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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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January 2012
It’s time… to talk about consent
Publisher(s):This is a fact sheet that provides a scenario and discussion to promote a conversation between youth and caregivers around consent and respect.
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- General Material
January 2012
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion: A Guide for Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Reproductive Health Care Settings, Second Edition
Publisher(s):This document expands the scope of routine screening for IPV to include assessment for reproductive and sexual coercion. A trauma-informed, comprehensive approach to relationship violence that includes behaviors that interfere with patients reproductive health can improve the quality of care and reproductive health outcomes including higher contraceptive compliance, fewer unintended pregnancies, preventing coerced and repeat abortions, and reducing sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/HIV and associated risk behaviors.
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- General Material
January 2012
It’s time... to talk about gender norms
Publisher(s):This document provides information on gender norms, sexuality, and ways to create environments that decrease restrictive gender norms and promote healthier sexual interactions. It also provides a list of resources.
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- General Material
January 2012
Safe Homes, Safe Babies: Creating Futures Without Violence
Publisher(s):This safety card for women can be distributed by perinatal health care providers to patients. The card outlines questions women may ask themselves about their relationships, birth control use and parenting, while offering supportive messages and referrals to national support services for help. Available in English and Spanish.
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- General Material
January 2012
Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series
Publisher(s):These tipsheets provide practical advice on creating trauma-informed services at domestic violence programs and working with survivors who are experiencing trauma symptoms and/or mental health conditions.
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- General Material
January 2012
Federal Housing Resource Guide
Publisher(s):This manual lays out federal housing programs including programs for the elderly and section 8 housing.
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- General Material
January 2012
From Private Violence to Mass Incarceration: Thinking Intersectionally About Women, Race, and Social Control
Publisher(s): This article examines links between gender violence and mass incarceration and addresses political failures within the antiracism and antiviolence movements that may contribute to the legitimacy of the contemporary punishment culture.
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January 2012
Finding the Perfect Shade of Change: Resources for Sexual Violence Preventionists Creating Safe and Healthy Communities
Publisher(s):This information packet provides guidance to prevention practitioners at local, state, tribal, territory, and national organizations to work more effectively toward the goal of eliminating sexual violence in their communities.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2012
Reproductive Health Pregnancy Wheel
Publisher(s): This pregnancy wheel for OB/GYN and reproductive health settings reminds providers to routinely ask their patients about birth control interference or coerced pregnancy and about their experiences with intimate partner violence.
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January 2012
Housing and Sexual Violence Research Brief
Publisher(s):This research brief explores the relationship between housing issues, homelessness, and sexual violence. The research reviewed indicates that residents of subsidized housing and people who are homeless experience disproportionate rates of sexual violence.
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January 2012
Making Empathy Books
Publisher(s):Empathy books are great tools for helping children process big feelings and situations. In this video you will learn what they are and how to make them.
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- General Material
January 2012
Sexual Violence in Youth: Findings from the 2012 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
Publisher(s):This special report summarized key findings from NISVS data demonstrating the widespread nature of sexual violence in the United States, with many victims under the age of 18 when they first experience it.









