Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

Hmong women working in domestic violence programs organized a series of meetings to understand the trends and issues in international marriages and to explore possible actions to address abusive international marriages. Their documentation of the problem and its impact, analysis, survivors’ stories, and strategies are captured in Abusive International Marriages: Hmong Advocates Organizing in Wisconsin.

This manual lays out federal housing programs including programs for the elderly and section 8 housing.

It includes online resources, a snapshot of participating programs across the country, and sample interview questions when working on financial literacy with immigrant populations.

This report gives a state-by-state accounting of when clergy are mandated reporters of child maltreatment.

This report informs policy makers and employers about the way Vermont workplaces are affected by domestic violence. It provides important information to help employers make decisions about policy and procedural responses to employees involved in domestic violence.

This report presents findings on the intersections between food access, water, sanitation, housing and the incidence of sexual violence in camps for displaced persons outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It also provides recommendations for action to improve access to basic needs and prevent sexual violence.

When a victim of domestic violence (DV) has a traumatic brain injury (TBI), it is important to consider the effects of the TBI in safety planning. Screening for TBI may identify the need for an evaluation. This handout provides background information on brain injury, assistance with identifying existing injuries, and details to provide appropriate help for victims of domestic violence who have sustained brain injuries.

Often, people assume that sexual violence and harassment are a fact of life. However, much of what we accept as inevitable is in fact the expression of values and attitudes that can evolve. This pyramid represents a continuum of abuse, highlighting the ways in which common attitudes and beliefs uphold and form the basis for more extreme acts of violence.

This document offers an overview of performance measures, offers strategies for “flagging” elder abuse cases, and provides logistics and tools required to collect, analyze and interpret each measure.

Part of a series of information sheets on violence against women, this document provides a summary of what human trafficking is, its prevalence, the health effects, the health rights and services for trafficked persons, government obligation to the health of trafficked persons, and best approaches to deal with human trafficking from policy-makers, health-care providers and researchers and funders.

This report presents guidelines on incorporating effective gender-based violence prevention and response for colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher education.