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Sexual violence is a serious public health problem that is associated with many negative physical and mental health conditions and health risk behaviors. This data brief presents 2023/2024 national and state-level prevalence estimates for sexual violence from CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS).

This report, reflective of data collected by the National Domestic Violence Hotline between March 16 to May 16, 2020, offers a snapshot of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on victims and survivors of domestic violence.

This paper discusses the importance of prioritizing women’s and girl’s empowerment when addressing protection risks, including gender-based violence, in the context of displacement and climate change. "Adopting a gender lens helps to identify and respond to specific risks and needs, and it highlights the essential roles women can take on in leading sustainable transformations.”

In this webinar, Native leaders share stories and teachings for planning and responding to ongoing challenges that impact Tribal Nations.

This document shares successful strategies from Latin@ leaders across the country to effectively reach Latin@ communities during emergency situations.

This report shares the stories of 661 survivors impacted by Winter Storm Uri who applied for cash assistance from FreeFrom. The #1 need reported by survivors affected by the storm is access to unrestricted cash.

This U.S. study explores lessons learned about domestic violence service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic identified by state, territory, and tribal coalition leadership to advance preparedness and guide structural improvements for future disasters.

Promotoras are leaders dedicated to bridging the gap between their community members and health systems. This report shares innovative approaches Promotoras used to respond to and mitigate the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Latin@ community.

Climate disasters occur with increasing frequency worldwide, which means more and more nonprofits are experiencing them. What advice do survivors have for preparing?

This toolkit from the Battered Women's Justice Project provides ideas, strategies, and techniques for addressing the need and challenges related to making survivors charged with crimes visible and central in a community’s response to domestic and sexual violence, with a particular emphasis on victims of battering charged with crimes.

This guide provides information on state and federal laws, policies, and practices for registration of a protection order in another jurisdiction.

This tipsheet offers trauma-informed strategies for navigating difficult conversations. Grounded in the ACRTI (Accessible, Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed) framework, it emphasizes building trust, ensuring safety, and preparing environments and relationships long before bad news must be shared. 

Community-based advocates can play a critical role in helping survivors successfully complete supervision, particularly when working in partnership with a survivor’s probation or parole officer. This tipsheet highlights various practical strategies advocates can use when working with survivors on probation and parole.

This manual provides information and strategies to help community-based advocates provide effective and holistic support to incarcerated victims of battering.

Stalking is a serious public health problem that affects millions of women and men. It can have harmful effects on the well-being and daily lives of victims, as well as potentially affecting their families and loved ones. This data brief presents 2023/2024 national and state-level prevalence estimates for stalking victimization from CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS).

This comprehensive toolkit for advocates provides practical strategies to enhance physical and behavioral health (including mental health and substance use), access to care, and overall well-being for survivors of violence and their children.

Survivors deserve safety. Survivors deserve support. Survivors deserve solidarity. We are with survivors, always. This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) explores ways to stand with survivors throughout Domestic Violence Awareness Month and beyond.

Survivors are survivors. Believing this means recognizing that abuse impacts individuals no matter their background or who they are, and that all survivors deserve support and safety. This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) offers concrete tips, guiding questions, and ideas for how to support male survivors – from before your first client reaches out to your program to debriefing with your supervisor after you close their file.

To kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2025, NRCDV offered an introductory webinar describing the dynamics and common tactics that characterize domestic violence.

This Technical Assistance (TA) Bundle includes TA Questions (TAQs) and webinars designed to support anti-violence organizations that are tending to multiple and interconnected crises – present and future – with intention, wisdom, and deep care for advocates and survivors.

The prevention approaches highlighted in this story provide examples of school-based prevention efforts that include multiple approaches to more comprehensively address risk and protective factors for dating violence among all youth in a school setting.

The prevention approaches highlighted in this story address community conditions that give rise to, protect against, or counter violence in communities and reflect a multi-generational approach that has the potential to create lasting safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.

This story features lessons learned from coalitions in California, Delaware, and Michigan whose approaches focused on building a network of partners working collaboratively to support IPV and TDV prevention. 

This story features coalitions in Delaware, North Carolina, and Indiana that implemented approaches in communities experiencing disproportionate trauma as a result of exposure to stressors such as chronic poverty, high rates of violence, and substandard housing.

This story features coalitions in California, Florida, and North Carolina who used policy-based approaches to have a community-level impact on IPV.