Giving for Domestic Violence Archives

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Domestic Violence Activism, Domestic Violence Education, Giving for Domestic Violence

Today, we are in the midst of the United Nations 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. This international campaign, initiated in 1991 at the inauguration of the Women’s Global Leadership Institute, is coordinated annually by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership.

The actual 16 Days run each year between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25th and Human Rights Day on December 10th.

During these 16 Days, worldwide, groups and individuals alike, organize to strategize the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.

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Giving Tuesday 2022 ~ 3 Easy Ways to Give to Women and Children in Need

Giving for Domestic Violence

This Tuesday, November 29th, is Giving Tuesday 2022!

The Thanksgiving leftovers are eaten and my Turkey Day guests all flew home. I’m at my kitchen table tonight writing this post for Giving Tuesday 2022. My eye catches the red kitchen dish towels hanging on the oven door and I smile.

I love these now worn and somewhat tattered cloths. Certainly, I now have the means to replace them. Yet, I can’t bear to part with them.

Read on and:

Find out why I’m forever grateful to Giving Tuesday givers.
Then, let me take the guesswork out of how to support survivors of domestic violence.

Flashback 7 Novembers ago, I was:

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What’s the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Homelessness?

Domestic Violence Education, Giving for Domestic Violence, Homelessness

Since the pandemic there has been a steady increase in the numbers of homeless and domestic violence rates in the United States.

Women and children now account for an alarming number of the homeless population due to the escalating amount who are fleeing an abusive relationship. In fact, in most technologically advanced countries, family violence has been attributed as the most frequently reported reason for homelessness.

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