Battered Women in the Yahoo! Directory

Women's Law Initiative
Nonprofit giving free legal information to women dealing with domestic violence, including state-by-state restraining order help and links to local women's resource centers.
www.womenslaw.org
Violence Against Women Online Resources (VAWOR)
Provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women.
www.vaw.umn.edu
Office on Violence Against Women
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo
Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP)
Aims to promote change within community organizations and governmental agencies engaged in the civil and criminal justice response to domestic violence.
www.bwjp.org
End Violence Against Women
Provides researchers, health communication specialists, policy makers, and others with the information and materials for their work to end violence against women.
www.endvaw.org
Women Escaping A Violent Environment, Inc. (WEAVE)
Nonprofit agency specializing in domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and victim assistance.
www.weaveinc.org
Womankind Worldwide@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Organizations/Womankind_Worldwide
Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE)
Provides legal representation, counseling, and social services to victims of domestic violence.
www.weaveincorp.org
VIOLET: Law & Abused Women
Safe space providing information and interactive services to meet the legal needs of abused women and their service providers in Alberta and Canada.
www.violetnet.org
Women In Transition
Offers domestic violence and substance abuse counseling to women and their families.
www.womenintransitioninc.org
Women's Resource Information and Support Centre (WRISC)
Women's organization against domestic violence.
wrisc.ballarat.net.au
Leaving Domestic Abuse
Includes practical information and resources for women who wish to safely escape from abusive relationships.
www.leavingabuse.com
Safety Zone
Offers information on woman abuse, including resources, information for professionals, the alcohol connection, and links.
www.serve.com/zone
No Safe Place: Violence Against Women
Companion site to the PBS documentary film which tells the stories of women who have been battered, assaulted, and raped, as well as the stories of men who commit these crimes.
www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace
Abused Woman
Helps women figure out if they are in abusive relationships.
www.abusedwoman.com
Amnesty International USA: Women's Human Rights
Offers a fact sheet on violence against women as well as its background and worldwide examples of human rights violations against women.
www.amnestyusa.org/women/violence
Hedda, the Battered Spouse
Information about Hedda Nussbaum, allegedly battered by husband Joel Steinberg.
www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/3.html?sect=12