Rape Crisis Hotlines
Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline (24 Hours)
(888) 293-2080
 Northwest Center Against Rape
Founded in 1975, Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault is the only full service agency covering the north and northwest suburbs of Cook County that is devoted entirely to serving sexual assault victims/survivors and their partners, friends, and families.
24-hour sexual assault hot line (888) 802-8890
http://www.skokienet.org/naarape1/
RAINN
(800) 865-HOPE (4673)
http://www.rainn.org/
Rape Crisis Hotline
Call 888-293-2080 in Chicago Metropolitan Area
Call 630-971-3927 in DuPage County
Call 708-748-5672 in the South Suburbs
Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the Rape Crisis Hotline is a free number where survivors of sexual assault and their significant others can call to receive confidential, immediate assistance. The volunteers and staff who answer the phone have received extensive training in sexual assault crisis intervention.
Sexual Assault
Amnesty International - Stop Violence Against Women
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/index-eng
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) official website
The Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) is a not-for-profit corporation of 34 community-based sexual assault crisis centers working together to end sexual violence. Each center provides 24-hour crisis intervention services, counseling and advocacy for victims of sexual assault and their significant others. Each center presents prevention education programs in Illinois communities.
http://www.icasa.org/
Men Can Stop Rape
Men Can Stop Rape (formerly Men’s Rape Prevention Project) empowers male youth and the institutions that serve them to work as allies with women in preventing rape and other forms of men’s violence. Through awareness-to-action education and community organizing, we promote gender equity and build men’s capacity to be strong without being violent.
www.mencanstoprape.org/index.htm
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is a comprehensive collection and distribution center for information, research and emerging policy on sexual violence intervention and prevention. The NSVRC provides an extensive on-line library and customized technical assistance, as well as, coordinates National Sexual Assault Awareness Month initiatives.
http://www.nsvrc.org/
Rape Victim Advocates (RVA) official website
RVA is an Illinois not-for-profit organization made up of many individuals with two primary goals: to assure that survivors of sexual assault are treated with dignity and compassion; and to affect changes in the way the legal system, medical institutions and society as a whole respond to survivors.
http://www.rapevictimadvocates.org/
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