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Fifty Obstacles to Leaving, a.k.a., Why Abuse Victims Stay
Publisher(s):Domestic violence victims stay for many valid reasons that must be understood by lawyers, judges, and the legal community if they are to make change. This document lists reasons the author has encountered in 22 years of work with thousands of victims.
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North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Comprehensive Homicide Report 2002-2010
Publisher(s):This comprehensive report examines trends in NCCADV domestic violence homicide data from 2002-2010.
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You Only Live Once
Publisher(s):This poster was developed from ideas generated by Latino youth from Enlace Comunitario in Albuquerque, NM. It was used as an awareness tool to end teen dating violence.
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What do we know about domestic violence within immigrant communities?
Publisher(s):This document offers fully-cited statistics and talking points on domestic violence within immigrant communities.
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Domestic Violence-Related Deaths in Maryland
Publisher(s):This page provides recent information and graphics on individuals who died in Maryland as a result of domestic violence.
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Health Professional Students: Get Involved
Publisher(s):This page provides information about action steps that health professional students and faculty can take to support organizing efforts and improve health care responses to women, men, and children who have been impacted by domestic violence.
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Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence FY2013 Homicide Report
Publisher(s):In fiscal year 2013, 58 domestic violence homicide incidents took the lives of 80 individuals in Illinois. This report summarizes data and lessons learned from these incidents where a domestic violence situation became fatal.
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When Push Comes to Shove...It's No Longer Love (Abbreviated Version)
Publisher(s):This is an abbreviated version of the video about teen dating violence in the Jewish community that is part of Jewish Women International's "When Push Comes to Shove...It's No Longer Love" program.
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Voices for Victims: Lawyers Against Human Trafficking Tool Kit for Bar Associations
Publisher(s):The Bar Association Toolkit was developed to assist state, county, city, and local bar associations in hosting events and panel discussions regarding human trafficking as a means to raise public awareness. It contains information on the myths of human trafficking, a guide for choosing potential speakers, questions for the speakers, glossary of terms and other resources. The toolkit should be used with the film: "Voices for Victims: Lawyers Against Human Trafficking" [07:42].
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Trans Agenda for Liberation
Publisher(s): The Trans Agenda for Liberation is a community-led guide towards the world we deserve. Trans people hold the knowledge, power, and joy to create a future where we can all not only survive but thrive.
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Domestic Violence Counts 2009: A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services
Publisher(s):For the fourth consecutive year, NNEDV conducted the one-day, unduplicated count of adults and children seeking domestic violence services in the U.S., documenting the number of individuals who sought services, the types of services requested, the number of service requests that went unmet because of lack of resources, and the issues and barriers that domestic violence programs are facing as they strive to provide services to victims of domestic violence.
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Rompiendo el Silencio: Manual de entrenamiento para activistas, consejeras y organizadoras Latinas
Este manual ofrece información básica y esencial sobre nuestros derechos, el funcionamiento del sistema de protección para sobrevivientes de la violencia doméstica, y como trabajar para sobrepasar las barreras que existen en la sociedad que impiden que inmigrantes sobrevivientes de la violencia doméstica obtengan la protección necesaria contra el abuso. Asimismo, propone estrategias sobre cãmo organizarse, cãmo trabajar en grupo, cãmo lograr que el grupo perdure, cãmo empezar nuestra propia agencia de servicios, y cãmo negociar y moverse en el sistema.