Stop the Violence Now!!!
The National Domestic Hotline - 1-800-799-safe-7233

Helpline (Information and Referral) (864) 467-3300

Greenville Rape Crisis & Child Abuse Center
(864) 467-3633

Safe Harbor (864) 467-1177

CRISISLine (864) 271-8888

Fraud Hotline (800) 447-8477

Alliance for Community Trust (864) 467-3473

GVL Free Medical Clinic (864) 232-1470

Legal Services (864) 679-3232

Shepherd's Gate Shelter for Women (864) 268-5589

Compass of Carolina (864_ 467-3434


.Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year1 to three million women who are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend per year.

Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.

Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives

Nearly 25 percent of American women report being raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their lifetime

Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.

Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women.

Women accounted for 85 % of the intimate partner violence (588,490 total) and men accounted for 15 % of the victims

While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.

What has congress done?  January 4, 2005 placed an act for  "Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005".




Carolyn Thomas, a 34-year-old former track star was shot in the face by an abusive ex-boyfriend who also killed her mother.  She wears a mask-like bandage to protect her from infection and the stares of those who are unknowing of her experiences.
Undated picture of Carolyn
before the shooting
Closer to home:  July 10, 2010
Natasha Kerns, 28 shot and killed
by her estranged husband. She
leaves behind 2 small children.