Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

The Family Violence Prevention Project strives to prevent intimate partner violence through trainings, community presentations, community organizing projects, and a countywide public awareness campaign.  The goal of the Family Violence Prevention Project is to empower individual, neighborhoods, organizations, and systems-based structures to shift from a cultural norm that accepts intimate partner violence to a norm that promotes healthy and peaceful relationships.  Intimate partner violence can affect anyone-regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender, etc.   And because it can affect anyone, it affects us all. 

Did you know? A woman is abused every 10 seconds; 605 women are abused every hour; 14,520 every day; and 5.3 million are abused per year Intimate partner violence is the largest single cause of injury to women & 1 out of 4 women are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner at some point in their lives 25-33% gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women experience intimate partner violence Intimate partner violence results in nearly 2 million injuries and 1,300 deaths nationwide every year

But the cycle can be broken.  Empower yourself with knowledge & read the following resources on how to prevent intimate partner violence.

If you are in crisis and need immediate help, please call the YWCA 24 hour, confidential Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Hotlines:

Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Toolkits and Resources

Individuals- Do you know the signs of abuse?  If you suspect that someone is being abused, do you know what to do?  Click here to learn more.

Faith Based Leaders & Groups- Want to address & prevent intimate partner violence within your faith community but you aren't sure where to begin?  Here are 10 concrete ways to address prevention of intimate partner violence in your church, synagogue, temple, etc.

General Community Members- -Want to address and prevent intimate partner violence in your community but don't know where to begin?  Here are 10 concrete ways to get started.  Also, be sure to check out the "Community Organizing" webpage of the Family Violence Prevention Project.

Want More Information?

• Preventing intimate partner violence doesn't have to be a complicated process.  Sometimes all it means is increasing a person's "Protective Factors"-that's a jargon term that simply means to"make sure you and your family have some things in place and your chances of engaging in or being victims of family violence decrease."  What are "Protective Factors"?
• Learn what communities are doing across the nation to prevent intimate partner violence through the Center for Disease Control DELTA Project (Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances).
• Want to know more about Immigrants and Intimate Partner Violence?  Check out the Alliance for Battered and Abused International Women webpage. 
• Want to know more about Intimate Partner Violence and how it affects the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community?  Check out the following presentation provided by the Hamilton County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.
• Check out the Family Violence Prevention Fund's website at http://www.endabuse.org for the latest research, facts, and public policy developments in the prevention of intimate partner violence.

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