Support Services & Resources
FOR ASSISTANCE ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT you can call the HELP LINE: 215 898 HELP (4357)
If you or someone you know needs help, PWC provides confidential crisis/options counseling as well as referrals related to a wide range of issues including (but not limited to):
* Gender-based harassment * Sexual Violence
* Relationship Violence * Stalking
* Discrimination * Parenting/Lactation Issues
* Abortion * Helping a friend
Appointments are recommended but not required; we endeavor to accommodate walk-ins Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. To schedule an appointment please email vpul-pwc@pobox.upenn.edu or call 215-898-8611.
Penn Violence Prevention
We collaborate with Penn Violence Prevention to help educate the campus community about dating violence, stalking and sexual assault. For more information about Penn Violence Prevention Programs and Resources click here.
Other VPUL Partners
The PWC also works closely with all our partner offices within VPUL. For more information on these offices click here.
Cross Campus Partnerships
The PWC is also proud to work closely with our partners across the university. For more details about these partners, click links below.
- Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF)
- College Houses and Academic Services (CHAS)
- Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS)
- Graduate Student Center
- Office of International Programs (Penn Global)
- Special Services Unit in the Division of Public Safety 215 898 6600
- The Chaplain’s Office
- The Office of Student Conduct
Off Campus Links
Women’s Health and Health Advocacy
- National Women’s Health Resource Center
- National Partnership for Women and Families
- Planned Parenthood
- Pennsylvania Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
- The Mayo Clinic
- Women’s Medical Fund
Philadelphia Area resources on Interpersonal Violence
- Philadelphia Legal Assistance
- Women Against Abuse
- Women in Transition
- Women’s Law Project
- Women Organized Against Rape
Career
- American Association of University Women
- Career Women
- The Career Wardrobe
- U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau
- Women for Hire
Feminist Media