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This information sheet lists offensive and defensive injuries that are likely to be suffered by victims and offenders of domestic violence.

The brief summarizes what is known about young people and electronic aggression, provides strategies for addressing the issue with young people, and discusses the implications for school staff, education policy makers, and parents and caregivers.

With contributions from development and advocacy workers in the field, the report also highlights innovative and successful programs in countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia where a variety of approaches aim to tackle the underlying needs that often fuel the practice.

The findings of this report are based on interviews with 175 participants (judges, service providers, law enforcement officers, others) throughout the State of Minnesota. The report reveals that often the response of law enforcement is ineffective and the needs of trafficked persons remain unmet. This report includes recommendations to address the barriers to an effective, coordinated response to sex trafficking and to better meet the needs of trafficked women and children.

Several key emerging public policy issues identified from both the literature and key informant interviews are then presented. These include:

• Universal Screening by health care providers
• Appropriate Training for health care providers
• Mandatory Reporting by health care providers
• Documentation/Coding by health care providers
• Employee Assistance Programs for health care providers experiencing Domestic Violence
• Integration of health services into community response
• Funding for expanded and improved health response

This article discusses the unique experiences of rural women who survive domestic violence. Noting that primary health care providers can be a lifeline, the author urges advocates and community members to help influence health care practices.

"Awareness among primary care physicians of the high prevalence of domestic violence is associated with an increased likelihood of screening for abuse."

Includes information on:

• Professionals Required to Report
• Reporting by Other Persons
• Standards for Making a Report
• Privileged Communications
• Inclusion of the Reporter's Name in the Report
• Disclosure of the Reporter's Identity

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to everyone on campus who cares about the prevention of sexual violence on campus. Whether you are a faculty or staff member or an administrator or student, there are resources included that are directly relevant to your role in the campus community.

The aim of these guidelines is to improve professional health services for all individuals (women, men and children) who have been victims of sexual violence by providing:

• health care workers with the knowledge and skills that are necessary for the management of victims of sexual violence;
• standards for the provision of both health care and forensic services to victims of sexual violence;
• guidance on the establishment of health and forensic services for victims of sexual violence.

"Interpersonal violence results in around 520,000 deaths and millions of non-fatal injuries every year. Research on the relation between alcohol and violence suggests that alcohol is a situational determinant which increases the risk of most types of violence. Hazardous and harmful use of alcohol has also been shown to be an important consequence of experiencing or witnessing most forms of violence, but especially child maltreatment and intimate partner violence."

This guide includes information on:

• The process for reporting suspected child maltreatment
• The partnership with law enforcement, child protection and licensing agencies
• Conditions of neglect and abuse that should be reported
• Some behaviors and characteristics of children and families who may need help
• Relevant state statutes.

This fact sheet includes the following categories: adults, health disparities, college age, children and youth (17 years or younger), non-fatal injuries and medical treatment and perpetrators.

The report draws particular attention to the problem of the under-reporting of such abuse and addresses a range of related issues.

This resource explains what FGM is and detail some of its consequences. It also calls on agencies and communities to develop, strengthen, and support specific and concrete actions directed towards ending female genital mutilation.

This guidebook is designed to support the ongoing process of enhancing the understanding of, and sensitivity to, the specific issues and situations confronted by women human rights defenders.

Some questions included are:

• What is a "Jane Doe Rape Kit"?
• Who has to comply with VAWA 2005 requirement regarding forensic examination?
• How long are states required to keep forensic examination collection kits?

This report documents a dramatic rise in unchecked violence against civilians since June 2007, when the Ethiopian army launched a counterinsurgency campaign against rebels who attacked a Chinese-run oil installation.

By capturing the voices of survivors, advocates and legal leaders in this movement to end violence against women, this Connections will inspire you to look beyond traditional paths of service delivery, dig deeper into the root causes of intimate partner sexual violence,and expand your outreach to survivors. Additionally, it provides a screening resource tool for thought provocation and implementation support.

This handbook reviews techniques for success in preventing trafficking from occurring through a review of lessons learned from existing programming.

"The ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report sheds light on the faces of modern-day slavery and on new facets of this global problem. The human trafficking phenomenon affects virtually every country, including the United States. In acknowledging America's own struggle with modern-day slavery and slavery-related practices, we offer partnership. We call on every government to join us in working to build consensus and leverage resources to eliminate all forms of human trafficking." --Secretary Clinton, June 16, 2009

It identifies the gaps - and the many strengths - in current development agency violence prevention priorities and proposes a strengthened agenda for more effective violence prevention. It also puts forward concrete proposals to build up the institutional foundations necessary for violence prevention at both national and international levels.

This work is about supporting survivors and increasing community safety.

These Guidelines are issued to provide guidance and assistance to covered jurisdictionsÑthe 50 States, the District of Columbia, the principal U.S. territories, and Indian tribal governmentsÑin implementing the SORNA standards in their registration and notification programs.

The report begins with the premise that the condition and position of girls' lives matters, and that the impact of conflict on girls is far-reaching and goes beyond their experiences as either combatants or victims of violence. It intends to show how conflict affects girls differently from boys and how their rights are ignored, their responsibilities changed, and their lives altered by war. It describes how discrimination against girls is in place before the fighting begins and remains after it is over.

This is a report of findings from a three-week mission to examine the protection of adolescent girls, with a particular focus on education and reproductive health in refugee camps.