Immigrant / Refugee Content Topic Results
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June 2007
Model Protocol on Confidentiality When Working with Battered Women
Publisher(s):This model protocol on confidentiality covers definitions, federal and state obligations, recommended policy and procedure, training, protecting confidentiality of immigrant and refugee women, and dealing with the media. It also contains sample forms for releases.
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January 2007
Domestic Violence Against Asian & Pacific Islander Women
Publisher(s):This curriculum is designed to guide advocates serving API survivors. It describes the impacts of violence over the lifecourse, dynamics of domestic violence against API women, and cases involving multiple batterers.
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January 2007
I Speak Cards
Publisher(s):These are two-sided bilingual cards with printed information about Language Access Rights, as well as a statement that requests an interpreter.
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April 2006
Battered Immigrants and U.S. Citizen Spouses
Publisher(s):This study reveals that the rate of abuse is higher among immigrant women who are married to American citizens. Examples of immigration-related tactics of abuse are provided.
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January 2006
A Community Psychologist's Perspective on Domestic Violence: A Conversation with Julia Perilla, Ph.D.
Publisher(s):In this interview, Julia Perilla presents a community psychologist’s perspective on the definition of domestic violence, describes the importance of understanding the cultural, historical and economic context in which domestic violence occurs, the many ways in which violence can be experienced, and how these forms of violence are linked.
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January 2006
Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration
Publisher(s):This toolkit for grantmakers draws on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of foundation, community, business, and government leaders. It incorporates academic research as well as policy and community-based concerns into a resource that also can inform the work of practitioners in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors.
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January 2006
Breaking the Silence: A Training Manual for Activists, Advocates and Latina Organizers
Publisher(s):This manual suggests strategies for organizing, how to work together as a group, how to ensure that the group stays together, how to start an agency to provide culturally specific services, and how to negotiate and improve the system.
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October 2005
Rental Housing Programs
Publisher(s):Basic eligibility is described, including reporting aspects, in this excerpt from the Guide to Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs. Advocates may find this piece helpful for obtaining a basic understanding of immigrant eligibility for federal housing programs and for discussions with lawyers, public housing authority personnel and others regarding making these programs safe, accessible, and relevant for survivors and their families.
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October 2005
Efforts to Promote Children's Economic Security Must Address Needs of Hard-Working Immigrant Families
Publisher(s):This brief covers data and statistics on low-income children in the U.S. living in immigrant families. The brief includes an overview of federal and state policy involving immigrant access to vital services/public benefits, e.g. food stamps.
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September 2005
Understanding Children, Immigration, and Family Violence: A National Examination of the Issues
Publisher(s):This resource gives background information and best practice recommendations for those serving immigrant children and families dealing with family violence.
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July 2005
"Don't Forget Us": The Education and Gender-Based Violence Protection Needs of Adolescent Girls from Darfur in Chad
Publisher(s):This is a report of findings from a three-week mission to examine the protection of adolescent girls, with a particular focus on education and reproductive health in refugee camps.
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March 2005
The Community Engagement Continuum: Outreach, Mobilization, Organizing and Accountability to Address Violence Against Women in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities
Publisher(s):The Community Engagement Continuum documents a range of innovative community based approaches in the anti-violence movement and clarifies the goals of engagement. This model encourages a more strategic approach to all four levels and offers tools towards realistic step-by-step implementation.