Dear List members
I received the message below from a person on one of the other
lists that I am on and have forwarded it for myour information.
I have checked out the4 publication and think that it's well
worth looking at.
--- Louise Maxfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 09:37:43 -0500
> Reply-to: Louise Maxfield <[log in to unmask]>
> From: Louise Maxfield <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [T-S] Toolkit to End Violence Against Women:
> U.S. DOJ & HHS
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and U.S. Department of
> Health and Human
> Services Secretary Tommy Thompson issued a letter (reprinted
> at the web site
> below) citing some stats that underscore the widespread
> problem of violence
> against women and announcing that this month an online toolkit
> for
> addressing this problem has been made available.
>
> Here's how the web site describes the material:
>
> [begin quote from web site]
>
> To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders,
> and individuals
> engaged in activities to end violence against women, the
> National Advisory
> Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End
> Violence
> Against Women. The recommendations contained in the Toolkit
> were reviewed
> by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic
> violence, and
> stalking.
>
> Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or
> environment and
> includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts
> and improving
> services and advocacy for victims. We encourage you to
> consult all chapters
> of the Toolkit for instruction, guidance, and inspiration.
>
> CHAPTERS:
>
> Health & Mental Health Care
> Community-Based Services
> College and University Campuses
> The Workplace
> The U.S. Military
> Sports
> Children and Youth
> Educating the Public
> Civil Remedies
> The Media and Entertainment Industries
> Criminal Remedies
> Faith-Based Groups and Organizations
> Additional Justice System Responses
> Economic Security
> Native Women
> The International Community
>
> [end quote from web site]
>
> The site, which presents the full version of each of the
> chapters listed
> above along with the "Letter from U.S. Attorney General and
> Secretary of the
> U.S. Department of Health & Human Services" is at:
> http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/
>
> Please feel free to forward this message to other lists or
> individuals who
> might be interested.
=====
Best wishes
Paul
"All that I can do is tell the truth. No, that isn't so - I have missed it. There is no truth that, in passing through awareness, does not lie.
But one runs after it all the same." (Jacques Lacan)
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