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- General Material
January 2003
Preventing Pregnancy from Sexual Assault: Four Action Strategies to Improve Hospital Policies on Provision of Emergency Contraception
Publisher(s):This toolkit provides facts about emergency contraception for rape survivors, tools and strategies to assess the need for increased access, and four strategies to increase access. The four strategies discussed are legislation, administrative efforts, litigation and voluntary efforts. Samples, survivor stories and additional resources are also included.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2003
Housing Policy And Practices: Battered Women's And Service Providers' Perspectives
Publisher(s):This paper describes results from interviews with 55 women across six transitional housing supportive housing programs in a midwestern state. Women's recommendations for transitional housing are discussed.
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- General Material
January 2003
Understanding Sexual Violence Using a Public Health Model
Publisher(s):This issue presents an overview of resources and articles that provide insight to those seeking to understand sexual violence utilizing the public health model.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
December 2002
Women's Experiences of Abuse as a Risk Factor for Incarceration
Publisher(s):Violence perpetrated against women and girls increases their risk of arrest and incarceration; this paper examines the intersections of violence that are forcing abused girls and women into the criminal justice system not as victims, but as offenders.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
November 2002
Dating Violence Youth Education Package
Publisher(s):Developed for educators and others working with youth as one option to address dating violence in schools. It includes background information, lesson plans, educator sheets, student surveys and handouts, as well as a poster in both English and Spanish.
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- General Material
November 2002
Individual-Systemic Violence: Disabled Women's Standpoint
Publisher(s):This article explores reasons for the systemic omission of women with disabilities from mainstream research and from services addressing non-disabled women's experiences.
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- General Material
November 2002
Model Protocol on Services for Limited English Proficient Immigrant and Refugee Victims of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This resource outlines protocol for working with LEP survivors of domestic violence. It also contains answers to frequently asked questions, and has articles that cover working well with interpreters, basic dos and don'ts of advocacy with LEP clients, and a know your rights sheet for immigrants and refugees.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2002
Integrating Anti-Poverty Work into Domestic Violence Advocacy: Iowa's Experience
Publisher(s):This document describes how the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) approached integrating economic advocacy into its work in order to better respond to the financial concerns of battered women and their families.
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- General Material
September 2002
Bringing Victims into Community Policing
Publisher(s): This resource “focuses on the role of crime victims in advancing community policing and includes first responder guides to dealing with victims of crimes.” It particularly focuses on the issue of working with domestic violence victims.
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- General Material
September 2002
Campus Sexual Assault Resource and Information Sharing Toolkit
Publisher(s):Compilation of resources and tools from a gathering of students, campus program coordinators, campus police, and local rape crisis centers in WA State to share ideas and learn about campus initiatives to address sexual assault.
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- General Material
September 2002
Rural Housing Challenges: Meeting The Housing Needs Of People With Disabilities In Rural Communities
Publisher(s):This publication provides information about the housing challenges facing rural America, including barriers to affordable housing in rural areas, expanding housing opportunities, and available resources for homeless people in rural areas.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
August 2002
Welfare and Domestic Violence Against Women: Lessons from Research
Publisher(s):This paper provides a summary of the research on the connections between poverty, public assistance, employment, and violence against women. Implications for working with battered women who receive TANF are discussed in detail.