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NCAVP's report collects data concerning intimate partner violence within LGBTQ and HIV-affected relationships from 19 anti-violence programs in 20 states across the country. In 2012, twenty-one intimate partner violence (IPV) homicides of LGBTQ and HIV-affected people were documented; the highest yearly total ever recorded.

This brief presents data on homicides in Washington State involving Native American victims and perpetrators, and domestic violence homicides on tribal land.

This brief presents data on teen victims of domestic violence homicide in Washington State.

Data analyzed in this report, although not specific to intimate partner violence, suggest that victims of attempted or completed violent crimes rarely use firearms in self-defense.

This report summarizes data from CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) regarding violent deaths from 16 U.S. states for 2010.

This fact sheet describes the link between foster care and sex trafficking, and how foster parents can help prevent trafficking.

All public and private elementary and secondary schools, school districts, colleges, and universities receiving any federal funding assistance must comply iwth Title IX.

President Obama created the Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault to help schools live up to their obligation to protect students from sexual violence. As the first step in the Task Forces work, this report offers action steps and recommendations towards that goal.

This fact sheet reviews what studies reveal about the links between intimate partner violence and HIV in women, and offers the CDCs strategy for addressing these issues.

The programs reviewed in the documentation focus on awareness-raising, womens empowerment, psychosocial care, and community-based healthcare.

This report documents the violence and exclusion suffered by lesbians, bisexual women, and trans persons in these five countries in Asia, and shows how government inaction contributes to the abuse. It is based on interviews with affected women and trans individuals, as well as with government officials, civil society actors, and other key stakeholders.

The purpose of this guide is to support adoptive and foster families by strengthening the abilities of pediatricians to: 1) identify traumatized children, 2) educate families about toxic stress and the possible biological, behavioral, and social manifestations of early childhood trauma, and 3) empower families to respond to their childs behavior in a manner that acknowledges past trauma but promotes the learning of new, more adaptive reactions to stress.

HSTS is an early childhood trauma intervention model created by Crittenton Childrens Center in Kansas City, MO. It is designed to support young children as well as, the parents and teachers who love and care about them. HSTS promotes the development of systemic trauma awareness in Head Start communities, teaching resiliency and practical lifelong coping skills.

This article provides an overview of the shifts in our language, perspective, and policies regarding how we view preventing the perpetration of sexual abuse, and argues that we must adopt and invest in a prevention approach whose goal is to, first and foremost, prevent sexual violence before anyone is harmed.

This paper discusses theory-based explanations of what causes elder abuse and how best to respond to it.

Billions of images are captured, uploaded online, and distributed electronically every day. This handout discusses safety, privacy, and legal issues around the intersections of domestic and sexual violence, technology, and privacy.

Focusing on the experiences of low-income African American women, this short issue brief considers how race and poverty affect the service needs of domestic violence victims and survivors.

Along with Enhancing Safety for Women, this Guide will help agencies figure out whether connecting with a local program that provides social services to men could respond to currently unmet need among women.

This report explores the experiences of nearly 2,000 LGBT youth who identify as Latino. It further analyzes the results of HRCs groundbreaking survey of more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13 to 17, Growing Up LGBT in America.

Drawing on survey findings from HRC's groundbreaking survey of over 10,000 LGBT-identified youth, this latest report examines the experiences of survey respondents whose gender identities or expressions expand our conventional understanding of gender. It is designed to provide adults with a better understanding of these youth and to help adults find ways to communicate with and support all youth in their lives.

This list of topics/questions will help advocates and other victim service providers help a trans woman determine if and how to best access women-only shelters.

This 2-pager reviews states legal obligations to eliminate violence against women, reviews international instruments and frameworks to promote human rights, and provides recommendations for states in moving forward.

Violence against women is caused by gender inequality _ including unequal power relations between women and men, rigid gender roles, norms and hierarchies, and ascribing women lower status in society.

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of what works in low- and middle-income countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners.

This wheel begins to demonstrate the ideal response, within the Deaf community, to the issue of domestic violence. Community opinion and a desire to make a difference can lead all members of the community to expect full accountability from the abuser by applying appropriate consequences.