Kentucky Domestic Violence Association

The Kentucky Domestic Violence Association (KDVA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association dedicated to ending domestic violence and bringing peace to Kentucky homes.

  • Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women. In 2001, women accounted for 85 percent of the victims of intimate partner violence (588,490 total) and men accounted for approximately 15 percent of the victims (103,220 total). 1
  • Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. 2
  • Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. 3
  • Three in four women (76 percent) who reported they had been raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 said that a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, or date committed the assault. 4
  • One in five (21 percent) women reported she had been raped or physically or sexually assaulted in her lifetime. 5

 
Domestic violence, as well as dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and human trafficking are acts of violence primarily against women and girls.

Artists for Peace is a special project of KDVA which encourages artists to become engaged in systems change to end violence against women and girls through a contribution of their artwork.

Proceeds from the sale of donated artwork go directly to furthering the mission of the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association.

For more information on KDVA, click here.

 

1 Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003.

2 Heise, L., Ellsberg, M. and Gottemoeller, M. Ending Violence Against Women. Population Reports, Series L, No. 11.,
December 1999.

3 Jay G. Silverman, PhD; Anita Raj, PhD; Lorelei A. Mucci, MPH; and Jeanne E. Hathaway, MD, MPH, "Dating Violence
Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and
Suicidality," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 286, No. 5, 2001.

4 U.S. Department of Justice, Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the
National Violence Against Women Survey, November 1998.

5 The Commonwealth Fund, Health Concerns Across a Woman’s Lifespan: 1998 Survey of Women’s Health, May 1999.