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In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded RTI International to identify programs designed to prevent first-time male perpetration of sexual violence and to provide&evaluation assistance to a subset of these programs. RTI conducted an environmental scan to identify programs in the relatively new field of prevention of first-time perpetration of sexual violence. The current report provides updated information on 23 of the original 37 programs and adds information on 36 new programs that have been developed since the 2003 report.

The finding in particularÑzero tolerance for sexual violence and other predatory behaviorÑwas cited as the foundation for successful programs.

This document is based on the knowledge and experience of the WSN members, with the objective of helping States to improve alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services to women through the establishment of standards that build on the capabilities and strengths of State systems and provider networks.

Interviews were conducted with Native American and Alaska Native survivors, their families, activists, support workers, service providers and health workers. Issues of marginalization and discrimination are discussed as well as jurisdiction, policing, and prosecution problems. Recommendations for addressing violence against indigenous women are also offered.

This update presents the main achievements of the past year in detail and identifies urgent priorities going forward.

The report describes how fear of violence and/or violence affects the uptake of HIV testing and counselling programmes and disclosure of HIV status. It highlights programmes that have addressed violence against women in HIV testing and counselling including through training of counsellors, couple counselling, and addressing HIV/AIDS in services for women experiencing intimate partner violence.

The review examines the societal factors that influence rates of sexual violence, women's immediate and long term responses to such violence, including a range of health related harms, and the interventions and treatments developed to respond to the needs of survivors of sexual violence and reduce its prevalence.

The first three chapters outline the scale and severity of these forms of school violence, their causes and consequences and ways in which law and policy can be improved. The fourth chapter focuses on what works in tackling school violence, with a particular focus on programmatic interventions. The final chapter contains Plan's call to action, proposing what international organizations, governments, teachers, parents and children themselves must do to stop violence in schools.

The Bulletin examines the role these centers play in child abuse investigations and suggests ways that the centers could improve services in the future.

Aside from setting screening guidelines, this manual discusses barriers faced by women in rural communities when attempting to protect themselves from domestic violence and presents guidelines for coordinating community response to domestic violence.