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NATIONAL WOMEN'S COALITION AGAINST VIOLENCE & EXPLOITATION
Awareness, Education and Prevention - Start the Conversation
March Newsletter 2013
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About International Women's Day
When: Friday 8 March 2013
Where: Everywhere
What: International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.
Why: Suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote. The word 'Suffragette' is derived from the word "suffrage" meaning the right to vote. International Women's Day honours the work of the Suffragettes, celebrates women's success, and reminds of inequities still to be redressed.
Learn more...
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NWCAVE In
the News
For more, visit our Facebook page!
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Upcoming Events
Watch for our SWCAT 2014 Posters at Vanguard University's Global Center for Women and Justice
Ensure Justice Conference
March 8 & 9th
March 13th - NO MORE Day in Washington, D.C. - Learn more!
March 18 & 19th - GEMS Training from 8:30-5pm (ET) in New York. Register today!
March 19th - Webinar from Rescue & Restore 2 -3pm (ET) "Justice for Human Trafficking Victims" Register
March 19 & 20th - NCMEC's SAFE to COMPETE: Protecting Child Athletes from Sexual Abuse (invite only) but watch it live!
March 26th - NCMEC Webinar 2-3:30pm (ET) "Sexting: Understanding the Diversity of Cases. Please email Brenda Brown if you plan to attend BBrown@ncmec.org
NWCAVE Calendar
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Media that Matters
Story by NWCAVE Advisor Natalie Brand
 | | The virtual street corner sex trafficking online azfamily.com Phoenix |
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NWCAVE Committee Reports
Missing Persons' Division
Shelley Shaffer, Chair
NWCAVE Missing Person's Division has taken on two other cases this month, Raven Furlong a missing 17 yr old from Aurora, CO and Kayla Croft-Payne missing from Washington State. Both cases appear to be linked to another of our cases, Kara Nichols. All three cases have a common denominator, all three girls had a profile on a modeling site - we launched a media campaign this week; the cases were covered by People Magazine (online), Huffington Post, Inside Edition (which aired this past Monday). Links are posted on NWCAVE's Facebook and on our website.
Another case we took last month is Lisa Wallace, a missing mother with a brain tumor out of Alabama who has been missing since October. Her mother retained NWCAVE and one of our advisory members, private investigator Kathy Johnston. The media started locally with a two-page article about Lisa and NWCAVE.
Michelle, Kathy and I will be heading to Alabama at the end of the month to meet with the FBI and hold a balloon release and candlelight vigil for Lisa with Lisa's parents and friends.
To find out more about these cases visit Cases & Faces
If you have any information about these cases, please email me at Tips@nwcave.org.
Let's bring them home!
Shelley
Southwest Conference Against
Trafficking Report - Kathy McElvany, Chair
Save the Dates: January 17-19, 2014
Registration opens on International Women's Day,
March 8th. Early Bird is March 8-June 1st
www.SWCAT.org
National Program Chair
Debra K. Adams
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR APRIL 27th
(Vancouver and Seattle, WA areas) 10am-2pm
NWCAVE will be joining our partners at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children again this year for the Take 25 Campaign - From April 1 - June 15th, join us in Taking 25 minutes talking with kids about safety, stranger danger and Internet do's & dont's - learn more visit www.take25.org - email me if you can volunteer for us debra@nwcave.org.
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President Obama Signs Violence
Against Women Act
Washington, DC
Thursday, March 7, 2013
At a ceremony at the Interior Department, President Obama signs the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Vice President, who was the author of the original bill while he was in the senate, also delivers remarks.
The Violence Against Women Act, originally passed in 1994, "strengthens the criminal justice system's response to crimes against women, including domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking," according to the White House.
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National Hotlines
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children:
1-800-THE-LOST
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline:
(800) 4-A-CHILD (422-4453)
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-SAFE
National Human Trafficking Hotline:
1-888-3737-888
The National Runaway SafeLine:
1-800-RUNAWAY
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline:
1-866-331-9474
GLBT Hate Crimes Hotline: 1-800-686-HATE
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline (888) THE-GLNH (843-4564)
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) |
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| About Us
The National Women's Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation (NWCAVE) is a volunteer operated non-profit organization located in the pacific northwest of the United States of America. We continue working to inform, educate and prevent violence and exploitation against women and children nationally and internationally.
Whether human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual violence, stalking, bullying, hate crimes and all other forms of violence and exploitation against women and children, NWCAVE strives to keep the public informed and educated on how we can live in a more civilized society free of violence. In order to achieve our mission and objectives we collaborate with other organizations, businesses, the public and media to continue to inform, educate and help prevent violence and exploitation in our local communities and throughout the world.
The National Women's Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation application for our 501(c)(3) has
been submitted, received and we have written confirmation by the IRS its being processed.
www.NWCAVE.org
www.SWCAT.org
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