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SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION
• Darkness to Light
• National sex
offender registry
• The Jessica Marie
Lunsford Foundation
• Support victims of
childhood sexual abuse
• drusvoice
• CASA
• The Sexual Homicide
Exchange
CHILD SAFETY
• The Kempe Center for the
Prevention & Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect
• Klaas Kids Foundation
888-99-KLAAS
• Childhelp
• Safe Havens
for Newborns
• The Joyful Child
• radKIDS.org
• Orrin Hudson "Be
Someone"
• Carlie's Crusade
Foundation
• National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children
• Parents of Murdered Children
• CASA
VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• National
Center for Victims of Crime
• Yvette Cade Fund
• California
Victims
• Illinois Victims
• The American Women's Self
Defense Association
• Rose Brooks Center
• Women Against
Abuse
• Office on Violence
Against Women
• Healthline - Domestic Violence
• National Network to End
Domestic Violence
• Blake's
Bright Tomorrow
• In memory of Sheri Coleman
& her boys
• The Carole Sund
Foundation
HEALTH CONCERNS
• The Woman's
Personal Health Resource, Inc.
• The Joan Gaeta Lung
Cancer Foundation
• The
Ellen Schumer Pancreatic & Liver Cancer Fund
• The Lotus Global Health
Foundation
• National Tay-Sachs & Allied
Diseases Assn.
• New Directions
For Women
• Seabrook Rehab
• CeDAR
HELP SITES?
• Intervention
Specialists
• Change Someone You
Love
International Help for Women
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Women for Women
International – sponsor a woman in another country and help her find
a better life.
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Heifer International – end world
hunger and poverty while caring for the earth – donate livestock and other
items to help families provide for themselves; goat, sheep, pig, cow or an
entire farm
Organizations that care
Polaris Project - While seniors at Brown University in Providence,
Katherine Chon and Derek Ellerman were shocked to learn human trafficking was
taking place in their neighborhood. The issue, which they had associated with
foreign countries, became personal. They founded Polaris Project in 2002 —
modeling their strategy on the grassroots spirit of the Underground Railroad
— to combat trafficking in the U.S.
and abroad.
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN): the
country's largest antisexual-assault organization, runs the National Sexual
Assault Hotline (800-656-HOPE). The hotline — which will include a secure
Web-based option by fall 2006 — provides sexual-assault victims with free,
confidential services 24/7. Another way to donate? Buy T-shirts, candles, and
jewelry from its Website; all proceeds go to stopping sexual
assault.
International
AIDS Vaccine Initiative: The world's percentage of
HIV-positive adults who are women is rising. In countries with rampant
sexual violence and unequal rights, women often don't have the option to
abstain from sex or ask their partners to wear condoms. IAVI — which funds
research to develop an AIDS vaccine with pharmaceutical and biotech
companies, universities, and governments worldwide — stresses that a vaccine
could be taken without a partner's permission, thereby giving women more
control over their health.
National Partnership for Women and Families: Sexual harassment at work;
losing your job because you're pregnant – these problems still exist. There are
now laws to protect you, thanks in part to the National Partnership. This
group has fought for every major policy advancement that has helped women and
families in the past three decades. The group fights for national legislation
but can help individuals find resources needed for their own battles.
Women's Funding Network (WFN): Want to help women
but not sure where to give? WFN is a coalition of private and community
foundations around the world. In the past 20 years, its 115 funds have given
more than $200 million to a wide variety of women's and girls' organizations.
Designate your money for the fund of your choice, then that fund distributes
grants to smaller nonprofits. WFN monitors each fund, so you don't have
to.
AmeriCares:
In addition to disaster relief, the organization delivers humanitarian
support year-round, such as the funding of a family-health clinic in El
Salvador — the first to offer the country's women access to mammograms — and
Youth for a Healthy Haiti, which provides health education and family
planning for young Haitian women ages 15 to 25.
V-Day: Active in 81 countries,
V-Day works to end violence against women and girls. The Vagina
Monologue, show is put on by volunteers to raise funds for local
antiviolence groups. In countries where shows aren't possible, V-Day gives
grants for programs — such as the V-Day Safe House in Kenya,
which helps girls escape female genital mutilation. V-Day has raised over $30
million in eight years.
Breast Cancer Research Foundation(BCRF): Are you
at risk for breast cancer? If you're a woman, the answer is yes, says BCRF,
which awards research grants — $22 million in 2005 alone — to experts seeking
new prevention methods and treatments. Its funds have been behind some of the
field's biggest discoveries — including the finding that women of African
ancestry often have a form of breast cancer that is genetically distinct from
that of women of European descent.
Women Making a
difference – Get involved! Make your voice heard.
- The White House Project
is a nonpartisan organization looking to put more women in leadership
positions, from local school boards to corner offices to the Oval
Office. Their Vote, Run, Lead initiative encourages young
women to register to vote, read up on policy issues, and run for office.
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