Cultural Competence Content Topic Results

Doulas provide invaluable support to pregnant and birthing people - but doula support is available across a wide variety of experiences, including abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth. The people who provide this essential care are commonly called full-spectrum doulas.

From spiritual abuse to being a key tenant of survivors’ healing journey, faith plays a critical role in many survivors’ experiences with violence. This webinar gathered four of API-GBV’s partners from a multi-year faith-based advocacy project that reached several Chinese/Taiwanese Christian churches and seminaries, Sikh gurdwaras, and Korean Christian congregations in California.

The intersection between domestic violence, housing instability, and homelessness continues to be a pressing issue for the field. To this end, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence conducted a two-part needs assessment project to assess survivors' current and emerging housing needs, particularly in Black and Brown communities, and to document innovative community-based solutions.

Many domestic violence and homeless shelters are seeing rapid increases in the number of elders seeking shelter. This webinar discusses ways of responding to the needs of Indigenous elders who are experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness and what can be done.

Native women have been on the receiving end of many injustices. These injustices include homelessness and various forms of physical and sexual violence. Native women experience high rates of homelessness. The May 2022 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) explains that advocates must understand the historical context of Native women's experiences in order to truly support them.

This report highlights juvenile justice and public safety concerns and recommendations from Tribal youth ages 14–24.  

Historically, the domestic violence (DV) field has separated services for adults and services for children and youth, rather than taking an integrated approach that centers the relationships between adult survivors and their children. The Family-Centered Toolkit helps programs envision and implement an integrated approach that supports parent-child relationships and families with a range of culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and developmentally sensitive services.

To build a healthier America for all, we must confront the systems and policies that have resulted in the generational injustice that has given rise to health inequities. CDC’s Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication emphasize the importance of addressing all people inclusively and respectfully.

In order to meet the cultural and racial needs of Afro-Latin@s, it is important that gender-based violence organizations prioritize models that center anti-discriminatory practices. This document from Esperanza United offers promising practices and a call to action to meet the unique needs of Afro-Latin@ survivors of gender-based violence.

In this online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Resource Center, the presenters provided an overview of cultural connectedness as one of the strongest protective factors for American Indian youth.

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), National AI/AN Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) and the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) convened a workgroup of gender-based violence and housing advocates from Indian country to reflect on the needs of AI/AN survivors. The October 2021 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) outlines some of the needs identified in the workgroup.

Created by OneEighty in Wooster, Ohio, these materials offer key tips and background information for domestic violence advocates working with Amish and Plain Communities.