V-Day Europe

• V-Day Websites
• International
• Europe
• National
• Cultural organisations and initiatives by, for and with women

V-Day websites

V-Day:
www.vday.org
V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organisations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual slavery.

V-Day Finland
www.vdayhelsinki.cjb.net

V-Day Iceland
www.vdagur.is

V-Day Lithuania
www.lygus.lt/ITC/smurtas.php?id=162

V-Day Poland
www.vday.za.pl

V-Day United Kingdom
www.vdayuk.org

International

Amnesty International Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women
http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/index-eng
On March the 8th 2004, Amnesty International launched a two-year campaign to stop violence against women. Amnesty International is calling on all governments as well as private actors, institutions and individuals to take immediate steps to put an end to violence against women and to redress the suffering it causes.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
www.catwinternational.org/
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes women's human rights. It works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms.

Equality Now
www.equalitynow.org/
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organisations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and adds an international action overlay to support their efforts to advance equality rights and defend individual women who are suffering abuse.

European White Ribbon Campaign
www.eurowrc.org/
The WRC is the largest effort in the world of men working to end men's violence against women. It relies on volunteer support and financial contributions from individuals and organisations.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
www.ippf.org/
IPPF is the world’s largest voluntary organisation working to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights in over 180 countries. IPPF fights to reduce maternal deaths, help young people protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS and provides family planning services in areas of need. Ensuring that women and girls live free from all forms of violence is crucial to ensure their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Joyce Tenneson
www.tenneson.com/col/col_va_01.html
Joyce Tenneson is an highly talented photographer who has done wonderful portraits of V-Day supporters and Vagina warriors. She will soon publish a book in collaboration with Eve Ensler.

MisFortune500
www.misfortune500.org/
MisFortune500 is an exciting new web-based resource that will expose how corporate activities violate women's human rights, workers' rights and the environment and highlight what women worldwide are doing about it.

Stop Violence Against Women
www.stopvaw.org/Stop_Violence_Against_Women.html
The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy and change. STOPVAW was developed with support from and in consultation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program. This site addresses violence against women as one of the most pervasive human rights abuses.

UNFPA
www.unfpa.org/gender/violence.htm
www.unfpa.org/intercenter/violence/
The Website has a section on violence against women, including an interactive population centre on violence against girls and women.

UNIFEM
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=24
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=57
www.unifem.org/filesconfirmed/2/283_at_a_glance_trust_fund.pdf
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. Its key tool to end violence against women is the UNIFEM Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women.

UN Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences
www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/b/women/
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in resolution 1994/45, adopted on 4 March 1994, decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on violence against women, including its causes and consequences. The current rapporteur is Dr. Yakin Ertürk (Turkey).

Urgent Action Fund
www.urgentactionfund.org/publications.html
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, the only international fund designed to respond on a short notice to the protection of women's human rights globally recently produced a book, Rising up in Response: Women's Rights Activism in Conflict, that explores women's rights activism in conflicts,looking at both the barriers and support to this activism, with a particular focus on security of activists.

White Ribbon Campaign
www.whiteribbon.com/
The WRC is the largest effort in the world of men working to end men's violence against women. It relies on volunteer support and financial contributions from individuals and organisations.

World Health Organisation
www.who.int/health_topics/gender_based_violence/en/
This page provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programmes and offices working on this topic. Also shown are links to related web sites and topics.

Europe

Daphne II - EU programme to combat violence against children, young people and women
www.europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/funding/daphne/funding_daphne_en.htm
The Daphne II programme runs from 2004 until 2008 with a budget of EUR 50 million. It aims at supporting organisations that develop measures and actions to prevent or to combat all types of violence against children, young people and women and to protect the victims and groups at-risk.

European Info Centre on Violence Against Women
www.wave-network.org
The Info Centre is part of the WAVE Network which is Europe's largest association of women's NGOs combating violence against women.

European Women’s Lobby
www.womenlobby.org
The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest coordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States. The EWL's goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve as a link between political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level.

EWL Policy Action Centre on Violence Against Women www.womenlobby.org/Document.asp?DocID=46&tod=17045
In 1997, the first ever European Policy Action Centre on Violence Against Women was established to provide a forum for women’s NGOs to enable them to take a leadership role in engaging policy and decision-makers to take responsibility for violence against women.

IPPF European Network
www.ippfen.org
The IPPF European Network (IPPF EN) is one of six regions of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the world's largest voluntary organisation in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights, founded in Bombay in 1952. The IPPF European Network has Member Associations in 39 countries and is active in several more throughout Europe and Central Asia.

Rape Crisis Network Europe
www.rcne.com/
The aim of the Rape Crisis Network Europe is to support members and survivors through: counselling legal and support services in over 30 countries, providing an Europe-wide data collection and research, providing training for volunteers, workers and professionals, influencing curriculum development through educators and policymakers, lobbying for change in legal provisions, service standards, funding and resources and international linking for action through support and pressure.

Women Against Violence in Europe
www.wave-network.org/
WAVE is a network of European women's non-governmental organisations working in the field of combating violence against women and children (women's refuges, counselling centers, SOS hotlines/helplines, organisations focusing on prevention and training, etc.). Currently the network focuses specifically on violence in the family and in intimate relationships.

National

Belgium

Anti Trafficking Centre
www.atc.org.yu
The association "Anti Trafficking Center"(ATC) is a citizens' association whose mission is to promote universal human rights in Serbia and Montenegro and the region, with a special emphasis on the CAUSES of the problem of trafficking in human beings, such as gender-based violence, poverty, unemployment, and the lack of suitable opportunities.

Garance
www.garance.be
Garance is a non-profit organisation which aims at enabling women and girls to self-defense in all every day life situations.

Women's Issues Information Centre (WIIC)
www.lygus.lt
The Women's Issues Information Centre (WIIC) is the national information service in Lithuania on the position of women and it is the focal point for national and international exchange of information in Lithuania. The WIIC is a registered NGO established to promote equal rights. It also assists women's NGOs and individuals by providing information, publications, etc.

France

Le Bus des Femmes
www.busdesfemmes.free.fr
This association works directly with women victims of prostitution to help them living in dignity and access to social rights. Le Bus des Femmes also works on prevention of human trafficking.

Groupe Femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (GAMS)
www.perso.wanadoo.fr/..associationgams
GAMS put together African and French experts to fight against female genital mutilations.

Le Mouvement du Nid
www.mouvementdunid.org/default.html
This movement fights against prostitution and helps prostitutes to escape prostitution.

Ni Putes Ni Soumises
www.niputesnisoumises.com/html/index.php
Ni Putes Ni Soumises is a mixed and grass roots movement created after the Women's March against ghettos and for equality which took place throughout France between the 1st of February and the 8th of March.

SOS Femmes Accueil
www.sosfemmes.com
SOS Femmes Accueil is a refuge center for women in need and/or victims of violence.

Unité de Reflexion et d'Action des Communautés Africaines (URACA)
http://www.uraca.org/
URACA's work focuses on the global health and social prevention in relation with the defense of African cultures.

Germany

BAF (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft autonomer Frauennotrufe)
www.frauennotrufe.de
Frauennotruf is a service provider for women victims of violence.

baKum
www.bakum-sv.de
baKum is an institution for self-defense which provides a wide range of courses and workshops in Berlin.

