Friends of Promise
Did you know that 1 in 3 women and girls experience contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by a partner during their lifetime, most for the first time before age 25?
Friends of Promise is inspired by a little girl and a big idea:
What happens when a group of courageous people come together
to prevent domestic violence and save lives?
A Bold New Approach
In collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,
we have launched a multi-year, multi-disciplinary evidence-based research and development
Learning Lab and strategic call to action to prevent intimate partner violence.
Intimate partner violence affects millions of
women, men, and children per year in the U.S. alone.
women, men, and children per year in the U.S. alone.
Intimate partner violence has serious health consequences
and puts people at risk of mental health,
infectious and chronic diseases, and death.
and puts people at risk of mental health,
infectious and chronic diseases, and death.
The global economic costs of intimate partner violence
are estimated to be trillions of dollars a year.
are estimated to be trillions of dollars a year.
What’s Happening
Get Help
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
800-799-SAFE (7233)
National Sexual Assault Hotline:
800-656-HOPE (4673)