October 2012
Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) evolved from the first Day of Unity observed in October 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). The intent was to connect battered women’s advocates across the nation who were working to end men’s violence against women and children. The Day of Unity soon became a special week when a range of activities was conducted at the local, state and national levels.
These activities were as varied and diverse as the program sponsors but had a common theme: mourning those who have died because of men’s domestic violence, celebrating those who have survived, and connecting those who work to end men’s violence.
In October 1987, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was held. In conjunction, that same year the first national toll-free hotline was begun. In 1989, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month commemorative legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress — such legislation has passed every year since. The Day of Unity is celebrated on the first Monday in October.
In October 1994, NCADV, in conjunction with MS. Magazine, created the Remember My Name project, a national registry to increase public awareness of domestic violence murders. Since then, NCADV has been collecting information on incidents of women who have been killed by an intimate partner and produces a poster each October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, listing the names of those documented murders in the preceding year.
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But you can do something to change your situation. You can get help for yourself and your children. The impact of witnessing domestic abuse can be devastating for children. The effects of abuse can be lifelong.
There are manBarriers To Leaving An Abusive Situation
But you can do something to change your situation. You can get help for yourself and your children. The impact of witnessing domestic abuse can be devastating for children. The effects of abuse can be lifelong.
There are manBarriers To Leaving An Abusive Situation
- Lack of safe housing alternatives
- Limited access to financial resources
- Isolation from support systems including friends, family, or community resources
- Concern for personal safety and the safety of loved ones
- Cultural beliefs that challenge one's right to leave
- Fear when seeking help of experiencing racism, homophobia, ageism or other discrimination based on physical ability, nationality, or immigration status
- Feeling hopeless
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