Ban Ying
www.ban-ying.de
Ban Ying is Thai for "house of women". The organization was founded in 1988 and now comprises two projects, a shelter and a coordination center for women from Southeast Asia.

BIG
www.big-interventionszentrale.de
The Berliner Interventionszentrale bei häuslicher Gewalt works at the structural and political level to develop and improve measures and strategies against domestic violence against women and their children.

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Feministischer Projekte gegen sexuelle Gewalt an Maedchen und Frauen e.V.
www.bag-forsa.de/en/index.htm
BAG FORSA a German association of feminist projects opposing sexual violence against girls and women, is a trans-regional network representing the interests of associations throughout Germany that are committed to ending sexual violence against girls and women.

Luxembourg

Femmes en Détresse
www.fed.lu/
Femmes en Détresse offers women and their children protection against men's violence.

Mouvement Luxembourgeois pour le Planning Familial et l'Education Sexuelle
www.ippfen.org/site.html?page=9&lang=en#85
The MLPFES promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights through medical and psychological consultations and information on sexuality in all its forms for everybody. MLPFES conducts advocacy and provides services for women and girls who have experienced violence.

United Kingdom

CWASU
www.cwasu.org
The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit was founded in 1987 to develop feminist research methodologies, theory and practice, especially in relation to connections between forms of sexualised violence. CWASU now has a national and international reputation for its research, training and consultancy work, which involves a creative combination of large and small scale research projects, training, policy development and networking, bridging the worlds of academia, policy, practice and activism.

Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development
www.forwarduk.org.uk
FORWARD is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving the health and well-being of African women and girls wherever they reside. FORWARD promotes action to stop harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced marriages, which violate the human rights of women and girls and adversely affects their health and well-being.

Greater London Domestic Violence Project
www.gldvp.org.uk
GLDVP (part of London Action Trust) works to increase safety for survivors of domestic violence, and to hold abusers accountable for their behaviour by providing second-tier support and promoting joint working between direct service providers.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
www.ippf.org/index.asp
International Planned Parenthood Federation is the world's largest voluntary organisation working to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights in over 180 countries. IPPF fights to reduce maternal deaths, help young people protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS and provides family planning services in areas of need. Ensuring that women and girls live free from all forms of violence is crucial to ensure their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Justice for Women
www.jfw.org.uk/
Justice For Women is a feminist organisation that campaigns and supports women who have fought back against or killed violent male partners.

Newham Asian Women's Project
www.nawp.org
NAWP provides advice and support for Asian women and children experiencing domestic violence.

Tender
www.tender.org.uk
Tender is a venture promoting non-violence in relationships. It aims to reduce the level of domestic violence, wherever and whenever it may happen, by raising awareness through cultural events and educational projects.

Truth about Rape campaign
www.truthaboutrape.co.uk
The TAR campaign aims to challenge myths about rape, and bring the truth and realities of rape back onto the public agenda. Since the launch in November 2002 we been responsible for providing critical comment on a number of media related issues on rape.

Women's Aid
www.womensaid.org.uk
Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children. Its mission is to advocate for abused women and children and to ensure their safety.

Cultural organisations and initiatives by, for and with women

Commercial productions of The Vagina Monologues

United Kingdom
Monologues Ltd
www.vaginamonologues.co.uk/main.htm

Publishers of The Vagina Monologues

English: Virago Press
www.virago.co.uk/

German:
Play: S-Fischer Verlag
www.fischerverlage.de/
Book: Nautilus
www.edition-nautilus.de/

Other interesting organisations

C.A.U.S.E. (Coalition of Artists United for Social Engagement)
www.the-cause.org
C.A.U.S.E. is a Europe based CSO (Civil Society Organisation) founded by the Belgian-Philippine artist Gino d'Artali and aiming at creating awareness about violence towards women and children. This through "FacingFaces", an ongoing nomadic-organic art- and poetry project, established in 2001 and since traveling the world. The art- and poetry collection is also available to support theme related activities and events organised by third parties.

Intercultural women's music festival (Germany)
www.frauenmusikfestival.de
This is an intercultural women's music festival located in Hunsrück, Germany.

Ladyfest Europe
www.ladyfesteurope.org
Ladyfests are non-profit events organised mainly by women; they aims to showcase the talents of female artists and performers. The events are focused mainly on encouraging the talent of women and girls, but are open to everyone. Its roots are in the underground scene.

Moonday(Belgium)
www.moonday.org
Moonday is an association which aim is to promote women's creativity in very different areas such as dance, music, graphics, etc.

PeriHelion
www.perihelion.bravehost.com
The aim of the group is to produce multidisciplinary and multicultural art in Finland and abroad. At the moment, PeriHelion consists of a theatre group and a writing club.

• V-Day Websites
• International
• Europe
• National
• Cultural organisations and initiatives by, for and with women

V-Day websites

V-Day:
www.vday.org
V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organisations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual slavery.

V-Day Finland
www.vdayhelsinki.cjb.net

V-Day Iceland
www.vdagur.is

V-Day Lithuania
www.lygus.lt/ITC/smurtas.php?id=162

V-Day Poland
www.vday.za.pl

V-Day United Kingdom
www.vdayuk.org

International

Amnesty International Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women
http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/index-eng
On March the 8th 2004, Amnesty International launched a two-year campaign to stop violence against women. Amnesty International is calling on all governments as well as private actors, institutions and individuals to take immediate steps to put an end to violence against women and to redress the suffering it causes.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
www.catwinternational.org/
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes women's human rights. It works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms.

Equality Now
www.equalitynow.org/
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organisations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and adds an international action overlay to support their efforts to advance equality rights and defend individual women who are suffering abuse.

European White Ribbon Campaign
www.eurowrc.org/
The WRC is the largest effort in the world of men working to end men's violence against women. It relies on volunteer support and financial contributions from individuals and organisations.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
www.ippf.org/
IPPF is the world’s largest voluntary organisation working to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights in over 180 countries. IPPF fights to reduce maternal deaths, help young people protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS and provides family planning services in areas of need. Ensuring that women and girls live free from all forms of violence is crucial to ensure their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Joyce Tenneson
www.tenneson.com/col/col_va_01.html
Joyce Tenneson is an highly talented photographer who has done wonderful portraits of V-Day supporters and Vagina warriors. She will soon publish a book in collaboration with Eve Ensler.

MisFortune500
www.misfortune500.org/
MisFortune500 is an exciting new web-based resource that will expose how corporate activities violate women's human rights, workers' rights and the environment and highlight what women worldwide are doing about it.

Stop Violence Against Women
www.stopvaw.org/Stop_Violence_Against_Women.html
The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy and change. STOPVAW was developed with support from and in consultation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program. This site addresses violence against women as one of the most pervasive human rights abuses.

UNFPA
www.unfpa.org/gender/violence.htm
www.unfpa.org/intercenter/violence/
The Website has a section on violence against women, including an interactive population centre on violence against girls and women.

UNIFEM
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=24
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=57
www.unifem.org/filesconfirmed/2/283_at_a_glance_trust_fund.pdf
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. Its key tool to end violence against women is the UNIFEM Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women.

UN Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences
www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/b/women/
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in resolution 1994/45, adopted on 4 March 1994, decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on violence against women, including its causes and consequences. The current rapporteur is Dr. Yakin Ertürk (Turkey).

