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About The RESPECT! CampaignSM
The RESPECT! CampaignSM is a social action campaign to end violence against women, children, and families by starting with something that everyone can do: Give RespectSM to others. The RESPECT! CampaignSM is a joint effort of the Family Violence Prevention Fund and Macy's and it encourages consumers to talk to the young people in their lives and help them understand the importance of respect in relationships. The campaign's goal is to engage young people in building a society where families are strong, healthy and free from the threat or fear of violence against women and children.

Celebrity Support for the RESPECT! CampaignSM
A number of notable celebrities and athletes have spoken out to support the campaign, including LA Dodgers head coach Joe Torre, model and actor Tyson Beckford, the band Umphrey's McGee and San Francisco 49ers receiver Isaac Bruce.

National RESPECT! DaySM
The first annual National RESPECT! DaySM will be held on September 19, 2008. On this day, people will join together in a wave of respect across the nation and ask the nation to help reach 10 million acts of RESPECT! In doing so, the FVPF hopes to build a foundation of respect across generations that will help end and prevent violence against women and children for years to come.

Facts About Abuse
Unlike many other problems in society, violence against women, children, and families can be prevented. The impact of violence against women and children in the home, in the community, on school campuses and throughout society at large is devastating and long-lasting. Violence and abuse causes physical harm, emotional trauma, and long-term negative health consequences among women; violence witnessed/experienced by children severely impedes learning, social-skill development, and physical health &mdash; conditions that can last a lifetime if not prevented.


 * Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.


 * Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.


 * Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.


 * On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day.


 * Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.


 * In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.


 * Slightly more than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under age twelve.

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