Stopping the Violence Against Women: The Movement from Intervention to Prevention by Ms. Foundation for Women (2005)

This document provides lessons learned, recommendations, and strategies to strengthen the anti-violence movement through prevention initiatives. The document identifies core tasks for developing new strategies to turn from intervention to prevention which first look to assure that women's basic needs for safety are met, and encourage advocates to enhance their work by addressing the root causes of violence. The document focuses on engaging survivors and communities as "key assets," giving them the voice and power to inform policy decisions more effectively. The Ms. Foundation has identified three large themes under which this goal may be accomplished:

1. "Prevention of gender violence requires examination of gender roles.
2. Prevention of gender violence begins with the prevention of child abuse.
3. Prevention of gender violence involves the development of community-centered strategies."

The document includes fifteen strategies for moving from intervention to prevention that support the identifed vision for social change.

• Stopping the Violence Against Women: The Movement from Intervention to Prevention