National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

The mission of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives.

NCADV believes violence against women and children results from the use of force or threat to achieve and maintain control over others in intimate relationships, and from societal abuse⁠ (abuse: Purposeful harm or mistreatment of another person, which can be verbal, emotional, physical or sexual. An ongoing pattern or cycle of such mistreatment or harm can characterize an abusive relationship.) of power and domination in the forms of sexism⁠ (sexism: Prejudice, discrimination and oppression based on sex or gender or perceived or assigned sex or gender.) , racism⁠ (racism: Prejudice, discrimination and oppression based on race/ethnicity or perceived or assigned race/ethnicity.) , homophobia⁠ (homophobia: Prejudice against homosexuality and homosexual people.) , classism⁠ (classism: Prejudice, discrimination and oppression based on social or economic status/class or perceived or assigned social or economic status.) , anti-Semitism, able-bodyism, ageism and other oppressions. NCADV recognizes that the abuses of power in society foster battering by perpetuating conditions, which condone violence against women and children. Therefore, it is the mission of NCADV to work for major societal changes necessary to eliminate both personal and societal violence against all women and children.