Urgent Action Fund
www.urgentactionfund.org/publications.html
Der Eilaktionsfonds für Menschenrechte von Frauen, der als einziger internationaler Fonds kurzfristig auf den Schutz der Menschenrechte von Frauen weltweit reagiert, veröffentlichte küzlich das Buch =Rising up in Response: Women's Rights Activism in Conflict„ , welches Aktivismus für Frauenrechte mit einem besonderen Schwerpunkt auf der Sicherheit der Aktivistinnen untersucht.

White Ribbon Campaign
www.whiteribbon.com/
The WRC is the largest effort in the world of men working to end men's violence against women. It relies on volunteer support and financial contributions from individuals and organisations.

World Health Organisation
www.who.int/health_topics/gender_based_violence/en/
This page provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programmes and offices working on this topic. Also shown are links to related web sites and topics.

Europe

Daphne II - EU programme to combat violence against children, young people and women
www.europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/funding/daphne/funding_daphne_en.htm
The Daphne II programme runs from 2004 until 2008 with a budget of EUR 50 million. It aims at supporting organisations that develop measures and actions to prevent or to combat all types of violence against children, young people and women and to protect the victims and groups at-risk.

European Info Centre on Violence Against Women
www.wave-network.org
The Info Centre is part of the WAVE Network which is Europe's largest association of women's NGOs combating violence against women.

European Women’s Lobby
www.womenlobby.org
The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest coordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States. The EWL's goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve as a link between political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level.

EWL Policy Action Centre on Violence Against Women www.womenlobby.org/Document.asp?DocID=46&tod=17045
In 1997, the first ever European Policy Action Centre on Violence Against Women was established to provide a forum for women’s NGOs to enable them to take a leadership role in engaging policy and decision-makers to take responsibility for violence against women.

IPPF European Network
www.ippfen.org
The IPPF European Network (IPPF EN) is one of six regions of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the world's largest voluntary organisation in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights, founded in Bombay in 1952. The IPPF European Network has Member Associations in 39 countries and is active in several more throughout Europe and Central Asia.

Rape Crisis Network Europe
www.rcne.com/
The aim of the Rape Crisis Network Europe is to support members and survivors through: counselling legal and support services in over 30 countries, providing an Europe-wide data collection and research, providing training for volunteers, workers and professionals, influencing curriculum development through educators and policymakers, lobbying for change in legal provisions, service standards, funding and resources and international linking for action through support and pressure.

Women Against Violence in Europe
www.wave-network.org/
WAVE is a network of European women's non-governmental organisations working in the field of combating violence against women and children (women's refuges, counselling centers, SOS hotlines/helplines, organisations focusing on prevention and training, etc.). Currently the network focuses specifically on violence in the family and in intimate relationships.

National

Belgium

Anti Trafficking Centre
www.atc.org.yu
The association "Anti Trafficking Center"(ATC) is a citizens' association whose mission is to promote universal human rights in Serbia and Montenegro and the region, with a special emphasis on the CAUSES of the problem of trafficking in human beings, such as gender-based violence, poverty, unemployment, and the lack of suitable opportunities.

Garance
www.garance.be
Garance is a non-profit organisation which aims at enabling women and girls to self-defense in all every day life situations.

Women's Issues Information Centre (WIIC)
www.lygus.lt
The Women's Issues Information Centre (WIIC) is the national information service in Lithuania on the position of women and it is the focal point for national and international exchange of information in Lithuania. The WIIC is a registered NGO established to promote equal rights. It also assists women's NGOs and individuals by providing information, publications, etc.

France

Le Bus des Femmes
www.busdesfemmes.free.fr
This association works directly with women victims of prostitution to help them living in dignity and access to social rights. Le Bus des Femmes also works on prevention of human trafficking.

Groupe Femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (GAMS)
www.perso.wanadoo.fr/..associationgams
GAMS put together African and French experts to fight against female genital mutilations.

Le Mouvement du Nid
www.mouvementdunid.org/default.html
This movement fights against prostitution and helps prostitutes to escape prostitution.

Ni Putes Ni Soumises
www.niputesnisoumises.com/html/index.php
Ni Putes Ni Soumises is a mixed and grass roots movement created after the Women's March against ghettos and for equality which took place throughout France between the 1st of February and the 8th of March.

SOS Femmes Accueil
www.sosfemmes.com
SOS Femmes Accueil is a refuge center for women in need and/or victims of violence.

Unité de Reflexion et d'Action des Communautés Africaines (URACA)
http://www.uraca.org/
URACA's work focuses on the global health and social prevention in relation with the defense of African cultures.

Germany

BAF (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft autonomer Frauennotrufe)
www.frauennotrufe.de
Frauennotruf is a service provider for women victims of violence.

baKum
www.bakum-sv.de
baKum is an institution for self-defense which provides a wide range of courses and workshops in Berlin.

Ban Ying
www.ban-ying.de
Ban Ying is Thai for "house of women". The organization was founded in 1988 and now comprises two projects, a shelter and a coordination center for women from Southeast Asia.

BIG
www.big-interventionszentrale.de
The Berliner Interventionszentrale bei häuslicher Gewalt works at the structural and political level to develop and improve measures and strategies against domestic violence against women and their children.

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Feministischer Projekte gegen sexuelle Gewalt an Maedchen und Frauen e.V.
www.bag-forsa.de/en/index.htm
BAG FORSA a German association of feminist projects opposing sexual violence against girls and women, is a trans-regional network representing the interests of associations throughout Germany that are committed to ending sexual violence against girls and women.

Luxembourg

Femmes en Détresse
www.fed.lu/
Femmes en Détresse offers women and their children protection against men's violence.

Mouvement Luxembourgeois pour le Planning Familial et l'Education Sexuelle
www.ippfen.org/site.html?page=9&lang=en#85
The MLPFES promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights through medical and psychological consultations and information on sexuality in all its forms for everybody. MLPFES conducts advocacy and provides services for women and girls who have experienced violence.

United Kingdom

CWASU
www.cwasu.org
The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit was founded in 1987 to develop feminist research methodologies, theory and practice, especially in relation to connections between forms of sexualised violence. CWASU now has a national and international reputation for its research, training and consultancy work, which involves a creative combination of large and small scale research projects, training, policy development and networking, bridging the worlds of academia, policy, practice and activism.

Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development
www.forwarduk.org.uk
FORWARD is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving the health and well-being of African women and girls wherever they reside. FORWARD promotes action to stop harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced marriages, which violate the human rights of women and girls and adversely affects their health and well-being.

Greater London Domestic Violence Project
www.gldvp.org.uk
GLDVP (part of London Action Trust) works to increase safety for survivors of domestic violence, and to hold abusers accountable for their behaviour by providing second-tier support and promoting joint working between direct service providers.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
www.ippf.org/index.asp
International Planned Parenthood Federation is the world's largest voluntary organisation working to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights in over 180 countries. IPPF fights to reduce maternal deaths, help young people protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS and provides family planning services in areas of need. Ensuring that women and girls live free from all forms of violence is crucial to ensure their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Justice for Women
www.jfw.org.uk/
Justice For Women is a feminist organisation that campaigns and supports women who have fought back against or killed violent male partners.

Newham Asian Women's Project
www.nawp.org
NAWP provides advice and support for Asian women and children experiencing domestic violence.

Tender
www.tender.org.uk
Tender is a venture promoting non-violence in relationships. It aims to reduce the level of domestic violence, wherever and whenever it may happen, by raising awareness through cultural events and educational projects.

