Domestic Violence Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- General Material
March 2010
Men Suffer Domestic Violence Too
Publisher(s): This video features a news report on men's experiences of domestic violence.
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- General Material
March 2010
VESSA: The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act - Keeping Your Job and Keeping Safe, A Guide to Employment Law Protections for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. (CLC), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Sections include how to apply, what to do if an employer is not following VESSA, and rights to UI. Sample letters and documents are provided.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
March 2010
Not Enough: What TANF Offers Family Violence Victims
Publisher(s):Report on findings from a survey of 600 domestic violence, legal aid, and anti-poverty agency staff where 14% said that the TANF family violence responses work well in their states, and 43% said fewer than half of victims were able to access benefits.
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- General Material
- General Material
March 2010
Building Survivor Wealth: A Matched Savings & Individual Development Account “How to Guide”
Publisher(s):This guide provides comprehensive information about IDAs, funding sources, examples of existing programs, and the nuts and bolts of starting an IDA program for domestic violence survivors, including the roles of state coalitions and local programs.
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- General Material
February 2010
State Law Guide: Teen Dating Abuse Education and School Policies
Publisher(s):This guide presents state laws and pending legislation requiring school districts to adopt policies to address teen dating violence.
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- General Material
February 2010
Understanding Life with a Brain Injury: The crossroads of Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This PowerPoint presentation offers information related to the prevalence of TBI and discuses the intersections between TBI and DV. Additionally, it provides specific tips including a screening tool, for DV advocates working with survivors with TBI.
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- General Material
February 2010
Innovative Strategies to Address Domestic Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities: Examining Themes, Models and Interventions
Publisher(s):This report sets the agenda for future project endeavors. It is an initial inquiry into the broad universe of API experiences and reflections regarding our work towards addressing domestic violence in API communities.
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- General Material
February 2010
Prevalence and Correlates of Emotional, Physical, Sexual, and Financial Abuse and Potential Neglect in the United States: The National Elder Mistreatment Study
Publisher(s):Findings of this nationally representative study showed that more than one in ten respondents experienced some type of abuse or potential neglect in the past year.
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- General Material
February 2010
Shattered Lives: Homicides, Domestic Violence and Asian Families
Publisher(s):This report analyzes 160 cases of domestic violence related homicides in Asian families based on newspaper clippings and information from advocates for a six-year period (from 2000 to 2005).
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- General Material
February 2010
The Facts on Adolescent Pregnancy, Reproductive Risk and Exposure to Dating and Family Violence
Publisher(s):Violence limits young women's ability to manage their reproductive health and exposes them to sexually transmitted diseases. This fact sheet outlines ways that violence affects reproductive health and impacts risky sexual behaviors.
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- General Material
January 2010
Study: Many Victims of Partner Violence Experience Reproductive Coercion
Publisher(s):This page highlights findings from a groundbreaking study examining the relationship between intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, and unintended pregnancy.
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- General Material
January 2010
Command Indiscretion
Publisher(s):This article highlights some of the challenges experienced by military women while deployed related to sexual violence, reproductive justice, motherhood and other issues.