WomensLaw

We're excited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of WomensLaw this year! Learn how it all started from our founder, Elizabeth Martin, and help us celebrate 25 years of this critical work: womenslaw.org/about/25-years #25YearsOfWomensLaw

Save the date! 📅 @nnedv's 20th Annual #DVCounts survey day will take place on 9/10. Through our Email Hotline, WomensLaw is proud to participate in this annual count of domestic violence services provided in just one day, helping to inform policy and funding priorities.

Thank you to The Allstate Foundation for supporting our work!

Survivors of abuse with disabilities may encounter specific challenges if they choose to report the abuse, and this is unacceptable. These survivors (and all survivors!) deserve accessible help and support. Learn more: buff.ly/tVpPdaS #DisabilityPrideMonth

We're partnering with @ndvh to better understand victims and survivors’ experiences with tech-facilitated abuse. 📝 Take the anonymous survey and help shape support for survivors: buff.ly/X57KFH1

Today is #ZeroHIVStigmaDay. ❤️ Some abusers intentionally transmit HIV to partners, relying on social stigma to keep victims trapped. This isn't okay — victims deserve resources and support. Learn more and find resources if this has happened to you: buff.ly/DQpjtkJ

Victims and survivors of abuse who have disabilities may find it helpful to consider filing for a restraining order against the person who is choosing to hurt them. Learn more and see whether this can be a safe option: buff.ly/BULEfKK #DisabilityPrideMonth

We're partnering with @ndvh to better understand victims and survivors’ experiences with tech-facilitated abuse. 📝 Take the anonymous survey and help shape support for survivors: buff.ly/X57KFH1

Podemos tomar el concepto de planificación de seguridad para sobrevivientes adult@s y adaptarlo para niñ@s. Aprende más de WomensLaw, @NNEDV y Esperanza United sobre la planificación de seguridad de verano con niñ@s, adolescentes y jóvenes adult@s: buff.ly/Li9usvV

As providers, we can adapt the concept of safety planning for adult survivors to children. Learn more from WomensLaw, @NNEDV, and Esperanza United about summer safety planning with children, teens, and young adults: buff.ly/wa5E8ti

Happy birthday to #SafetyNet, one of our sister projects at @nnedv! 🧡

While tech can offer abusers new ways to harm victims, the underlying behaviors are always the same: attempts to gain power and control over a partner. Abuse is never okay, no matter where or how it happens. Learn more and find resources: buff.ly/Z3jZLCl #TechSummit

.@nnedv's #TechSummit begins today! Many abusers choose to harass and control partners through tech, and this is unacceptable, no matter where it happens. Learn more about online harassment and the resources that are available for victims and survivors: buff.ly/IT6eE9w

For some immigrant survivors of abuse, the person who hurt them may be a child or step-child. These survivors (and all survivors!) deserve to be safe, regardless of who chose to harm them. A #VAWA self-petition can be one helpful tool to consider. More: buff.ly/hpzB2oy

Through WomensLaw.org and the WomensLaw Email Hotline, our team is proud to provide free, personalized legal information and resources to survivors in need. 🧡 Make a gift today to help us keep these vital resources available: buff.ly/Pj13eE3

For trafficking survivors, it's extremely important to work with an immigration attorney to complete and submit your T visa application. Otherwise, you may risk having your application denied. Learn more: buff.ly/kOCUDkc

Today is #BlackWomensEqualPayDay. The wage gap prevents many survivors from leaving abusers and supporting themselves. We join @EqualPay2dayOrg in raising awareness of the impact on Black women (including Black survivors) in particular. 💜 Join the social media storm at 2:00 ET!

If you're a survivor of abuse with a disability, you deserve accessible support and resources. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to find. Learn more about challenges you may experience and the resources that can help: buff.ly/T4nAC2n #DisabilityPrideMonth

Many domestic violence victims worry about staying safe once an abuser is released from jail. Depending on the case and your state/territory, both "criminal" and "civil" restraining orders can be important tools as part of an overall safety plan. More: buff.ly/i0vI5Dg

Abusers may choose to hurt and control partners with disabilities to gain power and control over them. This can be extremely scary, even dangerous. Learn more about these and other examples, and find help for you or someone you know: buff.ly/APSwG2W #DisabilityPrideMonth

Many abusers distribute their partner's intimate images to hurt and control them. This can be a scary, retraumatizing invasion of privacy, and victims deserve support and resources. Learn more about these and other tools to help get these images removed: buff.ly/pYgqCbW