Sexual Violence Content Topic Results

This paper discusses the ways that gender-based violence against women and girls (VAWG) undermines global development, peace, human rights and social justice as a root cause of inequality, and outlines why a new post-2015 international framework should tackle it.

This is the final report from the NSVRCs three year National Prevention Strengths and Needs Assessment Project, and provides a summary of the work completed during the third year of the assessment as well as a synthesis of major themes across the three year project.  The major activities of the Year 3 assessment were the completion of a national survey comparison of findings to the Year 1 survey.

This article describes the many reasons it is important for policy makers to discuss the connection between HIV/AIDS and IPV and the ways abusers may use the survivor’s HIV-positive status as an excuse for abuse.

This information packet contains nearly a dozen resources focused on serving, engaging, and collaborating with individuals and communities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ). The packet contains resources to support counselors, advocates, preventionists, technical assistance providers, and allied professionals committed to affirming all individuals and communities.

This Applied Research Paper outlines the importance and value of engaging in sexual violence prevention work with youth. The paper discusses prevalence of sexual violence among youth populations, recent trends in prevention activities for youth, and a review of common strategies and challenges for engaging in this work. Feedback on the effectiveness and current evaluation efforts for the various approaches is offered.

This Resource Paper is part of a series of foundation-level training documents. This paper includes statistics, definitions, impact/effects on victims, effective responses, and additional information designed to educate entry-level professionals and volunteers.

This workbook provides a framework for coalition leadership and staff to discuss, identify and operationalize changes intended to integrate prevention into their organization.

This fact sheet provides information on human trafficking of children in the United States, what human trafficking is, reporting human trafficking, the responsibilities of government officials, assistance for child victims, how to obtain assistance for foreign child victims and the care for unaccompanied or separated child victims.

This fact sheet defines sex trafficking, and describes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, various harm faced by victims of sex trafficking, types of sex trafficking, and information on assisting victims.

This fact sheet explores the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV), illustrates the magnitude of the problem, presents the reproductive health effects associated with it, and describes what can be done to prevent IPV.

The article reports, Sexism, racism, homophobia and general name-calling are longstanding facts of life in certain corners of online video games. But the Cross Assault episode was the first of a series this year that have exposed the severity of the harassment that many women experience in virtual gaming communities.

This fact sheet explains the importance of service providers knowing why they are required to ask specific questions, and explaining to survivors what information the agency is trying to find out with the questions. This is particularly important when working with trans individuals.