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Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center

Gender Violence: Gender Violence Resources

UVA Resources

Confidential Advocate here at the Women's Center
- Contact Claire Kaplan, Confidential Advocate
Counseling Services here at the Women's Center
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) in Student Health
LiveSafe app
Office of the Dean of Students
Title IX Office
- Note that translations of the University's Title IX policy into languages other than English are available on the EOCR site along with other information about language assistance.

Support in Charlottesville and across Virginia

Sexual Assault Resource Agency
Shelter for Help in Emergency
Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance
- Includes a Statewide Hotline, a Helpline for LGBTQI+ callers, and some Spanish language resources.
Virginia Anti-Violence Project
- serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities across Virginia.

Digital Resources

MyPlan app for Safety Planning
Form to log Stalking Incidents & Behavior is among tools the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC) offers on their What to Do If You Are Being Stalked page.
Tech Safety App to identify and address harassment or abuse through technology

Hotlines, Chat & Referral Resources

National Domestic Violence Hotline
RAINN: National Sexual Assault Hotline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Childhelp
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services
Deaf Abused Women's Network (DAWN)
DoD Safe Helpline
- for members of the Department of Defense community affected by sexual assault
FORGE
- Information about healing resources for trans and non-binary individuals, and programs that serve LGBTQ victims of crime or violence
For Men
- 1in6
- MaleSurvivor
- Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Pathways to Safety International
- sexual assault resources for Americans overseas
StrongHearts Native Helpline
- Domestic and dating violence for Americans overseas
For Young Adults
- Love is Respect
- Scarleteen
The Network/La Red
- Partner violence support for LGBQ/T folks and folks in SM/kink and polyamorous communities, and support to friends and family on the issue of domestic violence in LGBQ/T communities.

Advocacy Organizations

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
Break the Cycle
- Promoting healthy relationships in teens and adults.
INCITE!
- Network of radical feminists of color organizing to end state violence and violence in their homes and communities.
Institue on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities
One Love
- Helping young people identify and avoid abuse, and learn to love better.
WOCN, Inc. (Women of Color Network)

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