Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Molly Dragiewicz" <>]

The Family Violence Prevention Fund is currently looking for young 
women age 20-24 who can speak on their experience with intimate 
partner violence and reproductive health issues. The FVPF is 
developing a national public education campaign on the link between 
violence against women and reproductive health. The 
campaign, "Changing the Story: Violence Against Women and 
Reproductive Health", will engage young women age 20-24 on the link 
between violence and unplanned pregnancy, as well as issues of 
reproductive control, including birth control sabotage, forced 
abortion and forced pregnancy. A critical aspect of this campaign is 
to capture the real stories of young women who have experienced 
issues of reproductive control in their relationships. These stories 
will be part of a national media campaign focused on reaching the 
target age group through magazine publications. 

The FVPF would like to conduct confidential interviews with young 
women in the aforementioned age group to be used anonymously as 
quotes, tags and short articles, or full feature stories in magazine 
publications. Targeted magazines include publications read by the 
target audience, e.g., JANE, Latina, and Essence. Stories will be 
published to engage young women age 20-24, and will get them to Know 
the Link through the personal stories of other young women in their 
age cohort. 

If you could please circulate this e-mail to your membership, and if 
you know of anyone would like to share their story please contact 
Jeanine Hays, Program and Policy Specialist, Family Violence 
Prevention Fund at 415-252-8900 x. 13 or 

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Molly Dragiewicz

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Criminology, Justice, and Policy Studies

University of Ontario Institute of Technology