Sexual Violence Content Topic Results
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March 2020
Did You Know?
A short, engaging video that shares key statistics and facts about male victimization, challenging myths, and increasing awareness.
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February 2020
Transformative Approaches to Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This webinar explores transformative justice as a survivor-centered framework for preventing and responding to sexual violence by prioritizing healing, accountability, and community-led solutions over punitive systems.
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February 2020
Safety Plan for Stalking Victims
Publisher(s):A practical safety planning guide that helps survivors of stalking reduce risk, document abuse, and navigate legal and community resources.
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February 2020
Safer Sooner: Toward a Global Binding Norm to End Violence Against Women and Girls
Publisher(s): On February 20, 2020, the Every Woman Institute released its first-ever Safer Sooner Report. The Safer Sooner Report identifies gaps under current international systems in addressing and preventing violence against women and girls, and maps out a path to a world where every woman can claim her right to live free from violence.
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February 2020
Fact Sheet: Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Human Trafficking in Native Hawaiian Communities
Publisher(s): This fact sheet from the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence outlines key statistics and information on domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking in Native Hawaiian communities
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January 2020
Enhancing Community Trust: Proactive Approaches to Domestic and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s): As part of its federally-funded Enhancing Community Trust: Proactive Approaches to Domestic & Sexual Violence initiative, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) released this toolkit containing a law enforcement agency self-assessment, community assessment, sample outreach letter, action planning guide, and additional considerations and resources to support enhancing agency response to victims.
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- NRCDV Publications
January 2020
National Workgroup on Safe Housing for American Indian and Alaska Native Survivors of Gender-Based Violence: Lessons Learned
Publisher(s):National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC), Alaska Native Women's Resource Center, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
In June 2019, a group of domestic violence organizations convened to establish a National Workgroup on Safe Housing for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Survivors of Gender-Based Violence. This report details themes that emerged from the convening, lessons learned, and recommendations for increasing access to safe and affordable housing for AI/AN survivors of gender-based violence.
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January 2020
One-Page Handouts: Sexual Assault and the Brain
These one-page handouts provide concise, practical guidance on common brain-based responses to sexual assault, including reflexive survival behaviors, habit behaviors, and dissociation. They are designed to help investigators, attorneys, judges, advocates, and other professionals quickly apply trauma-informed knowledge in their work with survivors.
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January 2020
The Things They Carry: Trauma-Informed Responses to Elder Abuse
Publisher(s): The report contains recommendations from symposium experts who charted a course for advancing responses to elder abuse that are informed by the manifestations and consequences of trauma and promising strategies for healing.
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January 2020
Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth is Violence Prevention
Publisher(s): This white paper explains how and why LGBTQ children and youth experience disproportionate rates of violence and trauma, and how those experiences tend to lead to even more violence and trauma down the road. Most importantly, it explains how this trajectory can be disrupted, even by neighbors and other bystanders.
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January 2020
Infographics: Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Survivors of Human Trafficking at Points of Contact
Publisher(s): The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence released a set of shareable infographics outlining recommendations from survivors of human trafficking and the advocates who work with them for practicing trauma-informed advocacy at various points of contact.
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- NRCDV Publications
January 2020
Colonization, Homelessness, and the Prostitution and Sex Trafficking of Native Women
Publisher(s): This paper seeks to illustrate the impact of human trafficking on Native women and girls in our times, with particular attention to the historical context in the United States and the interconnection between trafficking and housing instability.









