JAA and People Worldwide Ending Domestic Abuse

The Canadian's Government's Definition of Domestic Abuse

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Physical abuse includes any intentional use of physical force that either injures or risks injuring someone. For example: Restraining, confining, held underwater, beating,slapping, shaking, pushing,choking, biting, pulling hair, burning, kicking, assault with a weapon etc.

Sexual abuse and exploitation:forcing a person to participate in any unwanted, unsafe or degrading sexual activity. It also includes using ridicule or other tactics to try to belittle, control or limit a person's sexuality or their reproductive choices.

Sexual Assault: A crime in Canada... for example:kissing, fondling, touching, oral sex or sexual intercourse without consent; continued sexual contact when asked to stop.

Sexual Harassment: unwanted/unwelcome sexual behavior, actions or words. Many acts of sexual harassment aren't crimes but dealt with under labour or educational institution regulations.

Sexual Exploitation: A crime in Canada i.e involving someone in prostitution or forcing them to participate in pornographic acts or performances for personal or commercial use

Sexual Coercion: For example manipulating a persons situation unfairly to get sex. For Example: lying to someone/threatening to tell lies about them that would damage their reputation. Exploiting/taking sexual advantage of someone, including victims who are younger or intoxicated

Psychological or emotional abuse: For Example: using words/actions to control, isolate, intimidate or dehumanize someone; Any act or omission that reduces an individual's sense of self-worth; damages their psychological/emotional integrity;puts them at risk of behavioral, cognitive, emotional or mental disorders.

Criminal Harassment: A crime i.e stalking or repeatedly following someone from place to place,unwanted attention that causes a person to fear for their safety or the safety of someone known to them.

Economic or financial abuse includes acting without consent in a way that financially benefits one person at the expense of another

Spiritual abuse: preventing a person from engaging in spiritual or religious practices; using a person's religious or spiritual beliefs to exploit, manipulate, dominate or control them; belittling someone's beliefs

The JAA Foundation: End Domestic Abuse

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Thanks to EVERYONE! Who helped the JAA Foundation reach our Goal of $2000 for our event this past sunday July 10th. This was only one small hurdle in The JAA Foundation's life long commitment to help end domestic abuse!

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Germany's Facts and Resources for Domestic Violence(abuse)

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· 40% of women have been physically and/or sexually abused by the age of 16.

· 25% of women living in Germany have experienced domestic violence by their current or ex-partner.

· 13% of women living in Germany since the age of 16 have sexual abuse (violence) that is illegal.(Not all forms are criminally illegal in Germany but all are wrong)

· 42% of women in Germany have experience psychological abuse: intimidation, slander, threats, fear

· 45,000 women and their children take refuge in one of the approximately 400 women's shelters in Germany.

o Gives women protection against violence and persecution.

o Women's shelters have to be accessible day and night. Women and their children are admitted at all hours.

o Shelters offer: counseling, and support for finances, legal, medical, and psychological/social problems.

o Offers help with looking for a flat or job and dealing with the authorities, and leisure activities.

· Every German providence has counseling centers for women that offer support/advice and helplines.

German help Hotline: 0 0800/111 0800/111 0222 111

For Children and teenagers help hotline: 0800-1110333 anonymous

Possible Signs of Abuse compiled by the U.S. Government

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Below are possible signs of an abusive relationship. Some of the signs below are illegal. Every single one of them are wrong! You may be abused...if your partner:

Monitors what you're doing all the time
Unfairly accuses you of being unfaithful all the time
Prevents or discourages you from seeing friends or family
Prevents or discourages you from going to work or school
Gets very angry during and after drinking alcohol or using drugs
Controls how you spend your money
Controls your use of needed medicines
Decides things for you that you should be allowed to decide (like what to wear or eat)
Humiliates you in front of others
Destroys your property or things that you care about
Threatens to hurt you, the children, or pets
Hurts you (by hitting, beating, pushing, shoving, punching, slapping, kicking, or biting)
Uses (or threatens to use) a weapon against you
Forces you to have sex against your will
Controls your birth control or insists that you get pregnant
Blames you for his or her violent outbursts
Threatens to harm him or herself when upset with you
Says things like, "If I can't have you then no one can.

Credit of the content in the post go to:http://www.womenshealth.gov/violence/signs/

10 Facts on Teen Dating Violence

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1 in 5 teens that have been in a serious relationship report being hit, slapped, or pushed by a partner.
1 in 3 teens report knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped, choked or physically hurt by their partner.
1 in 4 teenage girls who have been in relationships reveal they have been pressured to perform oral sex or engage in intercourse.