Truth about Rape campaign
www.truthaboutrape.co.uk
The TAR campaign aims to challenge myths about rape, and bring the truth and realities of rape back onto the public agenda. Since the launch in November 2002 we been responsible for providing critical comment on a number of media related issues on rape.

Women's Aid
www.womensaid.org.uk
Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children. Its mission is to advocate for abused women and children and to ensure their safety.

Cultural organisations and initiatives by, for and with women

Commercial productions of The Vagina Monologues

United Kingdom
Monologues Ltd
www.vaginamonologues.co.uk/main.htm

Publishers of The Vagina Monologues

English: Virago Press
www.virago.co.uk/

German:
Play: S-Fischer Verlag
www.fischerverlage.de/
Book: Nautilus
www.edition-nautilus.de/

Other interesting organisations

C.A.U.S.E. (Coalition of Artists United for Social Engagement)
www.the-cause.org
C.A.U.S.E. is a Europe based CSO (Civil Society Organisation) founded by the Belgian-Philippine artist Gino d'Artali and aiming at creating awareness about violence towards women and children. This through "FacingFaces", an ongoing nomadic-organic art- and poetry project, established in 2001 and since traveling the world. The art- and poetry collection is also available to support theme related activities and events organised by third parties.

Intercultural women's music festival (Germany)
www.frauenmusikfestival.de
This is an intercultural women's music festival located in Hunsrück, Germany.

Ladyfest Europe
www.ladyfesteurope.org
Ladyfests are non-profit events organised mainly by women; they aims to showcase the talents of female artists and performers. The events are focused mainly on encouraging the talent of women and girls, but are open to everyone. Its roots are in the underground scene.

Moonday(Belgium)
www.moonday.org
Moonday is an association which aim is to promote women's creativity in very different areas such as dance, music, graphics, etc.

PeriHelion
www.perihelion.bravehost.com
The aim of the group is to produce multidisciplinary and multicultural art in Finland and abroad. At the moment, PeriHelion consists of a theatre group and a writing club.

• Sites le V-Day
• Sites internationaux
• Sites européens
• National
• Organisations culturelles et initiatives par, pour et avec les femmes

Sites le V-Day

V-Day:
www.vday.org
V-Day est un mouvement mondial pour mettre fin à la violence envers les femmes et les jeunes filles. V-Day est un catalyseur pour sensibiliser l'opinion publique, collecter des fonds et revitaliser les organisations existantes. V-Day attire l'attention sur les initiatives pour mettre fin à la violence envers les femmes et les jeunes filles, notamment le viol, la violence domestique, l'inceste, les mutilations génitales féminines et l'exploitation sexuelle.

V-Day Finlande
www.vdayhelsinki.cjb.net

V-Day Islande
www.vdagur.is

V-Day Lituanie
www.lygus.lt/ITC/smurtas.php?id=162

V-Day Pologne
www.vday.za.pl

V-Day Royaume-Uni
www.vdayuk.org

Sites internationaux

Campagne d'Amnesty International pour mettre à la violence envers les femmes
http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/index-eng
Le 8 mars 2004, Amnesty International a lancé une campagne de deux ans pour mettre fin à la violence envers les femmes. Amnesty International appelle tous les gouvernements ainsi que le secteur privé, les institutions et les individus à prendre des mesures immédiates pour mettre fin à la violence envers les femmes et les souffrances qu'elle cause.

La Coalition Contre le Trafic des Femmes
www.catwinternational.org/
La Coalition Contre le Trafic des Femmes est une organisation feministe non-gouvernementale (ONG), qui cherche a promouvoir les droits humains des femmes. Au niveau international, nous combattons en particulier la prostitution, le trafic des femmes et l'exploitation sexuelle sous toutes ses formes.

Equality Now
www.equalitynow.org/
Equality Now a été fondée en 1992 pour protéger et promouvoir les droits humains des femmes à travers le monde. En travaillant avec des organisations nationales pour les droits humains et avec des activistes, Equality Now fournit des informations sur les violences et les discriminations envers les femmes et met en place des actions au niveau international pour promouvoir et défendre des femmes victimes d'abus.

European White Ribbon Campaign
www.eurowrc.org/
La campagne WRC est le plus grand mouvement d'hommes pour lutter contre la violence envers les femmes. Ce mouvement repose sur l'aide de bénévoles et sur le soutien financier d'individuels et d'organisations.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
www.ippf.org/
IPPF est la plus grande organisation consacrée à la santé et aux droits sexuels et reproductifs dans plus de 180 pays. IPPF se bat pour réduire les décés à l'accouchement, encourage les jeunes à se protéger de grossesses non désirées et du SIDA et fournit des services de planning familial dans les secteurs dans le besoin. S'assurer que les femmes et les jeunes filles vivent libres de toutes formes de violence est crucial pour protéger leurs droits sexuels et reproductifs.

Joyce Tenneson
www.tenneson.com/col/col_va_01.html
Joyce Tenneson est une photographe merveilleuse qui a mis son talent au service de V-Day en faisant de magnifiques portraits des supporters du V-Day et des guerrièr-e-s du vagin. Elle va publier un livre en collaboration avec Eve Ensler d'ici peu.

MisFortune500
www.misfortune500.org/
MisFortune500 est une nouvelle base de données sur internet qui présente comment des entreprises transgressent les droits des femmes, des travailleurs et endommagent l'environnement. Ce site souligne les initiatives des femmes contre ces phénomènes.

Stop Violence Against Women
www.stopvaw.org/Stop_Violence_Against_Women.html
The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) est un forum dinformation, de lobby et pour le changement. STOPVAW a été développé avec le support et en consultation avec le Fond de Développement des Nations Unies pour les Femmes (UNIFEM) et le Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program. Ce mouvement considère la violence envers les femmes comme une des violations des droits humains les plus graves.

UNFPA
www.unfpa.org/gender/violence.htm
www.unfpa.org/intercenter/violence/
Ce site a une section sur la violence envers les femmes et contient un centre interactif sur la population sur la violence envers les femmes et les jeunes filles.

UNIFEM
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=24
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=57
www.unifem.org/filesconfirmed/2/283_at_a_glance_trust_fund.pdf
UNIFEM est le fonds pour les femmes des Nations Unies. Il fournit une assistance technique et financière pour des stratégies et des programmes novateurs qui défendent les droits des femmes, leur participation politique et leur sécurité économique. Le principal outil pour lutter contre la violence envers les femmes est le Fond UNIFEM pour le soutien des actions pour éliminer la violence envers les femmes.

UN Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences
www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/b/women/
La Commission des Nations Unies sur les droits humains dans sa résolution 1994/45 adoptée le 4 mars 1994, a décidé d'engager un rapporteur spécial sur la violence envers les femmes, ses causes et se conséquences.

Urgent Action Fund
www.urgentactionfund.org/publications.html
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, the only international fund designed to respond on a short notice to the protection of women's human rights globally recently produced a book, Rising up in Response: Women's Rights Activism in Conflict, that explores women's rights activism in conflicts,looking at both the barriers and support to this activism, with a particular focus on security of activists.

White Ribbon Campaign
www.whiteribbon.com/
La campagne WRC est le plus grand mouvement d'hommes pour lutter contre la violence envers les femmes. Ce mouvement repose sur l'aide de bénévoles et sur le soutien financier d'individuels et d'organisations.

