Week Without Violence is part of a global movement with YWCAs across the country and around the world to end violence against women and girls. At YWCA, we know that not all violence is acknowledged or responded to equally and that some victims go unrecognized altogether.
That’s why, for more than 20 years, YWCA has set aside one week in October as a Week Without Violence. Join us from October 18 – 24, as we hold events, share information and stories, advocate, and more with a common goal in mind: together, we can end gender-based violence.
Join us for our national Week of Action activities, October 18-24, 2020
Organize Your Butterflies – A Special Week Without Violence Series
This year, YWCA is honored to feature several conversations surrounding the multitude of ways that Gender Based Violence impacts the lives of survivors. Join us in conversation on Organize Your Butterflies as we explore this harmful spectrum and work to empower and uplift the voices of survivors. Continuing our tradition from last year, we are pleased to release this 2nd ever special mini-series and look forward to sharing the stories of our guests with you beginning on October 18th.
Ending Violence Against All Womxn
Womxn experience domestic violence, gender-based violence, and intimate partner violence irrespective of socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and sex. While no two cases of abuse are the same, we know that abusers exert power over their partners to achieve and maintain power and control over an intimate partner, such as physical violence, emotional abuse, isolation of the victim, financial and economic abuse, intimidation, coercion, and threats. For survivors who identify as women of color, obstacles in leaving an abusive relationship are often heightened due to existing cultural and institutional barriers, making them less likely to seek help and resources to free themselves from their abusers.
Imagine a World Without Violence
When we envision a world without violence, we begin to build a path to creating that world. Help us raise awareness about gender-based violence, support survivors, and envision a world without violence!
- Take a Week Without Violence campaign selfie using one of our fillable signs and post it
- Support us!
Day of Action
- Capitol Hill Call-In Day – Strengthening policies that support survivors and help prevent gender-based violence starts with constituents like you!
- Act NOW: Urge your members of Congress to support policies that support survivors of gender-based violence and their families. Call on your legislators to express the importance of supporting VAWA and FVPSA.
- Stay connected: Sign up to receive our action alerts!
Virtual Capitol Hill Briefing – YWCA on the Frontlines: VIrtual Site Visits of Local Domestic Violence Providers
Join YWCA for special virtual site visits to hear directly from local service providers helping survivors and their children thrive from emergency funding received from the CARES Act and annual federal funding supported by the Family Violence Prevention & Services Act (FVPSA) and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Both FVPSA and VAWA authorizations have expired.
#FreedomFriday Instagram Live sponsored by Allstate
Join us for an engaging Instagram Live discussion from 2 to 3 p.m. ET, hosted by YWCA in which we will have an intimate conversation about violence against womxn and how you can offer your support in the quest for freedom from abuse.
#SelfcareSaturday
Service providers, advocates, and activists in the fight to end gender-based violence all care deeply about these issues, and about the survivors they help each and every day. Unfortunately, however, this work can also cause vicarious trauma for individuals as they work with survivors who have undergone serious trauma, or can retraumatize individuals who are survivors themselves. Taking the time to engage in healing and self-care as a provider, advocate, or activist is an integral part of your own mental and physical well-being, and will help make you an even more powerful advocate for your causes and clients