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November 2015
Reproductive Justice Hearing: Criminal Punishment & Civil Regulation of Pregnant Women
Publisher(s):Expert panels covered issues such as violations of women’s reproductive privacy, women's mass incarceration (and their health behind bars), access to reproductive health services, domestic violence, online sexual harassment, and the religious objections to medical services.
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November 2015
Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Abuse among LGBT People: A Review of Existing Research
Publisher(s):This report provides an overview of existing research on intimate partner violence and sexual abuse among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and makes recommendations for future research.
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November 2015
Financial Access and Services Are Essential for Immigrant Integration
Publisher(s):This article details key findings from a series published by the National Council of La Raza, entitled Profiles on Latinos and Banking. The series analyzes the data from the previously published report entitled Banking in Color: New Findings on Financial Access for Low- to Moderate-Income Communities.
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- Training Tools
October 2015
Collaborations and Connections Between Tribal Child Support Agencies and Tribal Domestic Violence Providers: Resources to Make it Real
Publisher(s):This webinar highlighted promising practices for Tribal Child Support Agencies and Tribal DV programs for enhancing safe access to child support and provided a special focus on use of the new resources in Tribal settings.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
October 2015
WEBINAR: Embracing the Intersectionality of Oppressions Lens: Bringing the Margins to the Center
Publisher(s):This webinar explored the significance, gifts, challenges, successes and the evolution of using an intersectionality of oppressions lens as the main approach to our work.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
October 2015
WEBINAR: Allies in the Struggle: Intersectional work as a trauma-informed response and prevention
Publisher(s):This webinar was designed for aspiring white allies interested in deepening their understanding of the connections between racial justice work and domestic and sexual violence intervention and prevention work.
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October 2015
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, And HIV-Affected Intimate Partner Violence in 2014
Publisher(s): This report collects data concerning intimate partner violence (IPV) within LGBTQ and HIV-affected relationships from 16 anti-violence programs in 13 states across the country, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont.
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October 2015
Addressing the Sexual Assault Kit Backlog
Publisher(s):At its 122nd Annual Conference and Exposition, the International Association of Chiefs of Police resolved that law enforcement agencies should implement comprehensive training efforts the crime of sexual assault, including its impact on victims, the recidivism of sex offenders, and the importance of DNA evidence to all types of sexual assault prosecutions.
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October 2015
Single, Young Female - Seeking Asylum: The Struggles Victims of Sex Trafficking Face under Current United States Refugee Law
Publisher(s): This law review note explores the obstacles faced by female survivors of sex trafficking seeking asylum in the United States.
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- Training Tools
October 2015
The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project (ARP)
Publisher(s): This webinar discusses the Detroit Sexual Assault Kit Action Research Project, which was formed to study the underlying reasons why police were not submitting rape kits for testing, and to develop evidence-based testing plans.
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October 2015
Responses from the Field: Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Policing
Publisher(s):This document summarizes concerns regarding how police respond to domestic violence and sexual assault, police bias and discrimination against survivors with marginalized identities, and outlines recommendations for improving law enforcement responses to domestic violence and sexual assault.
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- Training Tools
October 2015
Best Practices and Help Seeking Obstacles: Advocacy and Law Enforcement
Publisher(s): This webinar presents findings from a national study of domestic violence and provides information on the incident reporting, police and advocate responses in various contexts. The presenter reviews best practices for arrest, victim/perpetrator separation and safety planning.