Sexual Violence Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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January 2020
Partnership to End Gendered Islamophobia Community Report
Publisher(s): Gendered Islamophobia consists of the ways the state utilizes gendered forms of violence to oppress, monitor, punish, maim and control Muslim bodies. This report shares collective learnings from a convening of the Partnership to End Gendered Islamophobia on the 19th anniversary of 9/11.
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September 2019
Serving Male Survivors
Publisher(s):This training focuses on the unique experiences of male sexual assault survivors, particularly the barriers created by the invisibility of male survivors, masculinity stereotypes, and anti-gay prejudice. It emphasizes the importance of inclusive, trauma-informed services that recognize and address these barriers.
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September 2019
Criminal Victimization, 2018
Publisher(s): This report is the 46th in a series that began in 1973. It provides official estimates of criminal victimizations reported and not reported to police from the National Crime Victimization Survey. It describes the characteristics of crimes, victims, and offenders.
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August 2019
The "Real World" of Dating Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Portrait
Publisher(s):The webinar presents findings from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study, examining factors that contribute to teen dating violence and the circumstances that may help young people stop these harmful patterns.
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August 2019
The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault: Implications for First Responders
Publisher(s):This webinar explores how the neurobiology of trauma affects sexual assault survivors and explains how this knowledge can help improve responses from law enforcement officers, prosecutors, nurses, and victim advocates.
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August 2019
The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence: A 2015 NISVS Research-in-Brief
Publisher(s): The primary purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive examination of the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) as a supplement to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). The findings in this report offer additional information about specific IPV-related impacts, describing the wide range of experiences associated with IPV victimization.
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August 2019
Preventing Violence Against Women: A Primer for African Women's Organisations
Publisher(s): This primer provides an overview of key terms, trends, approaches, and evidence used to frame violence against women (VAW) prevention programming. It is designed to strengthen programming, advocacy, and research for evidence-based violence against women prevention in Africa.
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August 2019
Strong Families Respect Each Other: What Native Youth Need to Know About the Connection Between Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
This handbook from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, produced in partnership with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, contains definitions on domestic violence and sexual assault, examples of sexual assault, myths and truths about sexual assault, what to do if you have been sexually assaulted, what to do if you know or think a friend or family member has experienced sexual assault, our power as life-givers and cool apps that can help prevent violence.
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July 2019
Continuing the Dialogue: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s): Continuing the Dialogue serves as a follow-up piece to the CDC's landmark Beginning the Dialogue publication, exploring lessons learned over the past 15 years and highlighting paths forward for the prevention field.
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June 2019
Successfully Investigating Sexual Assault Against Victims with Disabilities
Publisher(s): Written from a law enforcement perspective, this module offers information and guidance for first responders as well as investigators and prosecutors on investigating sexual assault against people with disabilities.
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June 2019
Law Enforcement Best Practices: Immigrant Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims, Language Access and the U and T Visa
Publisher(s): This presentation for law enforcement covers how investigations can be improved using language tools and how to hold officers more accountable by using the U Visa certification process as a crime fighting tool.
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April 2019
ON THE SPECTRUM: Tell tale Signs of Sexual Abuse with Dr. Lydia Sit
Publisher(s):Discover essential strategies to protect neurodivergent individuals from sexual abuse, by learning the subtle behavioral warning signs, age-appropriate prevention techniques, and trauma-informed support methods tailored specifically for children and adults on the autism spectrum









