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Aphrodite Wounded is a site that precedes and compliments the upcoming book: Real Rape, Real Pain: Help for Women Sexually Assaulted by Male Partners, to be released in September, 2006 by Patricia Easteal and Louise McOrmond-Plummer.
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Hope 4 Survivors, www.hope4survivors.com, is a comforting Christian survivor site with many Psalms and beautiful graphics. The site also contains personal accounts of ritualistic abuse, sexual abuse and sadistic torture from a CSA survivor.
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The Lamplighters, www.thelamplighters.org, Support for adult survivors of child sexual abuse, incest, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault
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SOSA: Survivors of Spiritual Abuse, www.sosa.org, is for anyone who has been abused in the name of religion or a spiritual belief.
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Survivors of Incest Anonymous, www.siawso.org, 410/893-3322, has support groups around the country that use a 12-step, self-help recovery program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Welcome to Barbados, www.welcometobarbados.org, is a "Tori Amos-inspired site for rape and sexual abuse survivors." Pages include "dealing with the aftermath," survivor stories and poetry and links to other Tori Amos-inspired sites.
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White Dove's Nest, http://www.whitedovesnest.com/, is a beautiful site with survivor artwork, poetry and a special page of "Thanks to Supporters." It also has very helpful information on topics such as protecting children.
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Voices of Strength, http://www.voicesofstrength.org/, is about a new and unique survivor audio documentary of the same name which was just released on June 16, 2006
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YWCA USA, http://www.ywca.org/, provides many local YWCA hotlines and local YWCA support groups. The website offers a helpful page that talks about sexual assault and common myths about rape and sexual assault.
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| Links for Child Abuse Advocacy and Prevention |
Links for Eating Disorders |
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Angela Shelton: http://www.searchingforangelashelton.com/. Searching for Angela Shelton is a documentary and now a movement, for and about women surviving domestic violence, rape and abuse. "The power of this movie is not in the piece of plastic but in people committing to breaking the silence and then breaking the cycle of abuse in their lives..."
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Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center, http://www.edreferral.com/. On this site, you can look up inpatient and residential treatment centers, workshops, retreats and support groups, as well as local ED practitioners by state.
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| Childhelp USA: http://www.childhelpusa.org/, provides research, treatment and prevention of child abuse. Their 24-hour hotline is 1-800-4-A-CHILD. |
Overeaters Anonymous, www.oa.org |
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Something Fishy, http://www.something-fishy.org/, is a unique website that offers all kinds of information about eating disorders and explores the role of abuse in the development of ED. |
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Generation Five: http://www.generationfive.org/, is working to end child sexual abuse in five generations. Their website has an extensive resource list.
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Project 82, http://www.project82.com/, is a sexual assault report database. The database is a way that victims can report and it can be used by detectives and prosecutors to get ample prosecutions and time served for perpetrators.
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Links for Self Injury
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Protect, http://www.protect.org/, is a national pro-child, anti-crime membership association.
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American Self-Harm Information Clearinghouse, http://www.selfinjury.org/, debunks many of the myths surrounding self-injury (SI), also known as self-harm or self-mutilation.
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The Purple Ribbon Project, http://www.purpleribbonproject.com/, has an excellent book list useful for survivors.
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Life SIGNS, http://www.lifesigns.org.uk/, offers self-injury guidance and network support.
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The Safer Society Foundation: http://www.safersociety.org/, specializing in sexual abuse prevention and treatment publications since 1982.
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Self-Injury International Internet Service, http://www.siari.co.uk/, another self-injury resource on the web. |
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Stop Child Sexual Abuse: http://www.stopcsa.org/, is working toward the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.
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Befrienders Worldwide, http://www.befrienders.org/, is a suicide prevention site. |
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Marilyn Van Derbur, Miss America By Day, http://www.missamericabyday.com/, has a prevention page. Ms. Van Derbur is involved in extensive advocacy and prevention activities.
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| YES I CAN Break The Cycle, www.yesican.org, is "working world-wide to break the cycle of child abuse." |
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