Our Activities

The Governor's Commission for Women is working to help prevent, protect against, raise awareness and provide resources about violence against women, particularly in Texas. Here's a sampling of our recent projects:

• The Commission played an integral role in the Teen Dating Violence Initiative in Texas by printing and distributing toolkits for high schools to use during Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Week 2007. The event, which debuted last year and reached more than 10,500 young people statewide, is intended to raise awareness and to increase safety in dating relationships for all teens. This year's Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Week is scheduled for February 5 - 9, 2007. Click here to download Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Toolkit materials.
  


• The Commission collaborated with the Texas Council on Family Violence, the Collin County Council on Family Violence and the Texas Municipal Police Association to create a brochure for the batterer. The group distributed 60,000 copies to law enforcement, social service providers and the faith community statewide. To see the brochure, click here [1MB PDF] | Spanish [1MB PDF].
  


• The Commissioners met and interviewed executive directors of shelters throughout Texas about their concerns, issues and priorities. The Commissioners then compiled the information they gathered and shared it with Texas First Lady Anita Perry.
  


• We commissioned a survey of more than 1,000 law-enforcement agencies statewide to assess the pervasiveness of domestic violence and determine the resources necessary to help meet their needs. To read the survey and its results, click here [28KB PDF].
  


• The Commission collected over 3,800 donated wireless telephones in the Donate-A-Phone campaign. The phones were refurbished and distributed to domestic-violence shelters for victims' emergency use.
  


• The Commission distributed more than 20,000 bumper stickers statewide, printed in both English and Spanish, that provided the National Domestic Violence toll-free Hotline number for victims to get help.
  


• The Commission launched a "No Excuse for Abuse" public-awareness campaign, that was advertised on public transportation in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
  


• The Governor’s Commission for Women co-hosted a press event to launch Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week in the State of Texas. Texas First Lady Anita Perry was the keynote speaker. For further information on the initiative, please visit http://www.abanet.org/unmet/toolkitmaterials.html