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This report gives a state-by-state accounting of when clergy are mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect.

The Safe Havens Family Violence Prevention Project (FVPP) is a year-long training, action and community-building program for congregations representing a full spectrum of faith communities from many different faiths and religions€Focusing on long-term changes that address the roots of violence in the home, the Family Violence Prevention Project helps survivors, clergy, laity, and service providers to create a common vision and collaborative model for ending family violence.

This brochure outlines the reasons why a survivor may struggle with leaving an abusive relationship.

People in abusive relationships are often afraid to stay because they do not want themselves or their children to be hurt or killed. They are also afraid to leave due to abusers' threats to find them, hurt and/or kill them and/or their children.

This 32 page booklet addresses how to respond when someone discloses they are experiencing abuse. It includes basic information, biblical reflections, guidelines for response, suggestions for prevention and additional resources and is intended for church leaders.

This tip sheet for faith community leaders includes ideas for making your congregation a safe and supportive space for survivors. Other helpful hints include to putting survivor safety first and not victim-blaming.

The purpose of these protocols is to provide all religious and lay leaders of New Hampshire with an action plan to safely respond to families in their faith communities who are experiencing domestic violence. This report was created by a collaboration of New Hampshire professionals with broader application to other states.

This wheel demonstrates the ideal response of community faith leaders to domestic violence.

In 2010, this twelve-month training program brought together survivors and individuals from diverse communities to explore, learn, and develop leadership skills to contribute to domestic violence prevention efforts.

This edition of the Manager's Viewpoint newsletter offers articles and reflections on cost cutting, big picture planning, and leading through challenging economic times.

This is a self-assessment scale that can help individuals rate the quality of their leadership. It is designed to assess leadership skills in terms of growth and progress and helps individuals prioritize areas that they would work on to strengthen their leadership.

This article the authors provide information to help law enforcement personnel and other community professionals design a response system that goes beyond simple compliance with the "letter of the law" and actually create a model for best practices that achieve the honorable "spirit of the law" enacted with this VAWA 2005 provision.

This resource offers personal accounts of experiences of sexual and intimate partner violence within activity communities, community accountability and restorative justice work.

This resource page explains the concepts of community accountability and transformative justice processes as alternatives to seeking justice and accountability for cases of sexual violence.

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.

Over the past several years, there has been much talk about leadership among Latin@s in the sexual violence prevention movement. In a critical conversation conducted at the 2011 National Sexual Assault Conference in Baltimore, participants were asked to describe characteristics of a Latin@ leader. This article captures that conversation.

This document is intended for Women of Color who are considering or have decided to start a Women of Color Caucus and offers suggestions on starting and refocusing a Women of Color Caucus, as well as lessons learned from existing Women of Color Caucuses.

This resource includes initiatives to faith-based communities and leaders in their efforts to increase community capacity to address sexual violence.

This resource provides information on creating spaces for healing within spiritual communities. Leaders can use this contact to inform, respond to, and prevent violence.

To address violence against women, the report advocates such policy changes as the establishment of required national standards for child sexual abuse prevention for youth-serving organizations, increasing resources for female service members who experience military sexual trauma and reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, including protections for immigrant, LGBT and Native American women.

The transgender population is the most affected by the HIV epidemic Latin America, with a prevalence rate of 35%. To put an end to the epidemic, it is essential to ensure the fulfilment of human rights as well as access to health services that respect gender identity.

It summarizes a larger systematization document _ bearing the same title _ produced at the initiative of indigenous women who are members of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas _ ECMIA, to be presented at the 57th meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). It also presents a series of recommendations addressed to international organizations and international cooperation agencies, States, and the indigenous organizations themselves to tackle this problem from its multiple dimensions and actors.

This brief paper describes 10 simple steps that parents of sons can take to help combat the culture of violence for future generations.

In this report, the authors build on a 2012 convening where 21 writers, activists, and educators who work in the online feminist landscape came together to discuss their needs, desires, and hopes for the online feminist future.

This plan calls on governments to prioritize actions tied to 8 key principles to ensure that all children can learn free from violence, and that girls benefit from their equal right to education.