World Health Organisation
www.who.int/health_topics/gender_based_violence/en/
Cette page de référence propose des liens conduisant à des descriptions des activités, des rapports, des informations et des évènements, ainsi qu'à des contacts et aux partenaires des différents programmes et bureaux de l'OMS travaillant sur le sujet. On trouvera également des liens vers d'autres sites Web et sujets connexes.

Sites européens

Daphne II - Programme de l'EU pour lutter contre la violence envers les enfants, les jeunes et les femmes
www.europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/gender_equality/index_fr.html
Le programme Daphne II se déroule de 2004 à 2008 avec un budget de 50 millions d'Euro. Son but est de soutenir des organisations qui développent des mesures et des actions pour empêcher et lutter contre toutes formes de violence contre les enfants, les jeunes et les femmes et pour protéger les victimes et les groupes à risques.

European Info Centre on Violence Against Women
www.wave-network.org
Le Info Centre fait partie du réseau WAVE, la plus grande coalition d'ONG contre la violence envers les femmes.

Lobby Européen des Femmes
www.womenlobby.org
Le Lobby européen des femmes est la plus grande coalition d'organisations de femmes de l'Union européenne. Le LEF est composé d'organisations féminines nationales des 15 Etats membres et d'organisations européennes. Le LEF compte actuellement plus de 3000 membres et a pour objectif la réalisation de l'égalité femmes-hommes. Le LEF sert également de lien entre les responsables politiques et les organisations de femmes au niveau de l'Union européenne.

Centre pour une politique contre la violence envers les femmes www.womenlobby.org/Document.asp?DocID=46&tod=17045
En 1997, le LEF a créé le premier Centre européen pour la promotion d'une politique contre la violence à l'égard des femmes dans le but de permettre aux ONG de femmes de jouer un rôle de leadership dans l'engagement des politiques et d'inciter les décideurs politiques à prendre leurs responsabilités dans ce domaine.

IPPF European Network
www.ippfen.org
Le réseau européen IPPF (IPPF EN) est l'une des six antennes de International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), la plus grande organsation consacrée à la santé et aux droits sexuels et reproductifs créee à Bombay en 1952. Le réseau européen IPPF a des membres dans 39 pays et est actif dans d'autres en Europe et en asie Centrale.

Rape Crisis Network Europe
www.rcne.com/
Les objectifs du RCNE sont : Fournir des informations en rassemblant les faits, en échangeant les expériences, en disséminant les résultats ; Conduire des recherches sur l'ensemble des activités en Europe et sur les expériences des femmes ; Fournir des formations pour les volontaires, travailleurs et professionnels ; Faire du lobbying pour modifier les lois, la diversité et la qualité des services proposés, créer des ressources pour les groupes et les organisations qui travaillent avec les victimes/survivantes et pour organiser les campagnes d'information nécessaires.

Women Against Violence in Europe
www.wave-network.org/
WAVE est un réseau d'ONG de femmes européennes qui s'efforcent de lutter contre la violence envers les femmes et les enfants (refuges de femmes, centre de conseil, lignes téléphoniques d'aide, organisations faisant des trainngs et des formations, etc) Pour le moment, le mouvement se consacre aux violences dans la famille et dans les relations intimes.

National

Belgique

Anti Trafficking Centre
www.atc.org.yu
L'association ATC est une association de citoyens dont la mission est de promouvoir des droits de l'homme universels en Serbie et Montenegro et leurs alentours, avec une insistance toute particulière sur les CAUSES de la traite des êtres humains, telles que la violence, la pauvreté, le chômage, et le manque de perspective de changement.

Garance
www.garance.be
Garance est une organisation non-lucrative qui s'efforce de permettre aux femmes et aux filles de se défendre dans les situations de la vie de tous les jours.

Women's Issues Information Centre (WIIC)
www.lygus.lt
Le WIIC est le service national de renseignements en Lituanie specialisé dans le droit des femmes. C'est le lieu principal de l'échange national et international de renseignements en Lituanie. Le WIIC est enregistrée comme ONG, promouvant des droits égaux entre les hommes et les femmes. Il propose à toutes les femmes des informaations, des publications.

France

Le Bus des Femmes
www.busdesfemmes.free.fr
Cette association travaille directement avec les femmes victimes de la prostitution et les aide à vivre dans la dignité et à accéder à leurs droits sociaux. Le Bus des Femmes fait aussi de la prévention sur le thème de la traite des êtres humains.

Groupe Femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (GAMS)
www.perso.wanadoo.fr/..associationgams
Le GAMS reunit des expert-e-s africaines et françaises pour lutter contre les mutilations génitales féminines.

Le Mouvement du Nid
www.mouvementdunid.org/default.html
Ce mouvement se bat contre la prostitution et aide les prostituées à échapper à la prostitution.

Ni Putes Ni Soumises
www.niputesnisoumises.com/html/index.php
Ni Putes Ni Soumises est un mouvement mixte et populaire crée après la marche des femmes contre la violence dans les banlieues et pour l'égalité qui a eu lieu à travers la France entre le premier février et le 8 mars.

SOS Femmes Accueil
www.sosfemmes.com
SOS Femmes Accueil est un centre pour les femmes dans le besoin et/ou victimes de violence.

Unité de Reflexion et d'Action des Communautés Africaines (URACA)
http://www.uraca.org/
le travail de l'URACA est consacré à la prévention dans les domaines sociaux et de la santé en relation avec les ultures africaines.

Allemagne

BAF (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft autonomer Frauennotrufe)
www.frauennotrufe.de
Frauennotruf est un prestateur de service pour les femmes victimes de violences.

baKum
www.bakum-sv.de
baKum est une organisation d'auto-défense qui fournit un large choix de cours et d'ateliers à Berlin.

Ban Ying
www.ban-ying.de
Ban Ying veut dire 'maison de femmes' en thaïlandais. Cette organisation a été créée en 1988 et comprend deux projets, un refuge et un centre de coordination pour les femmes sud-asiatiques.

BIG
www.big-interventionszentrale.de
L'association Berliner Interventionszentrale bei häuslicher Gewalt travaille au niveau structurel et européen pour développer et améliorer les mesures et stratégies contre la violence envers les femmes et leurs enfants.

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Feministischer Projekte gegen sexuelle Gewalt an Maedchen und Frauen e.V.
www.bag-forsa.de/en/index.htm
BAG FORSA est une association allemande qui développe des projets féministes opposés à la violence envers les femmes et les filles. C'est un réseau transnational qui représente les associations à travers l'Allemagne qui s'engagent à mettre fin à la violence envers les femmes.

Luxembourg

Femmes en Détresse
www.fed.lu/
L'association a pour objet d'offrir aux femmes, à leurs enfants, et aux jeunes filles une protection efficace contre la violence par le développement et la gestion des maisons pour femmes et jeunes filles en détresse, de centres d'information et de consultation.

Mouvement Luxembourgeois pour le Planning Familial et l'Education Sexuelle
www.ippfen.org/site.html?page=9&lang=en#85
Le MLPFES défend la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs à travers des consultations médicales et psychologiques et des informations sur la sexualité sous toutes ses formes et pour tous. Le MLPFES mène des campagnes fournit des services pour les femmes et les filles qui ont subi des violences.

Royaume Uni

CWASU
www.cwasu.org
The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit a été crée en 1987 pour développer des méthodologies, théories et pratiques de recherche féministes, en particulier en ce qui concerne les relations entre les différentes formes de violences sexualisées. CWASU a acquis une réputation nationale et internationale pour ses recherches et son travail de consultation qui comprend un ensemble de projets à petite et à grande échelle, des formations, des coopérations entre le monde politique et académique, et de l'activisme.

Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development
www.forwarduk.org.uk
FORWARD est une organisation non-gouvernementale qui s'efforce d'améliorer la santé et le bien être des femmes et des jeunes filles africaines, quelque soit leur lieu de résidence. FORWARD encourage à l'action pour arrêter les pratiques traditionnelles comme les mutilations génitales féminines et les mariages forcés, qui violent les droits humains des femmes et des jeunes et affectent sérieusement leur santé et leur ben être.

Greater London Domestic Violence Project
www.gldvp.org.uk
GLDVP s'efforce d'améliorer la sécurité des survivantes de violence domestique, et de mettre les agresseurs face à leurs comportements et à leurs actes en leur offrant le soutien et nécessaire et encourageant la coopération des prestataires de services.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
www.ippf.org/index.asp
International Planned Parenthood Federation est une organisation, la plus large au monde, qui s'efforce de promouvoir la santé sexuelle et reproductive dans plus de 180 pays. IPPF se bat pour réduire les décès à l'accouchements, aide les jeunes à se protéger de grossesses non souhaitées et du SIDA et fournit des services de planning familial dans les quartiers dans le besoin. S'assurer que les femmes et les filles vivent libérées de toutes les formes de violence et crucial pour protéger leurs droits sexuels et reproductifs.

Justice for Women
www.jfw.org.uk/
Justice For Women est une organisation féministe qui fait campagne et soutient les femmes qui ont résisté à ou tué leur partenaires masculin violent.

Newham Asian Women's Project
www.nawp.org
NAWP fournit des conseils et des soutiens pour les femmes asiatiques et leurs enfants victimes de violence domestique.

Tender
www.tender.org.uk
Tender est un projet dont le but est de promouvoir la non-violence dans les relations. Leur objectif est de réduire la violence domestique, quels que soient le moment et l'endroit, en sensibilisant l'opinion publique à travers des événements culturels et des projets éducatifs.

Truth about Rape campaign
www.truthaboutrape.co.uk
La campagne TAR vise à briser les mythes autour du viol et dévoile la vérité sur les réalités du viol auprès de l'opinion publique.

Women's Aid
www.womensaid.org.uk
Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) est une association nationale pour lutter contre la violence domestique envers les femmes et les enfants. Sa mission est de faire campagne pour assurer la sécurité des femmes et des enfants victimes d'abus.

Organisations culturelles et initiatives par, pour et avec des femmes

Production Commerciale des Monologues du Vagin

Royaume Uni
Monologues Ltd
www.vaginamonologues.co.uk/main.htm

Editeurs des Monologues du Vagin

Anglais: Virago Press
www.virago.co.uk/

Allemand:
Pièce: S-Fischer Verlag
www.fischerverlage.de/
Livre : Nautilus
www.edition-nautilus.de/

Autres organisations

C.A.U.S.E. (Coalition of Artists United for Social Engagement)
www.the-cause.org
C.A.U.S.E est une CSO (Civil Society Organisation) basée en Europe et fondée par l'artiste belge-philippine Gino d'Artali et visant à sensibiliser la population au problème de la violence envers les femmes et les enfants. Et ceci à travers "FacingFaces", un projet artistique, progessif, organique ,nomade, et poétique, établi en 2001 et se diffusant dans le monde entier. La collection artistique et la poésie sont aussi disponibles pour supporter différentes activités et d'autres événements organisés par des tiers.

Intercultural women's music festival (Germany)
www.frauenmusikfestival.de
Il s'agit d'un festival interculturel situé à Hunsrück an Allemagne.

Ladyfest Europe
www.ladyfesteurope.org
Les Ladyfests sont des évènements non lucratifs organisés principalement par des femmes; leur but est de présenter de nouveaux talents féminins. Les évènements, même si leur principal objectif est de faire découvrir de jeunes talents féminins, est ouvert à tous. Ils prennent leurs racines dans la scène underground.

Moonday(Belgium)
www.moonday.org
Moonday est une association dont le but est de promouvoir la créativité des femmes dans des domaines divers et variés comme la danse, le graphisme, etc.

PeriHelion
www.perihelion.bravehost.com
Le but de ce groupe est de produire un art multidisciplinaire et multicultural à travers la Finlande et au-delà. Actuellement, PeriHelione est une troupe de théâtre et un club d'écriture.

• V-Day en el internet
• Internacional
• Europa
• Nacional
• Organizaciones y iniciativas culturales por, para y con mujeres

V-Day en el internet

V-Day:
www.vday.org
V-Day es un movimiento internacional que pretende actuar en contra del maltrato de las mujeres y niñas. V-Day es un catalizador que promueve el uso de eventos culturales para aumentar la conciencia, captar fondos y vigorizar el espíritu de las organizaciones ya existentes que trabajan en contra de la violencia. V-Day incrementa la atención prestada a la lucha en contra de la violencia contra las mujeres que existe en todo el mundo, como la violación, la agresión, el incesto, la mutilación genital femenina y la esclavitud sexual.

V-Day Finlandia
www.vdayhelsinki.cjb.net

V-Day Islandia
www.vdagur.is

V-Day Lituania
www.lygus.lt/ITC/smurtas.php?id=162

V-Day Polonia
www.vday.za.pl

V-Day Gran Bretaña
www.vdayuk.org

Internacional

Amnestía Internacional Campaña 'No Más Violencia contra las Mujeres'
www.es.amnesty.org/nomasviolencia
El 8 de marzo de 2004 Amnistía Internacional inició su campaña para la erradicación de la violencia de género. Amnistía quiere que, tanto los gobiernos como los entes privados, las instituciones y los individuos, tomen medidas inmediatas para acabar con la violencia de género y el sufrimiento que provoca.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (La Coalición Contra el Tráfico de Mujeres)
www.catwinternational.org/
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) es una organizacion no gubernamental que promueve los derecho humanos de las mujeres. Trabaja al nivel internacional para luchar contra la explotación sexual en todas sus formas.

Equality Now (Igualidad Ya)
www.equalitynow.org/
Equality Now se fundó en 1992 para proteger y promover los derechos humanos de las mujeres por todo el mundo. Trabajando con organizaciones de derechos humanos nacionales y activistas individuales, Equality Now documenta la violencia y discriminación a las cuales se enfrentan las mujeres y da apoyo a los esfuerzos para el mejoramiento de los derechos de igualdad y la defensa de las mujeres que sufren de la violencia.

La Campaña del Lazo Blanco
www.eurowrc.org/
La CLB es el mayor esfuerzo del mundo que trabajo para la erradicación de la violencia de género. Se fundamenta en el apoyo de los voluntariados y donaciones financieras que proviene de individuos y organizaciones.

International Planned Parenthood Federation (Federación Internacional para la Planificación Familiar)
www.ippf.org/
IPPF es la principal organización voluntaria que trabaja para la promoción de la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en más de 180 países. IPPF lucha para la reducción de las muertes maternales, para ayudar a los jóvenes protegerse de embarazos no deseados y el SIDA, y provee la planificación familiar en las áreas donde sea necesaria. Asegura que las mujeres y las niñas viven de toda forma de violencia es imprescindible para asegurar su salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos.

