Falmouth White Ribbon Campaign

04/10/2020

Important facts and data here:

03/31/2020

In the U.S. over 1 in 3 (36.4% or 43.6 million) women experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime (2015 CDC Data}

Nearly 50% of women and 25% of men in Massachusetts have been subject to non-r**e sexual assaults.

On a typical day there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.

The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500%

Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.

Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner.

19% of domestic violence involves a weapon.

More than half of all female homicide victims in the United States are killed by an intimate partners, according to the Federal Centers for Disease Control. The only thing that kills more women is car accidents.

One if four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they reach their 18th birthday.

More than 1 in 4 (26.9%) of women who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native and 1 in 3 (33.5%) of women who identified as multiracial non-hispanic women reported r**e in their lifetimes (2015 CDC Data)

Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness for women in the United States.

Studies show that 24 people per minute are victims of r**e, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner (Center For Family Justice).

SOURCE: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

03/31/2020

03/31/2020

Please visit this website.
independencehouse.org

03/30/2020

We appreciate the overwhelming response we have received on our first day of "going live" with this page. Rest assured we will do our best to keep you all up to date with the activities of the Falmouth White Ribbon Campaign (even in these days of forced isolation) and hope to have some of you join us in this effort to curb domestic and gender violence in America.

03/30/2020

New Page

03/30/2020

Host of the White Ribbon event Kiel Wells talks about his personal views on domestic violence.

03/30/2020

This is a new page. The mission of this group is to effect change in men’s behavior towards women and partners. Our goal is to reduce domestic violence in all its forms.

03/29/2020

Doug Brown opening the White Ribbon event with a proclamation of White Ribbon Day from Falmouth Select Board