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- General Material
January 2005
Know Your Rights on Your Job: Workplace Discrimination Overview
Publisher(s):This document, in Q&A format, provides basic information on hiring discrimination, workplace safety, health care, language rights, wages and hours, joining a labor union and law enforcement actions.
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- Training Tools
January 2005
For an Economy that Works for All: A tool kit for advocates for low-wage workers - Part Two: Advocacy
Publisher(s):This tool kit includes data on low-wage workers, fact sheets on work and child poverty, reports on public perceptions of poor people and the economy, suggested messages, descriptions of framing, and a guide for journalists on how to talk about low-wage work.
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October 2004
Addressing Domestic Violence as a Barrier to Work: Building Collaborations between Domestic Violence Service Providers and Employment Services Agencies
Publisher(s):The report describes and recommends practices including collaboration, training, and screening/referral.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
September 2004
Economic Resource Connections for Battered Women: A Collaborative Community Approach
Publisher(s):This newsletter features Her Will, Inc. It describes their approach to establishing and maintaining resource connections for battered women and their families. A list of BCS papers on job opportunities and training for battered women is also included.
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- General Material
July 2004
Women at Work: Looking Behind the Numbers
Publisher(s):It includes statistics on women in the workplace as well as EEOC data on various forms of discrimination from FY1992 to FY2003.
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- General Material
July 2003
Domestic Violence by Police Officers: Concepts and Issues Paper
Publisher(s):The paper supports the Model Policy on Domestic Violence by Police Officers established by the IACP. This document conveys the philosophy and development of the policy along with implementation requirements.
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- General Material
July 2003
Domestic Violence by Police Officers Model Policy
Publisher(s):This policy establishes procedures for handling acts of domestic violence committed by police officers and for implementing prevention strategies.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
August 2002
Welfare and Domestic Violence Against Women: Lessons from Research
Publisher(s):This paper provides a summary of the research on the connections between poverty, public assistance, employment, and violence against women. Implications for working with battered women who receive TANF are discussed in detail.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
March 2002
Policy Blueprint on Domestic Violence and Poverty
Publisher(s):This paper offers a new and important tool for advocates working with domestic violence and poverty issues in single or multiple systems. It provides a straightforward framework for policy analysis and concrete policy implementation strategies.
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- General Material
January 2002
Women of Color Leadership at Sexual Assault Coalitions: Pulse Check Report 2010
Publisher(s):This report presents findings from focus groups and critical conversations on the progress and challenges faced by Women of Color working at sexual assault coalitions.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2001
The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
This page, an excerpt from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, lists characteristic of white supremacy culture that show up in our organizations, including perfectionism, sense of urgency, defensiveness, quantity over quality, and more. The page explains why these characteristics are harmful and offers antidotes to help dismantle white supremacy culture.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2000
Welfare, Poverty, and Abused Women: New Research and its Implications
Publisher(s):This summary of studies on domestic violence and TANF recipients explores their physical and mental health and work experience. It focuses on interference from their partners, barriers to work, the Family Violence Option, and the Child Support Exemption.