P.A.A.V.E is a peer education program at UNLV that trains student volunteers over 18 hours to educate their peers about domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and cultural competency. The program was formerly known as SAFE Team and began in 2002. P.A.A.V.E volunteers conduct presentations on topics such as rape culture, drug facilitated rape, LGBT violence, and myths about why victims stay with their abusers. The Jean Nidetch Women's Center oversees the program and other violence prevention efforts on campus.

1. P.A.A.V.E
Peers Advocating for
Anti-Violence Education

2. The Jean Nidetch Women’s Center
• The only on campus resource for referrals to
community organizations
• Four on-staff, certified victim advocates
• Members of ASERTAV task force
• Oversee all violence prevention programming on
campus
• Provides yearly peer education training (PAAVE) on
domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking

3. P.A.A.V.E
• Peers Advocating for Anti-Violence Education
• Formerly known as SAFE Team
• Began in 2002
• Volunteers complete an 18-hour training on
domestic violence and sexual assault

4. What do PAAVE volunteers learn?
• Since January 2009 training included an entire session
on cultural competency
• Members of the Anti-Violence Community such as
NCASV, RCC, FACT, Safe House, and
JNWC/UNLV present information on specialized
topics including:
Power and Control, Submission vs. Consent, Media
Literacy, Rape Culture, Pornography, Sexuality, Sexual Assault,
The Role of Alcohol & Rape Drugs, Masculinity and Violence,
Male Victims & Marginalized Communities, Sexual Assault,
Domestic Violence, Effects on Victims, Stalking and
Cyberstalking, and Sexual Harrassment

5. Presentation Topics
• 1. Rape Culture, Gender and the Media: The focus of this
presentation is to give a larger social context to the epidemic of
violence and sexual assault. It uses media outlets, primarily in
popular culture, to analyze the connection between gender roles
in the media and violence.
• 2. Drug Facilitated Rape: This provides an overview of drug
facilitated rape by providing examples of the multiple forms of
drugs used in rape cases. It also includes statistical information
from LV Metro and The Rape Crisis Center of Southern
Nevada.
• 3. Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Facts and
Resources: This is a straight forward, lecture formatted
presentation that includes state and federal definitions of
battering, domestic violence, sexual assault and rape and
provides an overview of campus and community resources.

6. Presentation Topics
• 4. Understanding "No": The presentation is interactive and
gives scenarios in which the audience will judge whether the
sexual act was consensual or by force. Also discusses dating
violence & healthy relationships.
• 5. Same Sex Violence: This presentation goes over the lack of
adequate resources available to LGBT victims of violence and
also addresses misconceptions about violence in the LGBT
community.
• 6. “Why do they stay?”: This is an interactive game formatted
presentation and is best suited for groups of no more than 15.
The “game” places participants in the real-life choices of victims
of violence, highlighting limited access to resources and funds,
with the ultimate goal of addressing the victim-blaming
stigmatized question of, “Why do they stay? Why don’t they just
leave?”

7. P.A.A.V.E. Spring 2011
• 11 presentations
• Spoke to classes and at Greek Leadership Day
• Reached 456 students
• 34 total volunteer hours
• During summer orientations, 1692 students were
reached with resource information.

8. Statistics
• Nevada is 4th in the nation for Sexual Assault, and
1st for Death as a result of Domestic Violence
• 25% of women and 7% of men will be victims of
domestic violence or partner rape.
• Six months following an experience of domestic
violence, 32% of battered victims are victimized
again

9. Statistics
• Yearly, 3.3 million children are exposed to
interfamily violence against their mothers or female
caretakers
• Only about 42% of rapes/sexual assaults were
reported to law enforcement in 2007
• 1 out of 6 Americans have been the victim of an
attempted or completed rape in their lifetime
• About 3% of men (2.78 million) have experienced
an attempted or completed rape against them

10. UNLV Police Services
Reports of Forcible Sex Offenses on
Campus
2005 - 4
2006 - 0
2007 - 3
2008 – 2
2009 – 1
2010 – 1
*Often times these crimes occur and are reported
outside of the jurisdiction of UNLV.

11. Effects on Victims
• Can be short or long term
– Cutting/ self-mutilation, eating disorders
– Depression
– Alcohol and substance abuse
– Re-entrance into a violent relationship
– Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
– Academic Career affected or halted

12. Questions? Comments? Scheduling?
• Call the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center at
http://womenscenter.unlv.edu
jnwc@unlv.edu 702.895.4475
• Christina Hernandez, 702.895.0689
Karoline Khamis, 702.895.0605
Treasure Watanabe, 702.895.4475
Crystal Jackson, 702.895.0343