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April 2020

Sexual Difficulties Following Childhood Sexual Abuse and Trauma

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This webinar examines the impact of childhood sexual trauma on adult sexuality, relationships, attachment, and intimacy while exploring trauma-informed approaches to treatment and healing.
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April 2020

Reducing Gender Bias in Sexual Assault Response and Investigation – Part 2

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This webinar series explores the phenomenon of gender bias and the resulting stereotypes and attitudes that can influence the professional response to, and investigation of, sexual assault. Part 2 resumes the discussion with an exploration of how gender bias affects victim blaming after the sexual assault.
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April 2020

Reducing Gender Bias in Sexual Assault Response and Investigation – Part 1

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This webinar series explores the phenomenon of gender bias and the resulting stereotypes and attitudes that can influence the professional response to, and investigation of, sexual assault. Part 1 begins by introducing the concept of implicit bias, and then address key questions about how this can influence sexual assault dynamics and responses.
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February 2020

Safety Plan for Stalking Victims

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A practical safety planning guide that helps survivors of stalking reduce risk, document abuse, and navigate legal and community resources.
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February 2020

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Communication Resources

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CDC offers free resources including video, fact sheets, and posters. Resources on this page can be used to guide service providers' communications with the field about how to stay safe and healthy.
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January 2020

Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth is Violence Prevention

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This white paper explains how and why LGBTQ children and youth experience disproportionate rates of violence and trauma, and how those experiences tend to lead to even more violence and trauma down the road. Most importantly, it explains how this trajectory can be disrupted, even by neighbors and other bystanders. 
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January 2020

Partnership to End Gendered Islamophobia Community Report

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Gendered Islamophobia consists of the ways the state utilizes gendered forms of violence to oppress, monitor, punish, maim and control Muslim bodies. This report shares collective learnings from a convening of the Partnership to End Gendered Islamophobia on the 19th anniversary of 9/11.
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September 2019

Serving Male Survivors

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This training focuses on the unique experiences of male sexual assault survivors, particularly the barriers created by the invisibility of male survivors, masculinity stereotypes, and anti-gay prejudice. It emphasizes the importance of inclusive, trauma-informed services that recognize and address these barriers.
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September 2019

WEBINAR: DELTA FOCUS Stories: Lessons Learned from 3 Community-Based Initiatives

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On this 90-minute webinar, preventionists and change-makers in Alaska, Rhode Island, and North Carolina share their successes, surprises, pivots, and points of learning along their journeys, offering strategies and tools for those who wish to engage in this work or adapt similar projects for their own communities.
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June 2019

May 2019 Findings: Immigrant Survivors Fear Reporting Violence

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A coalition of national organizations gathered feedback from nearly six hundred advocates and attorneys from across the U.S., learning that many immigrant victims of domestic and sexual violence are now too afraid to call the police or go to court to get help. Advocates report that survivors have an increased fear of deportation, retaliation by their abusers, and separation from their children.
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April 2019

Vulnerable and Underserved: Victim Advocacy for Incarcerated LGBTI Survivors

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"The webinar will look at strategies for helping one of the most vulnerable groups in detention: people who identify as LGBTI. Featuring an LGBTI survivor of sexual abuse in detention, the webinar will cover high incidence of prior trauma among LGBTI prisoners and barriers they face in accessing LGBTI-sensitive support services. The presenters will highlight the ways that advocates can use the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards as a tool to ensure the safety and dignity of LGBTI prisoners."
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April 2019

Vulnerable and Underserved: Victim Advocacy for Incarcerated Male Survivors of Color

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Explores how race, incarceration, and stigma intersect to shape the experiences and needs of male survivors of color