Kungiyar Illinois ta yaki da tashin hankali a cikin gida

The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) kungiya ce mai zaman kanta ta kungiyoyin mambobi a duk faɗin Illinois waɗanda ke ba da sabis ga mutanen da ke fuskantar tashin hankali na gida. ICADV kuma tana aiki tare da masu ba da kiwon lafiya, kungiyoyin al'umma, kungiyoyin addini, hukumomin shari'a na laifi, da ofisoshin tarayya da na jihohi don samar da ayyuka, tallafi, da adalci.

 Tarihi 
Julie Hamos ta taimaka wajen shirya tarurrukan da suka haifar da kirkirar ICADV. A matsayinta na matashiyar lauya a Birnin Chicago, ta gano cewa Illinois ta cancanci samun karin kudade a karkashin Title XX. Ta tuntubi mata a yankin waɗanda ke da sha'awar fadada ayyuka ga mata da ke fuskantar tashin hankali na gida. Daga taron farko, wanda Hamos ya gudanar, jerin "taron karshen mako" sun fara. A cikin halartar su ne daraktocin hukumomi tara da suka kafa ICADV. An kafa ICADV a hukumance a watan Satumbar 1978. A watan Oktoba, kungiyar ta sami yabo daga Gwamnan Illinois James R. Thompson, kuma Thompson ya tura don samun kudade don ayyukan tashin hankali na cikin gida a Illinois.

Tun daga farkonta a shekara ta 1978, ICADV da shirye-shiryen membobinta sun himmatu ga manufofi masu zuwa:

 fadada da kara ayyukan mata a duk sassan jihar;
 Ka ba wadanda ke fama da tashin hankali a cikin gida murya a duk fadin jihar;
 Mai ba da shawara ga canje-canjen manufofin jama'a a madadin waɗannan wadanda abin ya shafa;
 Koyar da jama'a game da tashin hankali na gida da kuma fadada martani na al'ummomin yankin ga wadanda abin ya shafa.

ICADV ta ci gaba da girma a cikin shekarun 1980, ta fadada membobinta da ayyukanta. A cikin shekaru biyar na farko kadai, ICADV ya girma ya hada da kungiyoyi mambobi arba'in da hudu. Florence Forshey, wanda ya kafa, ya kira ICADV "mafi tsufa kuma daya daga cikin manyan kungiyoyi a Amurka da aka sadaukar don kawar da tashin hankali na cikin gida".

A cikin 1985, ICADV da Ƙungiyar 'yar'uwa, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, sun yi aiki tare don ba da shawara don aiwatar da Dokar Cin zarafin Jima'i ta Illinois a cikin 1985, wanda ya fadada ma'anar cin zarafin jima'i, ya sanya shi tsaka-tsaki na jinsi, kuma ya sanya hukunci mai tsanani ga masu laifi. 

 Aiki 
A yau, hadin gwiwar ta ci gaba da aiki ta hanyar cibiyar sadarwa ta mafaka, shirye-shiryen ba da shawara, da hukumomin al'umma. ICADV tana karkashin jagorancin kwamitin daraktoci, kuma membobin sun hada da kungiyoyi sama da hamsin.[1] Babban ofishin gudanarwa a Springfield, Illinois yana kula da ayyukan da hukumomin membobinta na cikin gida ke bayarwa. ICADV ta buga wata takarda, For Better Times, da ke ba da cikakken bayani game da ayyukan yanzu, sabbin ayyuka ga wadanda abin ya shafa da wadanda suka tsira daga tashin hankali na cikin gida, da sauran batutuwan da ke da sha'awa ga masu sauraron takardar na masu sana'a da masu goyon bayan kamfanoni a duk fadin jihar.[2]￼

Florence Forshey, wanda ya kafa ICADV ya taimaka wajen sanya takardun kungiyar da kafofin watsa labarai tare da Tarin Musamman na Jami'ar DePaul, wanda aka gudanar a cikin tarin Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence Records.

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