Gender-Based Violence
The Fund for Women and Girls invests in programs that prevent gender-based violence, protect survivors, and strengthen community-based responses that save lives. Through our grantee partners, we support prevention, intervention, emergency shelter, and survivor-centered services for adults and children impacted by intimate partner violence.
Your Support in Action
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school-based programs reached 12,482 participants, building awareness and preventing sexual and gender-based violence before it occurs
1,723
adults and children who experienced intimate partner violence received counseling and support to obtain legal protections
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adults and 55 children received emergency shelter. More than 90% of those individuals reported a renewed sense of hope and ability to access resources and support they needed.
5,226
individuals received training and/or education in the prevention of, and intervention with, intimate partner violence.
Together, these programs reduce harm, interrupt cycles of violence, and create pathways to safety, healing, and long-term stability
SARAH'S STORY
Sarah’s ex-husband arrived at night, intoxicated and demanding to take their three children. Sarah got him to leave and called the police. Trained in lethality assessments, the officers identified the incident as high risk for future homicide. The police put Sarah in contact with the Domestic Violence Center for legal and counseling services. The police searched for the abuser and caught him as he was returning to Sarah's home with a firearm. The lethality assessment training those officers received prevented what may have become a horrific crime.
Months later, Sarah, who works as a nurse, was the first care provider from her hospital to connect another victim of domestic violence to the services at the Domestic Violence Center. The effects of one police officer's training created a domino effect that saved multiple lives.
*Names have been changed to protect the confidentiality of program participants*
Why This Work Matters?
Prevention saves lives. Training creates protection. And survivors, when supported, become advocates for others.