Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This webinar describes immigration protections and benefits available through gender-based asylum for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

This toolkit will help community based domestic violence and/or sexual abuse programs assess existing services and provides guidance to enhance program and advocates response to older survivors of abuse.

In NRCDV's June 2016 TA Question of the month, Jennifer Benner provides guidance for supporting trans survivors of sexual assault, as well as links to additional resources for service providers.

This chart book provides important information about these working-family tax credits and outlines priorities for making the credits more effective.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice issued a report in 2014 finding a pattern of unconstitutional policing by the Newark Police Department and reached an agreement in principle with the City of Newark to undertake wide-ranging reforms within the Police Department. A consent decree was agreed upon to ensure Newark Police Department move towards achieving effective community engagement

In NRCDV's May 2016 TA Question of the month, Patty Branco highlights the importance of building and sustaining partnerships between domestic violence programs and anti-poverty organizations.

This infographic includes statistics on HIV rates in Latino communities and addresses major barriers to adequate healthcare, such as low income status and lack of health insurance coverage.

In recent years, social media has been instrumental in driving and supporting socio-political movements throughout the world. This paper explores the role of social media in racial justice organizing efforts and its potential to enable collective action.

This briefing paper defines and provides examples of gender-biased policing, suggests ways for police departments to address bias that may underlie certain practices and policies, and offers steps advocates can take to work toward police reform.

This booklet is a primer on orders of protection and full faith in credit.  This guide helps law enforcement better implement the “full faith and credit” component of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, which requires law enforcement officers to enforce valid orders across the boundaries of states, tribes, and territories.

#RaceAnd is a special 8-part video series produced by Race Forward’s Video Production Specialist Kat Lazo, exploring the many ways that race compounds and intersects with all the other issues faced by people of color. In this video, Sonny Singh gives insight on how he navigates the world as a South Asian turban-wearing Sikh man, but also sheds light on how his privileged identities as a cishet abled-bodied middle-class man can be utilized to stand in solidarity with others.

This website provides information on VAWA confidentiality and on reporting VAWA confidentiality violation by a DHS employee.