HOW TO SUPPORT CRVAW
The mission of the Center for Research on Violence Against Women is the advancement of science toward understanding and ultimately ending crimes of violence toward women. Gifts to the Center for Research on Violence Against Women Endowment support the research mission of the Center and sustain our ability to translate research into the practice of criminal justice, health and mental health professionals who work daily on behalf of the nation’s women and children.
Faculty Support
At the heart of our efforts to advance the nation’s research agenda on violence against women, the Center has set out to establish five endowed chairs that will allow us to recruit the top researchers in the country to the University of Kentucky. Gifts to support faculty enhance our efforts to recruit new faculty as well as provide research grants to current faculty for their work in the area of violence against women.
Students Support
To change life for future generations of girls and women, we must also create future generations of scholars, scientists and professionals who will carry on this mission. The Center is committed to enhancing the educational experience for students across a broad range of disciplines at the University. Gifts to this area support fellowships, clerkships, and summer research programs for graduate and undergraduate students.
Center Outreach
The Center’s commitment to public service promotes collaboration between researchers, advocates and practitioners. Gifts that support our outreach efforts further our ability to waive research-related event registration fees for victim advocates, provide research briefs for advocates and practitioners and host an invited lecture series with nationally recognized experts in the field of violence against women.
Multicultural Studies on Violence Against Women
Violence against women is pervasive in the United States and around the globe, crossing boundaries of race, ethnicity, class, caste, age – crossing lines of county, region, state, and nation. Gifts to this area support our commitment to ensuring that advances in science are inclusive of the experiences of all women and affirm the importance of addressing race, ethnicity, and other socio-cultural factors in the study of violence against women.