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Description: MCBW is a well-established, membership organization with 90 member programs located throughout Minnesota with a strong history of effectively carrying out programming that advances women's safety and security. MCBW has existed for almost 30 years as the state's primary voice for battered women. The Coalition has a dedicated and experienced staff, and its capacity is strengthened by the leadership of its members and by a deeply committed and involved board of directors. When we use the terms battering and domestic violence, we are referring to the pattern of violence that affects the level of fear and quality of life for all women—it encompasses both physical and sexual violence and includes pervasive emotional abuse and threats, control over finances and access to transportation; manipulation of and often harm to the children; and social norms that persist today that a man has the right to put his partner in her place. While these same dynamics are also present in same sex relationships and on rare occasions women use similar tactics against their male partners—it is the broader social institutions that support this pervasive and historically-sanctioned pattern of behavior that MCBW seeks to change. While battering continues to occur in the lives of far too many women and children, thirty years of advocacy and social change work in the battered women's movement have led to some important changes. There is far more information available about domestic violence and its impact in the lives of women, children, and men, and there are now resources available to battered women and their children across the state of Minnesota and the nation. MCBW strives to provide the best possible resources to battered women and to the advocates that work on their behalf. Please utilize the resources available through this website, and do not hesitate to contact the MCBW office if you have further questions or are looking for information that is not included on this site. There are many ways to get involved. Attending Action Day to End Violence Against Women, volunteering or donating to a MCBW member program, and displaying the Clothesline Project are examples. For more information on any of these options, click on the links to the left of this page.

Contacts:	60 East Plato Blvd., Suite 130, St. Paul, MN 55107 Voice: (651) 646-6177 or (800) 289-6177 Fax: (651) 646-1527
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Posted:	29 December, 2009 07:23
Site Title:	Latest News from MCBW | Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
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Specialized in:	Domestic Violence - Strong History - Violence Against Women - Well-established Sponsored Links
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