Joyce Tenneson
www.tenneson.com/col/col_va_01.html
Joyce Tenneson es una fotógrafa con mucho talento que ha hecho retratos preciosos de los colaboradoras de V-Day y los 'Vagina Warriors'. Está por publicar un libro en colaboración con Eve Ensler.

MisFortune500
www.misfortune500.org/
MisFortune500 is an exciting new web-based resource that will expose how corporate activities violate women's human rights, workers' rights and the environment and highlight what women worldwide are doing about it.

Stop Violence Against Women (No Más Violencia Contra las Mujeres)
www.stopvaw.org/Stop_Violence_Against_Women.html
El sitio web de Stop Violence Against Women (STOPVAW) es un foro de información, apoyo y cambio. STOPVAW se creó con el apoyo de y en consultación con UNIFEM (El Fondo de desarrollo las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer) y el Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program. Este sitio web define la violencia de género como una de las violaciones más penetrantes de los derechos humanos.

UNFPA
www.unfpa.org/gender/violence.htm
www.unfpa.org/intercenter/violence/
El sitio web incluye una sección sobre la violencia de género, incluso un centro interactivo sobre la violencia contra las mujeres y niñas.

UNIFEM
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=24
www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=57
www.unifem.org/filesconfirmed/2/283_at_a_glance_trust_fund.pdf
UNIFEM es el fondo para la mujer en las Naciones Unidas. Provee asistencia financiera y técnica a programas y estrategias innovadores que promueven los derechos humanos de las mujeres, la participación en los procesas políticos y la seguridad económica. La parte clave de su trabajo para la erradicación de la violencia de género es el Fondo de UNIFEM en Apoyo de las Acciones para la Erradicación de la Violencia de Género.

Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos sobre la violencia de género, sus causas y consecuencias
www.ohchr.org/spanish/issues/women/rapporteur
La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, en su Resolución 1994/45 que se adoptó el 4 de marzo de 1995, decidió nombrar una Relatora especial sobre la violencia contra la mujer, sus causas y consecuencias. La relatora especial actual es la Dra. Yakin Ertürk (Turkey).

Urgent Action Fund
www.urgentactionfund.org/publications.html
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, the only international fund designed to respond on a short notice to the protection of women's human rights globally recently produced a book, Rising up in Response: Women's Rights Activism in Conflict, that explores women's rights activism in conflicts,looking at both the barriers and support to this activism, with a particular focus on security of activists.

White Ribbon Campaign
www.whiteribbon.com/
La CLB es el mayor esfuerzo del mundo que trabajo para la erradicación de la violencia de género. Se fundamenta en el apoyo de los voluntariados y donaciones financieras que proviene de individuos y organizaciones.

La Organización Mundial de Salud
www.who.int/health_topics/gender_based_violence/en/
En esta página de consulta hallará enlaces hacia descripciones de actividades, informes, noticias y eventos, así como hacia los datos para entrar en contacto con los diversos programas y oficinas de la OMS que se ocupan de tema, y los asociados que colaboran con ellos. Asimismo, figuran enlaces hacia sitios web y temas relacionados.

Europa

Daphne II - Programa de la UE para la lucha contra la violencia contra los niños, los jóvenes y las mujeres.
www.europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/funding/daphne/funding_daphne_en.htm
El programa Daphne II está en vigor entre 2004 y 2008 con un presupuesto de 50 millones de euros. Pretende dar apoyo a las organizaciones que desarrollan medidas y proyectos para la prevención o la lucha contra todo tipo de violencia contra los niños, jóvenes y las mujeres, y la protección de las víctimas y las personas vulnerables.

European Info Centre on Violence Against Women (Centro Europeo de Información sobre la Violencia de Género)
www.wave-network.org
El Centro de Información forma parte de la red de WAVE, que es la mayor asociación de ONG de mujeres luchando contra la violencia de género.

El Lobby Europeo de la Mujer
www.womenlobby.org
El Lobby Europeo de la Mujer (EWL) es el principal coordinador de las ONG de mujeres nacionales y europeas de la Unión Europea., con más de 3000 miembros en los 15 estados miembros. El objetivo del Lobby es conseguir la igualdad entre las mujeres y los hombres en Europa y servir como cauce entre los legisladores y las organizaciones de mujeres, al nivel europeo.

EWL Policy Action Centre on Violence Against Women (EWL Centro para la Actuación Política) www.womenlobby.org/Document.asp?DocID=46&tod=17045
En 1997 se estableció el primer Centro Europeo de Actuación Política en el tema de la Violencia de Género, con el objetivo de crear un foro para que las ONG de mujeres puedan tomar un papel decisivo en el discurso con los políticos y legisladores y hacer que tomen la responsabilidad del tema de la violencia.

IPPF Red Europea
www.ippfen.org
La IPPF Red Europea (IPPF EN) es una de las seis regiones de la Federación Internacional de Planificación Familiar, la principal organización voluntaria que trabaja para la promoción de la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos que se fundó en Bombay en 1952. La IPPF Red Europa tiene miembros asociados en 39 países y está activa en unos cuantos más en Europa y la Asia Central.

Rape Crisis Network Europe (Red Europea en Contra de la Violación de Mujeres)
www.rcne.com/
Nuestro propósito es dar soporte a sus miembros y aquellas personas afectadas a través de: servicios jurídicos, de apoyo y de asesoramiento en más de 30 países, la realización de investigaciones al nivel europeo, formación de voluntariados, trabajadores y profesionales, incidencia en el desarrollo de los planes de estudios a través de los educadores y legisladores, la presión para suministros jurídicos, estándares de servicios, financiación y recursos, y la interconexión internacional a través del apoyo y presión.

Women Against Violence in Europe (Mujeres Contra la Violencia en Europa)
www.wave-network.org/
WAVE es una red de ONG de mujeres europeas que luchan contra la violencia de género (casas de acogida, centros de asesoramiento, líneas de atención, organizaciones que se centran en la prevención y la formación). Actualmente la red enfoca específicamente en el tema de la violencia familial y en relaciones íntimas.

Nacional

Bélgica

Anti Trafficking Centre (Centro contra el tráfico de personas)
www.atc.org.yu
La asociación "Anti Trafficking Center"(ATC) es una asociación de ciudadanos con el objetivo de promover los derechos humanos universals en Serbia y Montenegro y en la región, con una énfasis especial en las CAUSAS del problema del tráfico de personas, como la violencia de género, la pobreza, el desempleo, y la falta de oportunidades.

Garance
www.garance.be
Garance es una organización sin ánimo de lucro que pretende enseñar la autodefensa a las mujeres y niñas para el uso en cualquier situación.

Women's Issues Information Centre (WIIC)
www.lygus.lt
The Women's Issues Information Centre (WIIC) es el servicio de información nacional de Lituania sobre la posición de la mujer, y es un foro para el intercambio de información nacional e internacional. El WIIC es una ONG oficial que se estableció para la promoción de la igualdad. Además da asistencia a las ONG de mujeres y a individuos a través del suministro de información, publicaciones, etc.

Francia

Le Bus des Femmes
www.busdesfemmes.free.fr
Esta asociación trabaja directamente con las mujeres víctimas de la prostitución para darles la posibilidad de vivir con dignidad y acceder a sus derechos sociales. LeBus de Femmes también lucha para la prevención del tráfico de personas.

Groupe Femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles (GAMS)
www.perso.wanadoo.fr/..associationgams
GAMS reúne a expertos africanos y francesas para luchar contra la mutilación genital femenina.

