Domestic Violence: Policy & Systems Advocacy
The actions of governmental bodies - their laws, practices, regulatory measures, and funding priorities - profoundly affect how women and their families experience life and freedom from domestic violence. This area provides information and tools to assist in the critical thinking and critical action of individuals and their collective(s) working to end domestic violence through public policy and systems change.
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May 2011
This 2-pager provides an overview of students’ rights related to gender-based violence and harassment. It provides information about Title IX and offers a list of Dos and Don’ts.
Spring 2011
The results of this study show clearly that civil protective orders are an effective intervention in addressing partner violence. For approximately half the women, all it took to stop the violence was a protective order. For the other half, the violence and abuse was significantly reduced.
February 2011
This guidance from HUD makes it clear that residents who are denied or evicted from housing as a result of domestic violence may have basis to file a discrimination complaint with HUD under the federal Fair Housing Act.
September 2009
This study addresses several gaps in the research literature on civil protective orders by examining protective order effectiveness, enforcement, and cost effectiveness.
2007
This document offers guidelines as a reference tool for legal service providers representing victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in civil protection cases. The standards of practice cover a range of abuses, including elder abuse.
November 2001
This report examines victim's rights state statutes and discusses how case law has interpreted their application.
2000
This summarizes the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down Civil Rights Remedy of the Violence Against Women Act. This Civil Rights Remedy law had provided survivors of DV and SV the right to sue their assailants in civil federal court.
1999
On March 5, 1999, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Christy Brzonkala by a vote of 7-4 and ruled the Violence Against Women Act's Civil Rights Remedy as unconstitutional.
1999
Additional protocol outlines directions on how state parties should communicate with committees on the elimination of violence against women.
1989
Convention on the Rights of the Child outlines the rights that are afforded to minors under the age of eighteen. Information about protective services are included.
