Communities of Color Content Topic Results

This toolkit examines advocates’ observations about the court experiences of survivors with limited English proficiency, and offers guidance and resources to build systems change efforts for language accessibility.

This report presents the findings from the 2013 survey conducted with Latina callers to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. This survey indicated an increase in the percentage of Latina survivors who are afraid of seeking help because of immigration issues, as well as significant challenges regarding language access.

This dissertation describes a study conducted in the Atlanta, Georgia area of a peer workshop on domestic violence for Latina community members led by local Latina survivors of domestic violence.

This fact sheet includes statistics on health insurance, barriers to safe abortions, and perceptions with respect to black women and their reproductive health.

Standing Rock Reservation, like many others, faces myriad social, economic, and educational problems. Together, those problems are coalescing into a crisis for our most vulnerable population − Native youth.

In this article, the author first discusses how Native women, girls, and boys have been sold for sex on ships in the Duluth Port in Minnesota, an issue she previously wrote about in a report entitled "Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota."

This briefing paper highlights trends in racial disparities in the criminal justice system, discusses how such disparities impact communities of color and concludes with relevant information on best practices for reducing racial disparity.

This document provides information on the 18.9 million immigrant women living in the United States in 2008.

This report from Black Women's Blueprint discusses the prevalence of officer-perpetrated sexual assault and its impact on Black women. It explains how sexual assault and/or rape constitute an act of torture and requires understanding this issue through the historical context of the institution and legacy of slavery.

This document provides recommendations on recognizing and understanding the impact of trauma on survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

The report focuses specifically on Native populations within Oregon. Its focus is one of a human rights legal fact-finding report that sets out to measure whether federal, state, and local government officials are meeting their obligations under international, national and state law in prosecuting traffickers, protecting survivors, and preventing trafficking as it involves the Native population in Oregon.

Because of the increasing growth of the Latin@ population in the US, more and more domestic violence programs are becoming aware of the importance of improving their outreach efforts. NRCDV's January 2014 TA Question of the Month provides helpful guidance on improving outreach efforts.