Co-Presented by Genesis Women's Shelter and the Dallas Police Department
“Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every
continent, country and culture. It
takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families, and on society as
a whole. Most societies prohibit
such violence – yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly
condoned.” – UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-Moon, 8 March 2007.
- AT LEAST 1 out 3 women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. (UN report of the secretary general, 2006)
-In a single year, more than 300,000 women are raped in the US (US Dept of Justice, 2006)
- 4.8 million intimate partner-related physical assaults and rapes occur every year with less than 20% seeking medical treatment following the injury. (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC)
- Half of the women who die from homicides, world wide, are killed by their current or former husbands or partners.(WHO 2002)
- According to the Centers for Disease Control, violence against women costs corporate America $72.8 million annually due to absenteeism, turnover and lost productivity.
- According to the US CIA, 4 million women and girls are trafficked annually worldwide and an estimated 50,000 women and children are trafficked into the US for sexual exploitation or forced labor every year.
Important Links:
Conference Co-Presenters
Genesis Women's Shelter
Other Important Links
Victim Assistance
Program, Drug Enforcement Administration
Anti-Trafficking
Program, safehorizon
Cleveland
County District Court
Cleveland
County District Attorney's Office
Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Community Justice Services, Boulder, CO.
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
Dallas County
Health and Human Services
Denton County District
Attorney's Office
Domestic Violence Program of North Central Oklahoma
FBI, Violent Criminal Apprehension
Program
Human Trafficking
Prosecution Unit, U.S. Department of Justice
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Mayes
County District Attorney’s Office
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children
National Network to End Domestic Violence
New Life Prostitution Diversion Initiative
North Texas Regional Computer Forensic Lab
NW Domestic Crisis Services, Inc.
Oklahoma District Attorneys Council
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
San Diego County District Attorney
Sexual Assault Family Violence Investigator Course
(SAFVIC)
Stanislaus County District Attorney's
Office
Texas Council on Family Violence
University of North Texas
Health Science Center, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
University of North Texas Health
Science Center, School of Public Health
U.S.
Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas
Vital Voices Global Partnership
