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This report discusses environmental and gender justice in regards to the World Bank Climate Investment Funds' projects that aim at producing green jobs and gender equality; concluding that these efforts fall short and have the potential of increased harm to the planet and impoverished women.

Police officers in many areas interact almost daily with people who do not read, speak, or understand English well. To meet this challenge, a growing number of police agencies are developing programs to effectively communicate with diverse communities. This report describes the most promising practices, highlighting model programs developed by police agencies from around the country.

This literature review summarizes current evidence on the prevalence of sexual violence against refugee women, and addresses topics regarding access to justice in some of the countries from which the Vulnerable Women's Project's clients have fled.

This webpage provides information on innovative strategies for linking asset building to public benefits and work supports. The San Antonio Coalition for Family Economic Progress is highlighted as a collaborative partnership that has successfully brought together multiple benefits and asset building work.

This fact sheet debunks some of the most common misperceptions about young people convicted of sex offenses.

Most girls interviewed for the report worked 14 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week, with no day off. Almost all are grossly underpaid, and some get no salary at all. In the worst cases, girls reported being physically, psychologically, and sexually abused.

This document provides basic information about service animals and the people who use them, the laws that apply to domestic violence shelters and service animals, and policies and procedures for domestic violence shelters regarding service animals.

This memo offers a suggested strategy for developing a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to health equity, starting with the highest levels of the federal government and continuing to states and communities.

This podcast features an interview with Marsali Hancock, president of the Internet Keep Safe Coalition, working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency under DOJ's Project Safe Childhood initiative.

This framework is a technical assistant tool designed to support UN member states to effectively implement the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, which is a protocol that obligates its ratifying states to prevent and combat trafficking in persons.

This study reveals that victims of intimate partner violence are likely to suffer certain types of fractures around the eye or upper face, which differ from facial injuries sustained by other types of assaults or accidents. These results, in conjunction with other presenting circumstances, such as delay in presentation, can assist the surgeon treating patients with maxillofacial injury in recognizing intimate partner violence.

This publication is written for men and women who have survived sexual assault in prisons, jails, or other forms of detention. It offers general information about sexual abuse as well as information about the healing process.