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What Men Can Do & What Young Men Can Do
Publisher(s):These information sheets discuss some practical ways that men and young men (middle school aged) can be involved in stopping violence and changing social norms.
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Quiz: Are your services linguistically and culturally accessible to immigrant and refugee women?
Publisher(s):This quiz helps service providers identify if their services are linguistically and culturally accessible to immigrant and refugee women.
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Female Genital Mutilation in the U. S. Factsheet
Publisher(s):This factsheet gives a brief overview of federal laws against FGM in the United States and also lists state laws against FGM.
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Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence
Publisher(s):This curriculum guide serves to contribute to the ongoing efforts by young people and their adult allies to analyze the root causes of youth violence and to create local solutions. It emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to addressing violence in the lives of young people.
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CEDAW's Key Cases on Violence against Women
Publisher(s): This resource puts together brief summaries of some of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Committee’s (CEDAW) key decisions related to violence against women and state responsibility to end it.
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Major Federal Research Project Studies Domestic Violence Assessment
Publisher(s):Describes findings from the U.S. DOJ’s “Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment Validation,” specifically related to the MOSAIC threat assessment.
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Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Violence in Disaster & Emergency Situations: A Guide for Local and Community-based Organizations
Publisher(s):This resource includes information on influencing factors that affect children exposed to disasters and emergencies. Minimizing risks through disaster preparedness and response are discussed. It also includes checklists for action.
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Domestic Child Sex Trafficking and the Juvenile Justice System
Publisher(s):This paper outlines the need to identify child victims of sex trafficking prior to their arrest for juvenile prostitution and the need for appropriate services and safeguards for these victims.
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Growing a Bi+ Community: A Handbook for Facilitators
Publisher(s): The purpose of this guide from the Bisexual Resource Center is to provide direction to those wishing to start or expand bi+ support and social groups, so these communities can come together and thrive in places where bi+ folks might currently feel isolated and invisible. The handbook provides information on the bi+ community and its disparities, as well as discuss the logistics of starting a group in order to help facilitators feel empowered to handle situations in the way best for their communities.
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Deaf Community Accountability Wheel
Publisher(s):This wheel begins to demonstrate the ideal response, within the Deaf community, to the issue of domestic violence. Community opinion and a desire to make a difference can lead all members of the community to expect full accountability from the abuser by applying appropriate consequences.
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Building Accountable Communities
Publisher(s): This YouTube playlist by Barnard Center for Research on Women includes a series of four short videos featuring anti-violence activists in discussions on community accountability and transformative justice.
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Women of Color VOICES: Volume 1, Issue 1
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'On the Road:' Learning From the Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
Featuring Women of Color-led Initiatives: A Site Visit with Spirits of Hope Coalition
Poems: My Innocence & Counting
Survivor Advocacy in the Digital Age
Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse: Addressing Survivors' Concerns for Their Pets









