Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This webinar focuses on strategies for support and advocacy when working with LGBTQ survivors, with a particular emphasis on the needs and experiences of LGBTQ service members and veterans.

This fact sheet outlines why health care providers should not deny women access to needed health care services, reproductive justice & religious freedom, why employers should not use their religious beliefs to deny women insurance coverage of health care services, why religious freedom should not include the freedom to discriminate against women, and how you can support reproductive justice and religious liberty values.

Three police departments participated in an accountability assessment focused on the question: How does documentation of the initial police response to domestic violence calls aid subsequent interveners in domestic violence cases? This report identifies the gaps between what people experience and need and what institutions provide, offering recommendations for addressing these gaps.

Each state’s civil domestic protection order laws and their impact on minors seeking protection from abusive relationships were assessed and steps for improving protections were outlined in this document.

This document addresses the need for efficient Title IX implementation in secondary schools.

This chart includes information on whether a state’s laws create a preference, or presumption, for joint or shared custody in cases where there has been a history of domestic violence.

This document proposes strategies communities can consider to promote the types of relationships and environments that help children grow up to be healthy and productive citizens so that they, in turn, can build stronger and safer families and communities for their children.

The charts summarize basic laws in each state by topic, including custody, alimony and grounds for divorce.

The guide provides an overview of human rights law’s approach to addressing gender-based violence. Specifically, the guide focuses on the “due diligence” standard and provides a comprehensive framework to address human rights violations in a systemic and proactive manner.

This resource was designed to support advocates in beginning conversations about HIV with survivors of domestic violence.

This webpage provides a list of enacted legislation through 2014 addressing teen dating violence. 

That there are many ways advocates can help improve birth related outcomes for pregnant survivors accessing services. NRCDV's July 2014 TA Question of the Month offers insight on how to do so.