Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

Advocates can get state and local information on rental costs in comparison to income.

This checklist assists law enforcement in ensuring that reports contain significant and comprehensive details when it comes to reports of non-lethal strangulation.

In 2016, the Battered Women’s Justice Project organized a roundtable to continue the national discussion on the identification and prevention of gender bias in the law enforcement response to sexual assault and domestic violence. This report describes the roundtable, summarizes the themes that emerged as well as areas in which opinions varied, and recommends next steps toward implementation of the guidelines.

This toolkit offers resources for education leaders to take the first steps toward equipping students with the skills they need for relationships based on equality and respect. 

This 1-page handout provides tips for preventing sensitive and personal information from making its rounds on the Web. It highlights email, passwords, social networks, online accounts, and safe web browsing.

This checklist serves as a tool for law enforcement officers to review and assess whether they have adequately created a report in cases of sexual assault.

This manual is intended for health managers at all levels of the health systems. It supports implementation of the global plan of action on violence and contributes to implementation of the health component of the United Nations Joint Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence.

This page discusses the female condom: what it’s made of, how to use it, and where to find it. It includes a video about how to use the female condom, discusses the effectiveness of the condom, and talks about the benefits and disadvantages to using the female condom.

This webinar reviews the history of interrogation techniques and discusses the impact of numerous suspect interview/interrogation techniques and the efficacy of these techniques, including substantial research that will assist fact-finders in determining some shortfalls in current interview techniques.

This toolkit aims to provide domestic violence and HIV/AIDS service providers with information and resources to enhance services for persons exposed to HIV/AIDS and domestic violence.

This brief document from BoardSource outlines five questions that nonprofit boards can ask themselves to guide changes in how board recruitment is done in order to assure more diverse and inclusive board membership.

A protection order (also known as a restraining order) can help protect victims of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from the person being abusive. This handout from Break the Cycle explains what a protection order is, who can get one, how to get one, and what protections they can provide.