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This booklet explores obstacles to prosecution of elder sexual abuse cases and offers practical solutions for professionals involved in these cases.

The MMIW Toolkit for Understanding and Responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women for Families and Communities from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center is designed to assist families, communities, and advocacy organizations in understanding and responding to a case of a missing or murdered Native woman.

Violence or natural disasters can cause trauma in young people. This booklet provides steps parents can take to help children cope with trauma after violence and disasters.

This essay reviews the activism of African-American women in the abortion rights movement, highlighting the past fifty years.

This resource uses public awareness campaigns and educational programming to foster inclusive sports communities.

This fact sheet has information for transgender and gender non-conforming immigrants in the event that they are contacted by ICE or detained.

This factsheet gives a brief overview of federal laws against FGM in the United States and also lists state laws against FGM.

This page provides access to tables outlining the poverty thresholds since 1978, by size of family and number of children under 18.

This report includes the findings from a research study that confirmed the strength of Latin@ support for LGBT issues, and uncovered approaches that can further even greater understanding and acceptance.

"Although the number of applications for VAWA status has increased, winning a VAWA self-petition is only the first step in achieving safety and independence. To gain lawful permanent residence, applicants must overcome additional legal barriers. The complicated phases of applying for immigration status coupled with the passage of VAWA 2000 have created new questions and the need for greater expertise."

The purpose of this toolkit is to help tribal child welfare workers and care providers play an effective role in the prevention of suicide among the children and youth they serve. It addresses key youth suicide prevention questions and contains background reading on the issue of suicide in Indian Country and the use of cultural approaches to prevention and community healing.

This 26-page guide contains a general overview of sexual violence information, with special information pertaining to victims with disabilities.