321ACTION: Long-term economic security, online abuse, and fair housing for gender-based violence survivors

Ready to make a difference?

Here are three ways to get started:

1. Help domestic violence survivors in shelters achieve economic security

Long-term economic security is key to survivors’ ability to create a secure, safe, and independent future for themselves and their children.

As Mother’s Day approaches, take a moment to support JWI’s work to provide ongoing financial education resources, workshops, and trainings to thousands of survivors in domestic violence shelters nationwide by sending Mother’s Day cards to your loved ones.

2. Protect yourself and others from online abuse and harassment

In our ever expanding digital world, technology has become yet another tool abusers use to harass and threaten their victims. The non-consensual sharing of intimate videos and images has become widespread – according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline 27% of callers surveyed said they were threatened with the posting of intimate/sexual pictures without their permission.

To learn more about this pressing problem and ways to create tech safety and privacy on your devices, check out the National Network to End Domestic Violence’s Safety Net Project.

Learn what you can do to protect your data and yourself from online abuse

3. Learn more about the housing access crisis for survivors of gender-based violence

Survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and sex trafficking often have difficulty maintaining or securing housing. With no explicit legal foundation to fight discrimination and eviction from private housing, survivors often have to make difficult decisions on whether to stay in abusive, dangerous, or traumatic situations – or risk homelessness.

Last week the Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Survivors Act was reintroduced in Congress. Learn more about the intersection of housing and domestic and sexual violence to help advocate for solutions to this growing crisis.