Resources

Sexual Violence Prevention

The End Sexual Violence Oregon website is sponsored by the Prevention and Education Committee of the Oregon Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force. The Prevention and Education Committee believes that: primary prevention efforts must focus simultaneously on males' perpetration of sexual violence as well as on raising the status of women and girls; all efforts must include the involvement of both men and women to be successful; and the problem is of such a pervasive scope that it must be solved with assistance from all members of Oregon's communities.

Oregon Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force works to develop and support effective, consistent and collaborative approaches to response and prevention of adult and adolescent sexual violence in Oregon. For it's purposes, the Task Force defines "sexual assault" of adolescents as acts of forced or coerced sexual conduct by perpetrators over 14 years of age against victims over 14 years of age.

Project Impact is dedicated to the prevention of sexual abuse in our society. Located in Eugene, they are a newly formed non-profit focused on perpetrator prevention, providing services including community education and support services to people who are suspected of having a sexual behavior problem.

Self-Defense and Martial Arts Education

National Women's Martial Arts Federation is an organization of women martial artists. The National Women's Martial Arts Federation exists to promote the involvement of women and girls in the martial arts. Stay a while and visit! You can find out more about our organization, and take advantage of some our resources

The Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists is an organization whose mission is to actively support women and girls in the martial arts hroughout the entire Pacific region. "Hard and Soft...Working Together... Become Complete." For membership:PAWMA, PO Box 591450, San Francisco, CA 94159-1450.

The Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) is a community-based nonprofit organization that develops and implements violence-prevention programs for children, teen women, and women. With self-defense and martial arts skills and strategies as a foundation, CAE's holistic programs help women and children build skills, heal from past abuse and develop community-based activisim to counter the destructiveness of violence. CAE and Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts, 421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11215.

Mona Lisa's Sword is a simple and complete training program and Network for Professional Self-defense Instructors. MLS provides resources for public and private sector clients, Self-defense students and Self-defense Instructors (SDI.)