Our Vision
To educate, organize, and advocate as a collaborative membership organization to end gender-based violence.
The Network is a group of 40+ member organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by gender-based violence through education, public policy and advocacy, and connecting community members with direct service providers. We lead collaborative work to imagine and realize radical ways to respond to and end gender-based violence, focusing on the intersections between systemic violence and gender-based violence.
What We Do
Centralized Training Institute
Understanding gender-based violence and its connection to systems of oppression is essential to our mission. At The Network, we strengthen the community’s response to gender-based violence by providing state-of-the-art training to survivors, organizers, community members, gender-based violence advocates, and social service providers.
What to Know
About Gender-Based Violence
Want to learn more about gender-based violence? At The Network, we provide information, compile research, and develop policy statements that mobilize our community to demand a better world for those impacted by gender-based violence.
By the Numbers
Our Work
%
of Callers to the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline were People of Color
Hotline Contacts Answered in 2021
Member and Partner Agencies
About Us
The Network
The Network’s strength is in our membership. Over 40 diverse organizations in the metropolitan area are aligned in their determination to end domestic violence, sexual violence, and human sex trafficking. Membership organizations collaborate to develop advocacy priorities, service models, and resources for victims and survivors.
