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An Online Resource Library on Gender-Based Violence.

Why Prevention? Why Now?

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Published Date
May, 2004
Publisher(s)
California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA)

This article provides an overview of the shifts in our language, perspective, and policies regarding how we view preventing the perpetration of sexual abuse, and argues that we must adopt and invest in a prevention approach whose goal is to, first and foremost, prevent sexual violence before anyone is harmed.

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Why Prevention? Why Now?
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