More than 1 in 4 teenage girls in a relationship report enduring repeated verbal abuse.
One-third or more of teens in relationships have been with a partner who frequently asked where they were and whom they were with.
1 in 4 teens in serious relationships have been prevented from spending time with friends and family or pressured to only spend time with their partner.
Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls in a relationship said a boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm when presented with a break-up.

1 in 3 teens (30%) say they are text messaged 10, 20, or 30 times an hour by a partner inquiring where they are, what they’re doing, or who they’re with.
68% of teens say boyfriends/girlfriends sharing private or embarrassing pictures/videos on cell phones and computers is a serious problem.
71% of teens regard boyfriends/girlfriends spreading rumors about them on cell phones and social networking sites as a serious problem.

The 5 types of Domestic Violence defined by the U.S. Government

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Physical Abuse: Hitting, slapping, shoving, grabbing, pinching, biting, hair pulling, etc are types of physical abuse. This type of abuse also includes denying a partner medical care or forcing alcohol and/or drug use upon him or her.

Sexual Abuse: Coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contact or behavior without consent. Sexual abuse includes, but is certainly not limited to, marital rape, attacks on sexual parts of the body, forcing sex after physical violence has occurred, or treating one in a sexually demeaning manner.

Emotional Abuse: Undermining an individual's sense of self-worth and/or self-esteem is abusive. This may include, but is not limited to constant criticism, diminishing one's abilities, name-calling, or damaging one's relationship with his or her children.

Economic Abuse: Is defined as making or attempting to make an individual financially dependent by maintaining total control over financial resources, withholding one's access to money, or forbidding one's attendance at school or employment.

Psychological Abuse: Elements of psychological abuse include - but are not limited to - causing fear by intimidation; threatening physical harm to self, partner, children, or partner's family or friends; destruction of pets and property; and forcing isolation from family, friends, or school and/or work.
Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Domestic violence affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels. Domestic violence occurs in both opposite-sex and same-sex relationships and can happen to intimate partners who are married, living together, or dating.

Domestic violence not only affects those who are abused, but also has a substantial effect on family members, friends, co-workers, other witnesses, and the community at large. Children, who grow up witnessing domestic violence, are among those seriously affected by this crime. Frequent exposure to violence in the home not only predisposes children to numerous social and physical problems, but also teaches them that violence is a normal way of life - therefore, increasing their risk of becoming society's next generation of victims and abusers.

Sources: National Domestic Violence Hotline, National Center for Victims of Crime, and WomensLaw.org.

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6 Facts on Domestic Violence and how large this issue is in the U.S.

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Lets Get Our Facts Straight About Domestic Violence in the United States:

On average more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States. In 2005, 1,181 women were murdered by an intimate partner.

In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published data collected in 2005 that finds that women experience two million injuries from intimate partner violence each year.

Nearly one in four women in the United States reports experiencing violence by a current or former spouse or boyfriend at some point in her life.

Women are much more likely than men to be victimized by a current or former intimate partner.

Women are 84 percent of spouse abuse victims and 86 percent of victims of abuse at the hands of a boyfriend or girlfriend and about three-fourths of the persons who commit family violence are male.

There were 248,300 rapes/sexual assaults in the United States in 2007, more than 500 per day, up from 190,600 in 2005. Women were more likely than men to be victims; the rate for rape/sexual assault for persons age 12 or older in 2007 was 1.8 per 1,000 for females and 0.1 per 1,000 for males.

The United States Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that 3.4 million persons said they were victims of stalking during a 12-month period in 2005 and 2006. Women experience 20 stalking victimizations per 1,000 females age 18 and older, while men experience approximately seven stalking victimizations per 1,000 males age 18 and older.

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If you or someone you know is being affected by Domestic Abuse please get you or yourself help

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Does someone you know in an abusive relationship or situation? Are you a Victim of Domestic Abuse? Please call the National Domestic Abuse Hotline: 1-800-799-7233.

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The JAA Foundation: End Domestic Abuse

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Donate to Help End Domestic Abuse

At JAA, we get to the root of your abuse/anger issues through workshops, a support group, and seminars. The JAA Foundation really needs your donations/support to continue how we help these victims. If you look below you can see how we help these women.

This is what we can do for you:

1. Develope A Safety Plan

2. offer to Listen and be Supportive

3.Educates you about The Resources

4. Mandatory Domestic Movie

5.Help for the Victims

6.Refferal For The Victims You Are NOT ALONE..... it's not your fault

7. Domestic You have options and resources

8. A Compassionate Group Of Volunteers People That Are Waiting to Help You

9. Anger Management Classes and Workshops Ways to Help You Begin to Heal

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The JAA Foundation: End Domestic Abuse

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The JAA Foundation fights daily to keep going and supported women who have becomes victims of domestic abuse. However, JAA is a non-profit so we rely heavily on donations! Every amount counts event $1!
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