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In 2008, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center partnered with the Victims Rights Law Center, National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project, Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, University of New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania Community Legal Services to develop and conduct a national survey on housing and sexual violence. This report provides a summary of key survey findings.

This newsletter focuses exclusively on issues related to violence in LGBTIQ communities. Articles include information on interrupting problematic language, addressing the needs of trans survivors, and SANE protocol.

This resource discusses prevention of HIV infection in women utilizing a strong knowledge of biological, behavioral, and structural factors from a global health perspective.

This document sets guidelines for accessibility to places of public accommodation and commercial facilities by individuals with disabilities. These guidelines are to be applied during the design, construction, and alteration of such buildings and facilities to the extent required by regulations issued by federal agencies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.

This report exposes the harms perpetrated by the Hyde Amendment—the law that prohibits federal Medicaid dollars from paying for abortion services except in the most extreme circumstances.

This law review article explores the subject of consent for sexual intercourse, especially for teenagers and young adults. The author proposes that sex education classes should teach sexual negotiation skills in order to increase communication between partners, reduce sexual assault, and increase sexual health and pleasure.

This fact shest contains information for youth and adults about ways to get involved, show support and learn more about violence and harassment against LGBT individuals.

This report presents voices of immigrant, refugee, and indigenous women survivors on their experiences with the Child Protective Services. The report aims to inform and enhance the child protective services system.

Respect WORKS! is a comprehensive model of teen dating violence prevention programming to give middle and high schools, youth service providers and domestic violence agencies the tools they need to respond effectively to teen dating violence issues on and off campus.

This resource provides a synopsis of resiliency capabilities within the individual child, family, care-giving, and community levels. It states children who have grown up in challenging environments are still capable of engaging in age-appropriate activities, relating to others, and understanding their family life.

SPLC researchers interviewed approximately 150 women who are either currently undocumented or have spent time in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants. The women all have worked in the U.S. food industry in Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, New York or North Carolina.

This guide is designed for domestic violence survivors who are representing themselves, without an attorney, in court cases involving child custody. It includes chapters on finding an attorney, financial considerations, custody and divorce mediation, gathering evidence for trial, unsupervised visitation and safety planning, tips for dealing with custody evaluators, guidelines for selecting an expert witness, relocation, and many more.