-3224 (TDD)
• RAINN: The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (1-800-656-HOPE)
• Rural Womyn Zone
• TARA Approach for the Resolution of Shock and Trauma
• United Nations "Womenwatch" Information about the status of women world-wide
• Women's International Net A Magazine about women, by women, for women, from all over the world
• Zisvaw A Zonta International program dedicated to the eradication of violence against women and children.

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