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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January 2010
¡Sí Podemos! Yes We Can/Beyond Domestic Violence: Achieving Financial Independence
Publisher(s):This curriculum contains practical tools for Latina survivors that are working on or reflecting about achieving their financial independence. A Trainers Guide for facilitators is also provided.
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- General Material
January 2010
Enhancing Services to Children and Youth in Virginia Exposed to Violence: Demonstration Site - ACTS Turning Point Group for Teen Mothers
Publisher(s):These materials highlight the work of one site in Virginia's Enhancing Services to Children and Youth demonstration project.
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- General Material
November 2009
Dr. Elizabeth Celi talks about men's health, domestic abuse and social bias against men
Publisher(s): This video from the One in Three features Dr. Elizabeth Celi, author of Regular Joe Vs Mr. Invincible, in a discussion about men's health, domestic abuse, and social bias.
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- General Material
November 2009
Working with Battered Women in Jail: A Manual for Community-Based Battered Women's Advocates
Publisher(s):It is our hope that this manual will challenge assumptions, foster critical thinking, and provide a fundamental understanding of the needs of battered women in jail. Our goal is to support an ever-expanding community of people providing effective advocacy to battered women in jail.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
October 2009
Technical Assistance Guide and Resource Kit for Primary Prevention and Evaluation
Publisher(s):Although primary prevention is at the root of the movement to end sexual violence, community-based agencies are challenged to find practical resources around program development and evaluation. Developing programs with evaluation in mind will enable prevention educators to build upon strengths and improve programs to achieve desired results. Through evaluation, sexual violence prevention educators will be able to show what they have always trusted: that their programs do make a positive difference.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
October 2009
Mobilizing Religious Communities to Respond to Gender-based Violence and HIV: A Training Manual
Publisher(s):This manual offers guidance to trainers who are conducting workshops for religious leaders and women leaders of faith on gender-based violence and HIV. It offers resources and approaches to use in training to raise awareness and to motivate action planning to address gender-based violence and HIV issues.
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- General Material
October 2009
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
Publisher(s):This Bulletin discusses the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children’s exposure to violence to date, measuring the past-year and lifetime exposure for children age 17 and younger across several major categories.
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- General Material
October 2009
Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Mental Healthcare for Ethnically Diverse Populations of Women
Publisher(s):Ethnically diverse populations of women, particularly survivors of intimate partner violence, experience many barriers to mental health care. Attention to the barriers to mental health care for ethnically diverse survivors of IPV can help inform the development of more effective strategies for health care practice and policy.
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- General Material
September 2009
The Kentucky Civil Protective Order Study: A Rural and Urban Multiple Perspective Study of Protective Order Violation Consequences, Responses, & Costs
Publisher(s):This study addresses several gaps in the research literature on civil protective orders by examining protective order effectiveness, enforcement, and cost effectiveness.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
September 2009
Economic Stress and Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper provides data on domestic violence rates across social classes, highlights the relationship between economic stress and domestic violence, and explores employment, social support networks, and weaknesses in social services.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
September 2009
Interpersonal Violence and Women With Disabilities: A Research Update
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This article provides an update on what researchers have learned during the past ten years about abuse and women with disabilities and offers some perspectives on the state of current research and its implications for future studies and advocacy efforts.
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- General Material
September 2009
Is Feminism Men’s Work, too?
Publisher(s):This article discusses the importance of developing and fostering a pro-feminist generation of boys and men. This work is critical in disrupting misogyny and sexism.