This article attempts to overcome the language barriers to spread the knowledge and awareness on prevention methods in the field of violence against women and children on the international level. The article stresses the connection between program aims in relation to risk and protective factors, and suggests a conceptual plan that can classify ongoing and new programs. The resulting inventory makes it easier to establish where there are serious gaps in prevention programs and consequently where to place future efforts. The data used was gathered on programs in existence during January to June 1997. The total number of programs studied was 138. Overall there were more English-speaking programs. The compilation of this inventory showed that the vast majority of intervention programs have been developed in the English-speaking American context. Only recently have French-speaking regions made efforts to take up the discussion and test answers to the prevention of domestic violence. The models in use tend to make families and schools shoulder a large part of the responsibility of prevention. This study provided a category system in which ongoing and new programs can be classified. The system identifies common dimensions and approaches among programs. It is important to work out a global response to violence by integrating primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. References