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This brief reviews the research roots, evolution and recent growth of the field of marriage and relationship education, and describes some of the best practice programs. It summarizes what is known to date from evaluation of what works, and discusses the challenges and future directions resulting from government funding.

This document reviews promising initiatives to prevent and respond to VAW globally with a specific focus on physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Included in this document are promising initiatives in justice, health, and education sectors, as well as those using multi-sectoral approaches.

This report provides an assessment of the US Military Academy & US Naval Academy’s ability to address sexual harassment and assault within their institutions. It provides task force recommendations on how academies can better address these issues.

Examines sex trafficking from the 'demand' side, focusing on the role of 'exploiters' and the 'state' as two components.

Discusses how organizations can prepare to advocate with and support survivors around the use of online services. Includes safety, confidentiality and capacity issues that organizations should address when considering provision of online TA or counseling.

This paper highlights published literature and survivor's reports on the use of technology in intimate partner stalking. It includes safety strategies and a resource list for victim advocates.

This article by Harlan Lane discusses the eleven hallmarks of an ethnic minority and how the Deaf community (or DEAF-WORLD) fits each of those hallmarks.

This PowerPoint presentation highlights the processes domestic violence victims may encounter when involved with child protection, civil/criminal justice systems, and military responses to domestic violence when it applies to active duty military personnel. 

This NCRC survey discusses HMDA data from 15 large lending institutions. The executive summary describes chronic fair lending disparities primarily affecting communities of color, women, and low and moderate-income borrowers.

This manual is designed for Native American leaders and community members who are interested in launching an EITC awareness campaign. It begins with an overview of the EITC, explains how the EITC can benefit Native American communities, provides concrete strategies, tips and a timeline, and includes additional resources.

Provides a critical review of the dating violence literature with respect to potential risk factors for both perpetrators and victims and examines the empirical research regarding the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs targeting teens.

This 18th paper in the BCSDV series discusses economic education, sometimes also called, "financial or economic literacy." The discussion describes well-established economic education programs based in domestic violence agencies in Iowa and St. Louis, Missouri and explores the effects of different settings on program development and evolution. The authors share the lessons learned from these programs' experiences and key issues to consider when developing economic education programs for battered women.