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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
This report, in the words of Women for Women International president and CEO, Zainab Salbi, is grounded in "the belief that a nation cannot prosper, nor can peace be sustained, without the full participation of women." (4)
This manual contains a variety of information around understanding the federal legislative process, including action tools such as tips for meeting with your legislator.
This document summarizes the available research on childhood stress and its implications for adult health and well-being. Of particular interest is the stress caused by child abuse, neglect, and repeated exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV). This publication provides violence prevention practitioners with ideas about how to incorporate information on childhood stress into their work.
"This article discusses evaluation data that was gathered from an Indigenous empowerment program aimed at increasing personal empowerment in order to improve individual and social wellbeing. Our analysis of the data demonstrates the success of the program in building personal strength, increasing ability to assist others, and increasing motivation to challenge structural factors impacting on health equality.
While these programs are diverse, there are factors that many of them have in common. The first is that the majority could be described as Ôbottom up' rather than Ôtop down.' Most of them originated at the local level, driven by priorities decided by individual Indigenous communities. Some employed methodologies pioneered elsewhere, but these were adapted so they have local relevance. Most of the programs depend on the knowledge, authority and support of community Elders for their success.
"Non-government agencies working directly with Aboriginal children and families and Aboriginal communities continue to have profoundly negative experiences with the system. Making a child protection notification does not seem to provide people with any confidence that the child they are concerned about will be protected. In fact the commonly held view is that making a notification will simply make the child's situation worse. Non reporting of child abuse and neglect is higher in the Northern Territory than elsewhere with mandatory reporting requirements either ignored or not understood.
"This short paper comments on the likely effectiveness of the [Australian Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007's] proposals and puts forward a set of practical immediate measures and long term reform proposals to address the problem.
Developed in response to the Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse (also known as Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle "Little Children Are Sacred"), advocates for Aboriginal people, children and victims/survivors of sexual abuse critique the measures as irrelevant to the recommendations of the report, discriminatory, developed without participation of Aboriginal people and a means for the federal government to subvert and reverse the self-determination of indigenous people.
Part I details results of consultations and formal submissions, and provides recommendations "to address child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory and, more broadly, the issue of child sexual abuse for all Territory children and young people." Part II consists of a literature review and assessment of child sexual abuse and related issues.
This is a compiled list of existing state laws and pending legislation that counteract the legal problems that victims of domestic violence face in obtaining housing. This document also includes measures that:
This guide details schools' responsibility to take a leadership role to prevent and respond to teen dating and sexual violence in schools and in the community.
This report indicates that persons who report having experienced IPV in their lifetimes also are more likely to report current adverse health conditions and health risk behaviors, underscoring the need for IPV assessment in healthcare settings. Additionally, the results indicate a need for secondary intervention strategies to address the health-related needs of IPV survivors and reduce their risk for subsequent adverse health conditions and health risk behaviors.
On September 25, 2007, 1,346 out of 1,949, or sixty-nine percent, of identified domestic violence programs in the United States participated in the 2007 National Census of Domestic Violence Services. The results are published in this report.
It is intended to build capacity in the application of gender budget analysis. The manual seeks to build understanding of GRB as a tool for promoting gender equity, accountability to women's rights, and efficiency and transparency in budget policies and processes.
At a time when the global community is increasingly focused on poverty reduction and broader national development goals, the Framework outlines UNFPA's policy and program priorities for the empowerment of women and girls and for incorporating a gender perspective across its mandate, in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, and population and development.
UNFPA Priorities for Gender Equality Programming include:
By providing a comprehensible framework for assessing and comparing global gender gaps and by revealing those countries that are role models in dividing these resources equitably between women and men, serves as a catalyst for greater awareness as well as greater exchange between policymakers.
The report offers targeted recommendations for national and local governments, donor agencies, civil society, and the private sector.
The report highlights, country by country, many of the recent achievements and indicates what must continue to build on them. Additionally, it provides examples of good practices as well as efforts that did not meet the goals - and explores the reasons why.
Contents include:
The study centers on women aged 15-49 and their daughters, presenting estimates and examining differentials in prevalence, and highlighting patterns within the data that can strategically inform programmatic efforts.
There is a complex and often reciprocal relationship between poverty and sexual violence. This guide is intended to support rape crisis centers in their economic advocacy efforts at all levels of the organization.
The article lists 45 facts about violence against women in the U.S. and globally along with their sources. It also includes a selection of other web site links to find and verify violence against women statistics.
It provides a specific breakdown for each of the following:
"This study uses household and individual-level data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program to examine the prevalence and correlates of domestic violence and the health consequences of domestic violence for women and their children. Nationally representative data from nine countriesÑCambodia (2000), Colombia (2000), the Dominican Republic (2002), Egypt (1995), Haiti (2000), India (1998-1999), Nicaragua (1998), Peru (2000), and Zambia (2001-2002)Ñare analyzed within a comparative framework to provide a multifaceted analysis of the phenomenon of domestic violence."
It looks at the status of women today, discusses how gender equality will move all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) forward, and shows how investment in women's rights will ultimately produce a double dividend: advancing the rights of both women and children.
Contents include:
The guidance sheet series is produced by UNIFEM's Gender Responsive Budgeting Program to assist government officials and gender equality advocates in their efforts to make gender responsive budgeting a reality in their countries. Issues in this series explore Gender Responsive Budgeting concepts, tools and experiences and highlight good practices adopted by ministries of finance, sectoral ministries, local governments, parliamentarians, and civil society around the world.
