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History of the Anti-Rape Movement in Illinois
Describes Illinois history, provides encouragement for moving forward, and includes a timeline of accomplishments in the anti-rape movement.
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Guide to Engaging Men and Boys in Preventing Violence Against Women & Girls
Publisher(s):This guide reviews actions groups and individuals are taking in their communities to engage men and boys in ending violence against women and girls. It encourages readers to move beyond this point and imagine what can be.
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Addressing Domestic Violence in a Clinical Setting
Publisher(s):This manual is designed for health professionals and addresses domestic violence from the clinical perspective, with a focus on assisting migrant and immigrant survivors of abuse.
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Innocent Spouse Relief
Publisher(s):In some instances, married people can get relief from joint tax liability. This site describes three types of relief, including the Innocent Spousal Relief which provides relief if your spouse or former spouse failed to report income, reported income improperly or claimed improper deductions or credits.
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RESPECT! Challenge Action Toolkit
Publisher(s):The RESPECT! Challenge celebrates the everyday heroes in our lives by sharing inspiring stories from individuals across the country in answer to the question, “Who would you like to thank for teaching you Respect?” The RESPECT! Challenge Action Toolkit offers a variety of resources and tools, including discussion guides, conversation starters, fact sheets, and more.
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Improving the Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Professionals in Developing Countries
Publisher(s):This manual presents lessons learned from a regional initiative to increase organizational capacity to respond to gender-based violence. The manual offers tools for responding to violence against women and discusses challenges and debates about how health sector should respond to VAW in developing countries.
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Organizing to End Violence Against Women: Putting Principles Into Practice
Publisher(s):This document presents and discusses basic organizing principles for engaging men in ending violence against women. These principles include have been developed, reviewed and refined over two decades and include keeping women’s voices and experiences central to the work, exploring racial justice, intersectionality of violence, and eliminating patriarchy.
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Dater's Bill of Rights
Publisher(s):This one-page document lists individual rights within a dating relationship.
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Teen Dating Violence Curriculum for Asian/Asian American Youth
Publisher(s):ATASK’s teen dating violence for Asian youth curriculum encourages teens from Asian/Asian American communities to think about stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination and its correlation with domestic violence. For a copy of the curriculum, please contact the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence at 617-338-2350.
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Coaching Boys into Men Brochure
Publisher(s):This brochure suggests strategies that men can use to teach the boys in their lives that there is no excuse for violence in any relationship.
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Ensuring Access to Services for Survivors with Limited English Proficiency: Frequently Asked Questions
Publisher(s):This is a compilation of answers to frequently asked questions regarding Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which requires all programs that receive federal funds to take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful access to individuals with Limited English Proficiency.
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Abuse Among Latin@ Elders
Publisher(s):This fact sheet from Esperanza United outlines the scope and risk and protective factors of elder abuse in Latin@ communities.