Ending Men's ViolenceNOMAS Endorses the NY Model for Batterer ProgramsAfter years of exploring a wide range of batterer program models, the National Council of NOMAS has given its full support to the New York Model for Batterer Programs (www.nymbp.org). This model was determined to be most in keeping with NOMAS principles and beliefs about sexism, domestic violence and batterer programs. Batterer programs, created in the mid 70's, were originally designed to "treat" offenders. What Batterer Programs Can Do Demonstrably and Reliably with All Men Ordered by the CourtsBy Phyllis B. Frank, , Director, VCS Domestic Violence Program for Men Batterer programs often confound even those who work closely with them. Courts, probation, prosecution, parole, advocates, and the public understandably have unfulfilled hopes about what batterer programs can accomplish. After thirty years of consistent trial, error and more trial, the NY Model for Batterer Programs has devised a simple list of what we know we can accomplish and measure and what we cannot be certain we can accomplish. Women's Justice CenterTo provide advocacy, free of charge, for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County 16 Days of Activism Against Gender ViolenceNov 25 2009 - 12:00pm Dec 10 2009 - 12:00pm Etc/GMT-4 The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991. Why Are Anti-sexist Men Confronting Violence Against Women?The Ending Men's Violence Network of NOMAS is devoted to ending the whole range of men’s violence, against women, against children, and against one another. We believe that the world is bleeding from many forms of male violence, and that it must be stopped. We are sometimes asked, but more often people simply wonder without asking... 2009 BrotherPeace Award goes to Barry GoldsteinThe EndingMen's Violence Network of NOMAS addresses all forms of violence by men, NOMAS Panel Discusses Causes, Preventions for Same-Sex Domestic ViolencePanel Discusses Causes, Preventions for Same-Sex Domestic Violence Written by JoSelle Vanderhooft A panel of experts in domestic violence – all members of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism – met Jan. 11 at the South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society to discuss the problem of domestic violence in the romantic relationships of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. Campus Sexual Assault Response Teams and Peer Education Groups
NOMAS Joined Successful Amicus Brief to Protect Women's-only SheltersNOMAS joined an amicus brief with California Women’s Law Center in a case, in which a man who claimed to be a domestic violence victim brought an unsuccessful equal protection challenge to state funding for Los Angeles area women-only domestic violence shelters. Serving as a tester for the National Coalition of Free Men, Blumhorst called ten agencies to request shelter because, he said, he was experiencing domestic violence. 
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