Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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June 2018
White Fragility
Robin Diangelo’s book, White Fragility, explores why it is so hard for white people to talk about racism.
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June 2018
Walking in Two Worlds: Domestic Violence in the Native LGBTQ and Two-Spirit Community
Publisher(s): This page from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center discusses domestic and sexual violence within Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ communities and highlights the gaps in existing research on these communities' experiences of violence.
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May 2018
Immigrants in the Child Welfare System
Publisher(s): This resource provides guidance on how to navigate seven different scenarios in which children and their families may benefit from support services but face intersecting immigration and child welfare legal challenges.
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May 2018
2018 LGBTQ Youth Report
Publisher(s): HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut released the largest-of-its-kind survey ever of more than 12,000 LGBTQ teenagers across the nation, the persistent challenges so many of them face going about their daily lives at home, at school and in their communities.
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May 2018
Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence
Alex Roslin, author of the updated and revised second edition of "Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence," provides a blog with a selection of news and information regarding police-officer involved domestic violence cases and related issues
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May 2018
Addressing Racial Equity With an Organizational Change Lens
Publisher(s):Organizations ready to address and embrace racial equity must first examine how race interacts with all aspects of organizational culture, from board governance, to leadership and management, to staffing and talent management, to day-to-day work flow. While not an exhaustive list, this webpage outlines four simple strategies for moving the needle on organizational change efforts intended to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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May 2018
An Unjust Burden: The Disparate Treatment of Black Americans in the Criminal Justice System
Publisher(s): This document provides an overview of the ways in which America’s history of racism and oppression continues to manifest in the criminal justice system. It also provides a summary of research demonstrating how the system perpetuates the disparate treatment of Black people and explains how the evidence helps account for the hugely disproportionate impact of mass incarceration on millions of Black people, their families, and their communities.
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April 2018
National Consensus Statement of Anti-Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Organizations in Support of Full and Equal Access for the Transgender Community
National, state, and local anti-sexual assault and domestic violence organizations oppose anti-transgender initiatives. As organizations that care about reducing assault and violence, these organizations favor laws and policies that protect transgender people from discrimination, including in accessing facilities that match the gender they live every day.
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April 2018
Sexual Harassment and the Gender Wage Gap
Publisher(s): Despite being prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, workplace sexual harassment remains pervasive and pernicious. This fact sheet outlines some of the negative consequences that sexual harassment can have on women's careers.
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April 2018
Compensation Considerations for Self-Advocates Receiving Government Benefits
Publisher(s): This tip sheet gives basic information on some government means-tested benefits programs for people with disabilities and explains the potential effects that receiving compensation may have on their benefits. It also guides readers to additional resources for people with disabilities and their advocates.
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March 2018
State of Black Women in the U.S. and Key States, 2018: Time for a Power Shift
Publisher(s): Black Women in the United States & Key States, 2018, is the 5th in the series of annual reports produced by the Black Women’s Roundtable meant to assess the challenges, triumphs, and overall contemporary condition of Black women in the nation. The 2018 report takes an in-depth look at the issue of power and where Black women fall within the overarching power-dynamic.
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March 2018
VAWA 2013's Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Five-Year Report
Publisher(s): This report summarizes how VAWA 2013’s landmark provision recognizing the sovereign authority of Indian tribal governments to exercise criminal jurisdiction over certain non-Indians who violate qualifying protection orders or commit domestic or dating violence against Indian victims on tribal lands has been implemented and analyzes its impacts in the 5 years since it was enacted.