Personal Safety
If you are in need of local sexual assault crisis services for yourself or someone you know, please visit the webpage of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
24-hour statewide sexual assault hotline: 1-800-284-7821
If you are in need of local domestic abuse victim services for yourself or someone you know, please visit the webpage of the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
24-hour statewide domestic abuse hotline:
1-800-942-0333
The National
Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) works to improve
the national response to protect victims of human trafficking
in the United States. Contact
the NHTRC to report a tip; to connect with anti-trafficking
resources in your area; or to request training and technical
assistance, general information or specific anti-trafficking
resources.
If you are a victim of human trafficking
and need immediate help or if you suspect a potential trafficking
situation, call the hotline at 1-888-3737-888 now.
24-Hour national human trafficking hotline:
1-888-3737-888
Safety Alert:
Computer use can be monitored and is impossible to completely clear. If you are in danger, please use a safer computer, call your local hotline, or call the statewide hotline.
Without basic needs for a safe environment and healthy relationships met, girls and women have little opportunity success in any part of their lives. The Iowa Commission on the Status of Women envisions a state where girls and women are safe and self-determined, and where those who need access to victim services can find it easily and locally. We support full funding of domestic violence and sexual assault centers and state and national laws that keep Iowans safe from intimate partner violence and sexual predators. Research tells us that the primary reason women don't leave abusive relationships is because they are economically dependent upon their abusers; for this reason, we also support financial literacy training for all women.
The Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
and the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence also have
general information about violence against women in Iowa,
how to get involved in ending violence against women, and
how to advocate for victim support services.
ICSW has also prepared some basic information
about self-defense.
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