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First Steps: Taking Action Early To Prevent Violence
Publisher(s):The report includes 15 specific recommendations, along with case studies and suggested activities at the individual, family, community, organizational, and policy levels.
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Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: Principles, Lessons Learned, and Ways Forward
This article examines the rationale for working with men and boys for gender equality; describes key findings from multi-country studies about the relationship between notions of masculinities and men’s gender-related practices; documents key principles guiding much gender equality work with men and boys; identifies emerging strategies and proposes key next steps to increase the scale, impact, and sustainability of gender transformative work with men and boys.
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Reducing Language Barriers to Combating Domestic Violence: The Requirements of Title VI
Publisher(s):This paper notes immigrant women's language barrier to accessing services for domestic violence. The paper provides guidance to police, prosecutors, courts, corrections centers, and shelter programs for determining their obligations toward immigrant women who experience domestic violence.
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Advocacy Qualities: Responsible vs. Responsive
Publisher(s):This exercise explores different qualities of advocacy for victims and children and which support a victim-defined approach.
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You Only Live Once
Publisher(s):This poster was developed from ideas generated by Latino youth from Enlace Comunitario in Albuquerque, NM. It was used as an awareness tool to end teen dating violence.
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Assisting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Advocate's Guide
Publisher(s):This guide for advocates provides guidance on collaborating with immigrant and community agencies to effectively respond to the unique needs of battered immigrant women.
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Moving from a Relationship Bystander to a Relationship Upstander Workshop Guide
Publisher(s):The goal of this workshop is to help parents and caregivers encourage youth to respond to dating violence and promote non-violent relationships among their peers.
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Etiquette Tips for Working with People with Disabilities
Publisher(s):This one-pager offers tips for engaging in respectful interactions with individuals with disabilities.
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Abuse in Later Life Wheel
Publisher(s):This abuse in later life power and control wheel describes different types of abuses that occur in later life and tactics used by abusers to exercise power and control over their victims. This wheel was developed in consultation with survivors of later life abuse.
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Culturally-Specific Community and Systems Engagement
Publisher(s):Culture is often understood as ethnic culture, but in fact we all inhabit multiple cultures simultaneously and need to understand which ones we are operating in to be effective. This helpful resource from the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence explores the intersections of culture, community and systems.
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Immigration
Publisher(s):This page on WomensLaw.org includes information on VAWA laws for abuse victims, U Visa laws for crime victims, T Visa laws for trafficking victims, Asylum, and Refugee status.
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Why include people of all genders in shelters?
Publisher(s): Providing gender-integrated services is a key way to provide safety and healing for all survivors. This tip sheet from FORGE includes eight reasons to provide gender-inclusive shelter services.









