Material Listing

This issue profiles the vanguard efforts of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence as they respond to the economic-related needs faced by battered women and their children.

This issue of the BCS newsletter reviews the initial event of the Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence Connecting to Build Comprehensive Solutions Institute.&The Connecting Institute Tampa Seminar, held November 2004, is the featured story. This main article summarizes activities, philosophy, and highlights of the Connecting Institute's kick-off gathering of 15 (fifteen) state teams.& Lessons learned are highlighted. The newsletter also includes a listing of relevant written materials.

This report summarizes researchers' recommendations for improving the relationship between law enforcement and the deaf community, based on results of an investigation of the impact of sexual assault on members of the deaf community.

Offers recommendations and guidelines based on the National Association of Social Workers' Code of Ethics.

Assessment tools that may be of particluar for those working to end violence against women are highlighted below.

The following areas are identified in the "Injury and Violence" category (65-66):

This legal guide contains information in chapter format ranging from An Overview of Human Trafficking, T Nonimmigrant Visas, Continued Presence, Benefits for Victims, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children, and resources for advocates.

• 'Powerpoint' slideshow format, with 82 slides total
• Provides some basic background information on human trafficking; forms, tactics used, who is more likely to be a victim and why, etc.
• TVPA, including brief mention of the T-visa
• Includes suggestions for how to help a trafficking victim, and some practical considerations to approaching this work
• Slide 70, and on, focuses on issues and specific considerations on child trafficking

• Defines who qualifies, under the US TVPA, as a 'victim of severe form of trafficking'
• T-Visa and U-Visa
• 'Certification' process
• Includes a chart with the 'benefits and services available to certified victims of trafficking' (2)

• Defines 'severe forms of human trafficking' according to US law
• Outlines some common patterns of movement and factors that may increase an individual's vulnerability to the tactics of traffickers
• Includes questions to help in identifying a victim of human trafficking
• Devotes substantial attention to the US context, including US government responses to human trafficking
• Each section ends with 'points for reflection'
• Discusses the role of NGOs in raising awareness and responding to human trafficking