Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

The objective of this paper is to provide a clear overview of the existing evidence on the effectiveness of interventions for intimate partner violence for women (and their partners/children if the intervention involves them) during the perinatal period.

The type of technology that victim service programs use and how it’s implemented can have a profound impact on the safety and privacy of both survivors and agencies. This article from TechSafety.org lists a few things for agencies to consider when using particular technologies.

This document reviews how immigrants are included in health care reform per provisions in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). Spanish version available.

Reproductive Health and Intimate Partner Violence Wheel provides definitions and examples of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence. The wheel can be used as a training tool for advocates and service providers, as well as a supportive and enlightening resource for survivors.

The Link between violence to people and violence to animals is well documented by research, both nationallyand internationally. In its simplest form: violence to animals is a predictor that the abuser may becomeviolent to people, and vice versa. Abuse is abuse no matter what the form or whom the victim. Crimes against people are tied to a myriad of crimes against animals and threespecific types of animal abuse that are linked to crimes against people are featured in this guidebook: sexualassaults against animals (bestiality), animal hoarding, and animal fighting.

This TA brief provides considerations and recommendations for program implementation and developments within anti-violence and legal services agencies. It aims to enable LEP survivors to better navigate the significant challenges faced, strengthen advocacy, and further equal access to justice. 

Findings discuss IPV victimization, frequency, severity, patterns, need for services, and impacts to more fully convey this public health burden.

Programs are increasingly considering the use of technology to provide services to survivors. This article outlines six questions for organizations to consider when providing advocacy services via technology.

Highlights several training tools and background information for use in promoting men's involvement in the movement to end violence against women. Also included are educational materials to support the teaching of non-violence to boys and young men.

This TedTalk presented by pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains how traumatic experiences affect the brain and increase the risk for other health conditions.

Compiled from personal narratives, and written by the women impacted, this collection is designed to share an intimate understanding of life for women living with HIV/AIDS and the intersection of domestic violence.

School Girls Unite seeks “to tackle prejudice against girls worldwide and expand their freedom and opportunities through education and leadership.”