BAY AREA WOMEN AGAINST RAPE

Serving Alameda County Since 1971

357 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, Ca 94610, ( 510) 465-3890

24-Hour Crisis Line (510) 845-RAPE

BAWAR, the nation's first rape crisis center, was started in 1971 in an effort to effect change in the treatment received by sexual assault survivors and to offer support and counseling to them. To this end BAWAR offers the following services:

  • A 24-hour hotline for sexual assault survivors, their family and friends.
  • A 24-hour on-call service to all hospitals and police departments in Alameda County (excluding Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin) to assist in supporting survivors through the medical and legal process.
  • Court accompaniment.
  • Short term in-person counseling for sexual assault survivors and their significant others.
  • Therapy referral
  • Support group referrals for rape and incest survivors
  • Self defense workshop referrals
  • Professional trainings for police, therapists, teachers and school administrators, and clergy
  • Community education presentations
  • Offender outreach/education programs in both Vacaville and San Quentin prisons
  • Resources and referrals for ritual abuse survivors
  • MOSA (Men Overcoming Sexual Assault), a hotline service for male survivors of sexual assault

    • All of BWAR's direct client services are offered free of charge and are 100% confidential.

    Bay Area Women Against Rape is a private non- profit organization incorporated in 1971. Following the rape of a Berkeley High School student, the young women's mother and a group of friends, outraged at the treatment the survivor had received, founded BAWAR for the purpose of accomplishing two basic goals, (1) establish a place where rape and incest survivors could receive quality counseling and advocacy and (2) provide community education regarding sexual assault issues. BAWAR's goal has always been to empower, support, intervene on behalf of , and advocate for, sexual assault survivors. BAWAR also strives to provide education.

    MOSA

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