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October 2004
Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Labor Force Participation, Final Report
This study assesses the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on labor force participation of welfare recipients and examines whether change in economic status affects violence levels.
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October 2004
Addressing Domestic Violence as a Barrier to Work: Building Collaborations between Domestic Violence Service Providers and Employment Services Agencies
Publisher(s):The report describes and recommends practices including collaboration, training, and screening/referral.
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- General Material
October 2004
Women's Economic Status in the States: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region
Publisher(s):This report looks at women's economic status across several indicators: women's earnings, gender wage ratio, % of women in managerial/professional occupations, women's business ownership, and poverty. State profiles are available.
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- General Material
October 2004
Addressing violence against women in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A critical review of interventions
Publisher(s):This document presents an overview of gender-based violence in Latin America and examines good practice interventions to prevent such violence in four sectors: justice, health, education, and multi-sectoral approaches.
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- General Material
October 2004
Addressing the Health Consequences of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):In this keynote, Ellen Tallaferro suggests that women who experience violence are likely to visit health care providers more frequently for physical and mental health problems and highlights the important role of health care providers in responding to intimate partner violence by identifying, documenting, making provision for safety, referral, and assurance to women who have been abused.
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- General Material
October 2004
Self-Sufficiency and Safety: The Case for Onsite Domestic Violence Services at Employment Services Agencies
This report highlights some of the barriers to employment that many domestic violence survivors experience, service needs, and outcomes.
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- General Material
October 2004
Online Information Brokers and Your Privacy
Publisher(s):This tip sheet includes steps to take to guard personal information from appearing in directory listings and public records. Includes a detailed listing of data vendors with complete contact information for each.
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- General Material
September 2004
Fact Sheet: Domestic Violence and Pregnancy
Publisher(s):Highlights the prevalence, risks, and lethality of violence against pregnant women.
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- General Material
September 2004
HIPAA Privacy call for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocates
Publisher(s):Family Violence Prevention Fund, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)
This call was held to assist domestic violence and sexual assault providers to better understand the provisions under HIPAA and their application to advocacy programs that have relationships with health care facilities.
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- General Material
September 2004
Understanding Rape Shield Laws
This report outlines the history of rape shield laws and delineates the types of shield laws in all 50 states. The author analyzes the serious gaps in these laws and critiques the continued admission of evidence of complainants' sexual history.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
- General Material
September 2004
Domestic Violence, Immigration & Trafficking Teleconference
Publisher(s):The collection of documents address legislation aimed at both legal and illegal immigrants and its potentially harmful effects on victims of domestic violence and trafficking. The documents also provide additional resources for research and assistance.
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- General Material
September 2004