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To help us better serve our community, we would like to hear your questions! For the next two weeks, Islanders Working Against Violence is inviting community members to ask questions about navigating IWAV's services for sexual assault (SA), intimate partner violence (IPV), and gender-based violence (GBV). We want to hear...
For the second year in a row, IWAV and The Circle co-hosted the Memorial Ceremony for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Women against Violence via a Facebook Livestream. We were not able to gather in community this year to light candles and remember the women who were killed...
Sexual assault affects a person in many ways. It can be disorienting, confusing, and frightening trying to get the assistance the survivor most needs. Even trying to get the most basic help can make someone feel vulnerable and afraid. And for some survivors, they stop seeking support then and there....
