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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 2009
Violence Prevention: The Evidence - Promoting gender equality to prevent violence against women
Publisher(s):This document reviews promising initiatives to promote gender equality and the effectiveness of such approaches in reducing VAW. These include school-based programs, community interventions such as microfinance, public awareness campaigns, and initiatives that engage men.
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January 2009
Domestic Violence Counts 2008: A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services
Publisher(s):This annual census documents the number of individuals who sought services in a single 24-hour period, as well as the types of services requested, the number of service requests that went unmet due to a lack of resources, and the issues and barriers that domestic violence programs face as they strive to provide services to victims of domestic violence. This report is instrumental in raising awareness about domestic violence and the incredible work that local domestic violence programs do every day.
Includes charts of individual State/Territory Summaries.
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- General Material
January 2009
Addressing the Violence Before It Starts: Domestic Violence Primary Prevention Plan
Publisher(s):As part of CDC’s DELTA program, the Rhode Island State Steering Committee developed this domestic violence primary prevention plan as the first step in a long-term process to alter cultural norms, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that support domestic violence. The plan identifies evidence-informed prevention strategies targeting men and teens, as well as several ways to improve community-based organizations' and community members' ability to use and evaluate prevention strategies.
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January 2009
Looking Both Ways: Women's Lives at the Crossroads of Reproductive Justice and Climate Justice
Publisher(s):This booklet articulates the connection between those most marginalized by climate change and reproductive oppression highlighting the strengths in unifying gender justice and climate justice through a reproductive justice lens.
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January 2009
A Call to Incorporate a Reproductive Justice Agenda into Reproductive Health Clinical Practice and Policy
Publisher(s):This journal article articulates the relationship between reproductive justice and clinical care. It outlines the ways that a reproductive justice framework is useful for clinical practice and policy to ensure the well-being of women and girls.
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- Training Tools
January 2009
SASA! An Activist Kit for Preventing Violence against Women and HIV
Publisher(s):This toolkit offers a comprehensive, user-friendly program tool for organizations interested in mobilizing communities to prevent violence against women and HIV infection. Included in this toolkit are practical resources, activities, and monitoring and assessment tools for local activism, media and advocacy, communication, and training materials.
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January 2009
Summary: Virginia's Plan for Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s):This statewide plan was based on a systematic 10-step planning process called “Getting to Outcomes.” The goal was to create and implement evidence-based strategies that prevent first-time perpetration of intimate partner violence.
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- Training Tools
January 2009
Affected For Life
Publisher(s):This film is a training tool targeted at prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers and other specialized audiences, and illustrates the elements and different forms of human trafficking. It can be used to exemplify some of the key facets of human trafficking, including the differences between human trafficking and smuggling of migrants. It is available in abbreviated and full-length versions in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
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January 2009
A Manual for Integrating the Programmes and Services of HIV and Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):The aim of this manual is to support government agencies, NGOs and inter-institutional networks in the development of processes for integrating HIV and VAW interventions in the specific areas of prevention, VCT, PMTCT, care, support and treatment. Also available in Spanish.
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January 2009
Violence Prevention: The Evidence - Changing cultural and social norms that support violence
Publisher(s):This document discusses the role of cultural and social norms in promoting VAW and presents promising interventions aiming to change these norms. The document also identifies challenges in rigorously evaluating the effectiveness of such interventions.
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January 2009
Self-Determination, Accountability & Safety
Publisher(s):This handout affirms that self-determination is a precondition to safety for domestic violence survivors and urges advocates to prioritize self-determination alongside safety in their support.
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December 2008
Hairdressers Take a Stand Against Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This podcast spotlights New York hairdressers who are partnering to fight domestic violence by learning the warning signs and extending help to clients who may be suffering in silence by participating in the Beauty Salon Awareness Project.









