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January 2004
Early Childhood, Domestic Violence, and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families
Publisher(s):This paper contains practical guidelines and policy recommendations for pediatric health settings, early childhood programs, family support providers, police, and domestic violence agencies.
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January 2004
Danger Assessment
Publisher(s):The Danger Assessment (DA) was originally developed by Co-Investigator Campbell (1986) with consultation and content validity support from battered women, shelter workers, law enforcement officials, and other clinical experts on battering.
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- Training Tools
January 2004
ABC - Teaching Human Rights: Practical activities for primary and secondary schools
Publisher(s):This guide aims to serve as a user-friendly tool for human rights education and a multi-coloured umbrella covering a number of basic human rights areas. It offers practical advice to teachers and other educators who want to foster human rights awareness and action among primary and secondary school children, including suggestions for developing learning activities.
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January 2004
Your Family and Spam
Publisher(s):This fact sheet contains information for parents about 'spam', or unsolicited commercial (or bulk) email. It describes spam and how spammers get email addresses, the dangers for children, and offers tips for dealing with and avoiding spam
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January 2004
Helping Children Thrive: Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting
Publisher(s):This resource reviews the needs of abused women as mothers, batterers as parents, effects of power and control tactics on mothers, the potential impact of woman abuse on children of different ages, and strategies used by young people to cope with violence in their homes.
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- Training Tools
January 2004
Asset Building in Native Communities Activity Workbook
Publisher(s):This workbook is comprised of two activity modules to help think through designing an IDA with funding from the Assets for Independence program that meets the particular needs of the community.
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January 2004
Women Need Safe, Stable, Affordable Housing: A Study of Social Housing, Private Rental Housing and Co-Op Housing in Winnipeg
Publisher(s):The research findings, based upon three focus groups of female residents from the various housing types, describe women's housing needs specifically and broadly from location to the effect of utility costs with less modern housing.
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January 2004
Through a Public Health Lens. Preventing Violence against Women: An Update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publisher(s):Explains how 4 core public health principles - emphasizing primary prevention, advancing the science of prevention, translating science into effective programs, & building on the efforts of others - drive current programmatic activities in prevention.
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January 2004
Audism: Exploring the Metaphysics of Oppression
Publisher(s):This paper explores three dimensions of audism (individual, institutional, and metaphysical) in further detail.
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- Training Tools
January 2004
Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism: A Training Manual
Publisher(s):U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
This manual is geared towards service providers responding to victims and community at large following incidents of mass violence and terrorism.
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January 2004
Why the Faith Trade is Interested in the Sex Trade
Publisher(s):Article about trafficking that examines varied interpretations of what 'trafficking' is and who its victims are. Interpretations include idea that low-wage unprotected labor paves the way to slavery and that exploited workers are victims of trafficking.
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January 2004
10 Things Men Can Do To End Men's Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):This 1-pager provides guidance to men who are looking for ways to challenge and help end violence against women, including self-examination and peer education.









