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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
Developed for National Autism Awareness Month, this growth chart describes expected milestones in how children play, learn, speak and act from children from age 1 through 5. The message is to learn the signs in order to help prevent developmental delay.
This series of fact sheets describes skills to expect from children at different stages based on age. Includes mental skills, social skills, and tips for parents to promote healthy development and deal with challenging behavior.
"What do we really know about how a young child develops? What can parents do to best support their child's healthy development and growing brain? Some of the answers are in this series of Healthy Minds handouts. Each handout is based on findings from a report from the National Academy of Sciences that examined the research on child and brain development to establish what is known about the early years.
The information is organized by developmental stage:
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) provided technical assistance and collaborated with OVW on the design and delivery of the session. This final report details the event.
The review examines the existing peer-reviewed scholarly and grey literature from industrialized and developing regions. Over 400 items on sexual assault, including books, journal articles, news articles, research reports, annual reports, discussion papers and monographs were examined. The review outlines the historical and contemporary medico-legal responses to sexual assault victims, broadly describing the professionals, protocols and procedures involved in the collection and processing of medico-legal evidence.
This manual provides simple, direct guidance for attorneys and advocates trying to answer that question. It is a practical guide that includes concrete lessons about how to conduct an effective intake, how to spot important legal issues, and how best to respond to sexual assault victims' legal needs.
Topics covered in the 2008 version of the Report include:
This report draws on more than 50 interviews of survivors of sexual violence in Darfur, and dozens of interviews with government officials, law enforcement personnel, lawyers, rebels, international and local humanitarian aid workers, and UN officials working in Sudan. The report synthesizes information Human Rights Watch obtained from various credible sources from November 2007 to February 2008. Among published documents, the report draws heavily from the final report of the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Group of Experts and other UN agency publications.
This report provides an analysis of patterns of human rights abuses against women who are exposed to the risk of or are already living with HIV in rural contexts of widespread poverty and unemployment.