Le Mouvement du Nid
www.mouvementdunid.org/default.html
Este movimiento lucha contra la prostitución y ayuda a las prostitutas escapar de la profesión.

Ni Putes Ni Soumises
www.niputesnisoumises.com/html/index.php
Ni Putes Ni Soumises es un movimiento mixto y de base que se creó después de la manifestación femenina contra los guetos y para la igualdad, que tuvo lugar por toda Francia entre el 1er de febrero y el 8 de marzo.

SOS Femmes Accueil
www.sosfemmes.com
SOS Femmes Accueil es un centro de acogida para las mujeres en dificultdad y/o víctimas de la violencia.

Unité de Reflexion et d'Action des Communautés Africaines (URACA)
http://www.uraca.org/
El trabajo de URACA se centra en la salud universal y la prevención social en conjunto con la defensa de las culturas africanas.

Alemania

BAF (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft autonomer Frauennotrufe)
www.frauennotrufe.de
Frauennotruf es un servicio para las mujeres víctimas de la violencia.

baKum
www.bakum-sv.de
baKum es una institución para la autodefensa que provee distintos cursos y talleres en Berlín.

Ban Ying
www.ban-ying.de
Ban Ying es tailandés por 'casa de las mujeres'. La organización se fundó en 1988 y actualmente consiste en dos proyectos, una casa de acogida y un centro de coordinación para las mujeres del Sudeste Asiático.

BIG
www.big-interventionszentrale.de
The Berliner Interventionszentrale bei häuslicher Gewalt trabaja al nivel político y institucional para el desarrollo y mejoramiento de las estrategias y medidas en contra de la violencia doméstica.

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Feministischer Projekte gegen sexuelle Gewalt an Maedchen und Frauen e.V.
www.bag-forsa.de/en/index.htm
BAG FORSA es un colectivo de proyectos feministas que oponen la violencia sexual contra las mujeres. Es una red transregional que representa a los interesas de las asociaciones alemanas que están comprometidas a la eliminación de la violencia sexual.

Luxemburgo

Femmes en Détresse
www.fed.lu/
Femmes en Détresse ofrece a las mujeres y sus niños la protección de la violencia de género.

Mouvement Luxembourgeois pour le Planning Familial et l'Education Sexuelle
www.ippfen.org/site.html?page=9&lang=en#85
El MLPFES promeuva los derechos sexuales y reproductivos a traves de consultaciones médicas y psicológicas, y información sobre la sexualidad en todas sus formas. MLPFES provee servicios para las mujeres que ha sufrido de la violencia.

Gran Bretaña

CWASU
www.cwasu.org
La Oficina de Estudios sobre el Abuso de Mujeres y Niños se fundó en 1987 para el desarrollo de la investigación metodológica, teorica y práctica feminista, sobre todo en cuanto a los vínculos entre las formas de la violencia sexual. Actualmente CWASU tiene reconocimiento nacional y internacional para su trabajo de investigación, formación y de asesoría, que incluye una combinación creativa de proyectos de investigación grandes y puntuales, formación, desarrollo de políticas y la creación de vínculos entre los mundos de la academia, la política, la práctica y el activismo.

Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (La Fundación para la Salud, la Investigación y el Desarrollo de las Mujeres)
www.forwarduk.org.uk
FORWARD en una organización internacional dedicada al mejoramiento de la salud y bienestar de las mujeres y niñas africanas vivan donde vivan. FORWARD promueva acciones para la eliminación de prácticas tradicionales como la mutilación genital femenina (MGF) y el matrimonio forzado, que violan los derechos humanos de las mujeres y las niñas, y tiene consecuencias para su salud y bienestar.

Greater London Domestic Violence Project (Proyecto Londinense de la Violencia Doméstica)
www.gldvp.org.uk
GLDVP pretende mejorar la seguridad de las mujeres víctimas de la violencia doméstica y velar que los agresores sean responsables de sus acciones a través del apoyo secundario y la promoción del trabajo interconectado entre los suministradores de servicios.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
www.ippf.org/index.asp
International Planned Parenthood Federation is the world's largest voluntary organisation working to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights in over 180 countries. IPPF fights to reduce maternal deaths, help young people protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS and provides family planning services in areas of need. Ensuring that women and girls live free from all forms of violence is crucial to ensure their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Justice for Women (Justicia para las Mujeres)
www.jfw.org.uk/
Justice For Women es una organización feminista que campaña y da apoyo a las mujeres que han contraatacado o han matado a una pareja violenta.

Newham Asian Women's Project (Proyecto para las Mujeres de la Asia)
www.nawp.org
NAWP aconseja y da apoyo a las mujeres y niños asiáticas que son víctimas de la violencia doméstica.

Tender
www.tender.org.uk
Tender es una iniciativa que promueva la no violencia en las relaciones. Pretende reducir las incidencias de la violencia doméstica, donde y cuando pueda ocurrir, a través de la sensibilización, eventos culturales y proyectos educativos.

Truth about Rape campaign (Campaña para la Realidad de laViolación)
www.truthaboutrape.co.uk
La Campaña TAR tiene el objetivo de luchar contra los mitos de la violación y hacer que la verdad y la realidad de la violación entre en la agenda política. Desde su inauguración en noviembre de 2002 la organización es responsable del suministro de críticas sobre el tratamiento de la violación en los medio de comunicación.

Women's Aid
www.womensaid.org.uk
Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) es la organización benéfica nacional que trabaja lucha contra la violencia doméstica. Tiene el objetivo de apoyar a las mujeres y niños y asegurar su seguridad.

Organizaciones y iniciativas culturales por, para y con mujeres

Producciones Comerciales de Los Monólogos de la Vagina

Gran Bretaña
Monologues Ltd
www.vaginamonologues.co.uk/main.htm

Editores de Los Monólogos de la Vagina

Inglés: Virago Press
www.virago.co.uk/

Alemán:
Obra de teatro: S-Fischer Verlag
www.fischerverlage.de/
Libro: Nautilus
www.edition-nautilus.de/

Otras organizaciones interesantes

C.A.U.S.E. (Coalition of Artists United for Social Engagement / Coalición de Artistas Unidas la Actividad Social)
www.the-cause.org
C.A.U.S.E. es una organización de la sociedad civil basada en Europa fundada por la artista belga-filipina Gino d'Artali. Pretende aumentar la conciencia sobre el tema de la violencia de género, a través de "FacingFaces", un proyecto corriente de arte y poesía orgánica que se estableció en 2001 y desde entonces ha viajado por el mundo. Esta colección de arte y poesía está disponible para eventos y actividades relacionados al tema y organizados por terceros.

Intercultural women's music festival (Alemania)
www.frauenmusikfestival.de
Un festival intercultural de música en Hunsrück, Alemania.

Ladyfest Europe
www.ladyfesteurope.org
Ladyfest son eventos sin ánimo de lucro organizados por mujeres. Pretenden promover el talento de artistas femeninas. Los eventos se centran en el soporte del talento de las mujeres y niñas, pero están abiertos a todos.

Moonday(Bélgica)
www.moonday.org
Moonday es una asociación que pretende promover la creatividad de las mujeres en distintos ámbitos como la danza, la música, el arte, etc.

PeriHelion
www.perihelion.bravehost.com
El objetivo de este grupo es la creación de arte multidisciplinario y multicultural en Finlandia y al extranjero. Actualmente PeriHelion consiste en un grupo de teatro y escritura.