Safe : Inside a Battered Women's Shelter / Tapestry International (Firm).

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No place to go : local histories of the battered women's shelter movement / Nancy Janovicek. by Janoviček, Nancy, 1968-

Subjects: “…Women's shelters Canada History.…”
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Who owns domestic abuse? : the local politics of a social problem / Ruth M. Mann. by Mann, Ruth M. (Ruth Marie), 1947-

Subjects: “…Women's shelters Political aspects Ontario Case studies.…”
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Safe haven : the story of a shelter for homeless women / Rae Bridgman. by Bridgman, Rae

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Zen sanctuary of purple robes : Japan's Tōkeiji convent since 1285 / Sachiko Kaneko Morrell, Robert E. Morrell. by Morrell, Sachiko Kaneko, 1930-

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Women, violence, and social change / R. Emerson Dobash and Russell P. Dobash. by Dobash, R. Emerson

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An archaeology of institutional confinement : the Hyde Park Barracks, 1848-1886 / Peter Davies, Penny Crook, Tim Murray. by Davies, Peter, 1968-, Crook, Penny, Murray, Tim, 1955-

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Susan B. Levin: When Battering Occurs / Masterswork Productions (Firm).

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The pitfalls of protection : gender, violence and power in Afghanistan / Torunn Wimpelmann. by Wimpelmann, Torunn

Table of Contents: “…With a little help from the war on terror : the women's shelters -- Part III. Individual cases. Runaway women. …”
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Lifelines : Culture, Spirituality, and Family Violence. by Boehm, Reinhild

Table of Contents: “…. -- 1 UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF ABUSED WOMEN: The Missing Link -- Spirituality -- The Women's Movement -- Aboriginal Inspiration -- Women's Shelters in Transition -- Bridging the Secular and the Spiritual -- 2 THE WOMEN'S STORIES: Where Does Strength Come From? …”
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A great big story. Great Big Story.

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Domestic violence : role play of a therapy session.

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The tiki king : stories / Stacy Tintocalis. by Tintocalis, Stacy

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Life after leaving : the remains of spousal abuse / Sophie Tamas. by Tamas, Sophie

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Afghanistan : Girl Power! / ABC International.

Table of Contents: “…Progressive Afghan TV (1:19) -- Afghan Soap Opera & Threat to Actresses (1:41) -- Status of Afghani Women (0:48) -- Crimes Against Women in National Spotlight (1:53) -- Woman-to-Woman Support & Abuse (0:47) -- Caring for Afghani Torture Victim & Climate of Abuse (3:14) -- Women's Rights Activists (1:40) -- Street Harassment of Afghani Women (0:52) -- Women-On-Women Crime & Self-Hatred (1:00) -- Street Harassment: Men's Excuses & Women's Consequences (1:46) -- One Man's Perspective: Progressive Women & Traditional Ideals (1:39) -- Female Subordination, Shame, & Fight to Survive (0:48) -- Women's Shelters (1:50) -- Female TV News Reporters (1:29) -- Challenges & Successes of Progressive Television (2:05) -- New Generation & Vision of Progress (2:37) -- Credits: Afghanistan: Girl Power! …”
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I Believe You : Faiths' Response to Intimate Partner Violence / Diva Communications.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Domestic Abuse (2:00) -- Domestic Abuse (1:59) -- Violence Not Always Physical (4:04) -- Isolation Disguised as Love (1:39) -- Why Women Stay (1:51) -- Preconceptions about Abuse (2:14) -- Remaining Silent about Abuse (2:23) -- Holy Texts Hijacked (5:39) -- Unsympathetic Clergy (1:47) -- Beginning Steps (2:08) -- Life Threatened (4:01) -- Legal Help (2:01) -- A New Day (1:38) -- Educating Kids (4:00) -- Clergy and Domestic Abuse (1:38) -- Women's Shelter (3:14) -- Islam and Women (2:26) -- Believing Victims (3:28) -- Healing (2:41) -- Sculptural Bench (1:26) -- Mikvah and Domestic Violence Healing (1:37) -- Moving Forward (2:36) -- Additional Resources & Credits: I Believe You (1:06)…”
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The Community Performance Reader. by Kuppers, Petra

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Contributors -- Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- PART ONE Pedagogical communities -- Introduction to Part One -- 1 Poetics of the Oppressed -- 2 Pedagogy of the Oppressed -- 3 Critiques of Community: Habermas, Touraine and Bauman -- 4 Community Arts Practices: Improvising Being-Together -- 5 Tactile and Vocal Communities in Urban Bush Women's Shelter and Praise House -- 6 Performing as a Moral Act: Ethical Dimensions of the Ethnography of Performance…”
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Dilemmas in Human Services Management : Illustrative Case Studies. by Mayers, Raymond

Table of Contents: “…; 8. The Battered Women's Shelter of Aiken County; 9. Planning and the Politics of Inclusion; 10. …”
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Ethnic routes to becoming American : Indian immigrants and the cultures of citizenship / Sharmila Rudrappa. by Rudrappa, Sharmila, 1966-

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Battered Black women and welfare reform : between a rock and a hard place / Dána-Ain Davis. by Davis, Dána-Ain, 1958-

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