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- Training Tools
January 2009
Prairie Women Prepared for Disaster: An Emergency Planning Guide for Women’s Community Organizations
Publisher(s):This guide for women’s community organizations highlights the core tasks of creating and implementing a tailor-made emergency plan. The guide includes planning templates and additional reading and resources.
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- General Material
January 2009
Forward To A Domestic Violence-Free Wisconsin: Statewide Plan for the Primary Prevention of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):As part of CDC's DELTA program, Wisconsin developed this five-year strategic plan to using a public health approach to benefit the largest group possible; it builds the capacity of individuals, organizations, and systems to more effectively identify, implement, and evaluate strategies that can prevent first-time perpetration.
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- General Material
January 2009
Teen Sexual Assault Survivors: Legal Impacts and Considerations
Publisher(s): This issue of Connections from the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs explores key legal considerations when working with teen survivors of sexual assault. Topics include privacy and safety concerns, teen survivors' rights around healthcare and education, and more.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2009
Restorative Justice and Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research document discusses the role of victims within restorative justice, reviews the research on restorative justice, and discusses the potential harms and benefits of using restorative justice in cases of intimate partner violence.
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- General Material
January 2009
Website Safety: Tips For Advocacy Organizations
Publisher(s):This handout covers 3 basic steps organizations can take if they work with survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking: (1) have safety alerts and an escape button on every page of your website; (2) post some general safety tips that alert survivors to risks without educating stalkers about new ways to abuse; and, (3) use web forms that promote informed consent.
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- General Material
January 2009
Investing in Reproductive Justice for All: Toward a U.S. Foreign Policy on Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Publisher(s):This report outlines an inquiry that studied programs that use comprehensive approaches to sexual and reproductive health and noted issues that arise when programs are not rooted in human rights; expressing benefits and challenges to comprehensive, rights-based sexual and reproductive health care.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2009
Connect: Supporting Children Exposed to Domestic Violence - In-service Training for Resource Families, a Trainer's Guide and Tools
Publisher(s):This resource is a basic training session on the dynamics of domestic violence, the impact of exposure to domestic violence (DV) on children, and strategies for supporting children who have been exposed to DV. It is appropriate for foster parents, kin caregivers, and adoptive parents with all levels of experience in caring for children who have been exposed to domestic violence, or who may have cause to care for these children in the future.
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- General Material
January 2009
Pathways in Prevention: A Roadmap for Change, Ohio's Plan for Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
Publisher(s):As part of CDC's DELTA program, this plan identifies 5 strategic directions for the prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence in Ohio.
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- General Material
January 2009
Internet Safety 101: Age-Based Guidelines
Publisher(s):Each of the five 1-page guides provides information to help parents communicate appropriate rules and expectations regarding internet use and safety according to their childs age.
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- General Material
January 2009
Employer Checklist: Prevent Sexual Violence in Your Workplace
Publisher(s):This list of items was designed to assist employers in crafting a strong sexual harassment workplace policy.
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January 2009
Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
Publisher(s): This brochure describes the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which overturned the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), which severely restricted the time period for filing complaints of employment discrimination concerning compensation. The brochure also describes the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2009
Creating a Trans Welcoming Environment: A tips sheet for sexual assault service providers
Publisher(s):This tip sheet contains information for service providers on creating a trans welcoming environment.









