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NEW PAID TRAINING AVAILABLE

Intended for HR directors, Managers, and other Workplace Safety Staff of corporations, foundations, and other workplaces, Supporting Survivors in the Workplace is a new, paid training session designed to provide workplaces with actionable information on how to support survivors of gender-based violence in the workplace.

MEASURING SAFETY 2025 IS LIVE

Volume One of Measuring Safety 2025, featuring the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline, is live! This report spotlights findings from the Hotline: what the numbers reveal, why they matter, and how they can inform stronger, survivor‑centered systems.

2025 IMPACT REPORT

In 2025, The Network reached new heights, breaking records, expanding services, and strengthening communities across Illinois. None of it would have been possible without the unwavering support of our donors, partners, and community members who show up for survivors every single day. Explore the full story of what we accomplished together by clicking below.

OUR VISION

To educate, organize, and advocate as a collaborative membership organization to end gender-based violence.

about us

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

Are you passionate about gender-based violence, and do you want to learn more about it? 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.

What to know

At The Network, we empower the community to address gender-based violence and its link to oppression through by state-of-the-art training to survivors, organizers, community members, gender-based violence advocates, and social service providers.

What we do

Are you passionate about gender-based violence, and do you want to learn more about it? 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.

What to know

At The Network, we empower the community to address gender-based violence and its link to oppression through by state-of-the-art training to survivors, organizers, community members, gender-based violence advocates, and social service providers.

By the Numbers

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.

%

Of Contacts Identifies as Victims or Survivors

Calls Answered in Hotline History

Members and Partner Agencies

By the Numbers

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.

%

Of Contacts Identifies as Victims or Survivors

Calls Answered in Hotline History

Members and Partner Agencies