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Institutional surveys that Penn gives out regularly, including senior surveys, will now include questions about sexual assault.

​​​​​​​The NSVRC recently received the following request for technical assistance: “As a local rape crisis center, we are frequently asked why we don’t endorse women’s self—defense classes as a way of preventing rape. We have serious concerns about the notion that self-defense classes prevent rape. Is there a national position from the anti-sexual violence movement?”

Today, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is releasing its 10th consecutive annual Domestic Violence Counts: A 24-hour Census of Domestic Violence Shelters and Services (Census) report at a Congressional Briefing.

It is usually the victims in violent relationships who are forced to leave their homes and seek refuge, but a first-of-its-kind residential program in Perth is removing the perpetrators. When Steve thinks about the time he broke his wife’s nose, he’s disgusted in himself.

A brand-new peer-support service is available today as part of RAINN’s commitment to supporting Spanish-speaking survivors of sexual assault. La Sala de Ayuda is a confidential chat room service that offers survivors another way to get help and support.

Since 2009, the city has significantly accelerated its efforts to combine more-aggressive methods to take sexual offenders off the streets with more compassionate ways to help survivors reclaim their lives.