Sexual Violence Content Topic Results
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April 2010
Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatment for Victims of Human Trafficking
Publisher(s):This issue brief examines the evidence-based research for treating common mental health conditions experienced by victims of human trafficking.
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March 2010
Violence in the lives of the Deaf: Unique Challenges Webinar Materials
Publisher(s):This webinar provided information about the barriers encountered by Deaf survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault when seeking advocacy services from mainstream programs.
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March 2010
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):This fact sheet defines commercial sexual exploitation of children. It also discusses how children become victims, barriers victims face, statistics, and indicators for exploitation. Contact information for both the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center are included at the bottom of the page.
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March 2010
VESSA: The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act - Keeping Your Job and Keeping Safe, A Guide to Employment Law Protections for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. (CLC), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Sections include how to apply, what to do if an employer is not following VESSA, and rights to UI. Sample letters and documents are provided.
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March 2010
Sexual violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Desk Review
Publisher(s):This document reviews over 200 published and unpublished documents to explore the magnitude, patterns, and risk factors associated with sexual violence. Also included in this review are legal and policy frameworks, women’s responses to sexual violence, access to services and service response, promising interventions, research gaps, and priorities for future research.
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February 2010
Prevalence and Correlates of Emotional, Physical, Sexual, and Financial Abuse and Potential Neglect in the United States: The National Elder Mistreatment Study
Publisher(s):Findings of this nationally representative study showed that more than one in ten respondents experienced some type of abuse or potential neglect in the past year.
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February 2010
The Facts on Adolescent Pregnancy, Reproductive Risk and Exposure to Dating and Family Violence
Publisher(s):Violence limits young women's ability to manage their reproductive health and exposes them to sexually transmitted diseases. This fact sheet outlines ways that violence affects reproductive health and impacts risky sexual behaviors.
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February 2010
Reproductive Health of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Examining Unintended Pregnancy, Contraception, Sexual History and Behavior, and Non-Voluntary Sexual Intercourse
Publisher(s):This report presents baseline information on pregnancies, births, sexual history and behavior, contraceptive use, non-voluntary sex, and unintended pregnancy among urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women nationwide.
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January 2010
Study: Many Victims of Partner Violence Experience Reproductive Coercion
Publisher(s):This page highlights findings from a groundbreaking study examining the relationship between intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, and unintended pregnancy.
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January 2010
Command Indiscretion
Publisher(s):This article highlights some of the challenges experienced by military women while deployed related to sexual violence, reproductive justice, motherhood and other issues.
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January 2010
Prevention Starts Here: North Dakota's Plan for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention
Publisher(s):As part of CDC’s DELTA program, this plan outlines the state of North Dakota’s plan to improve efforts to prevent intimate partner violence and sexual assault.
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January 2010
Sexual Violence in Later Life: Research Brief
Publisher(s):This brief reviews research on risk and protective factors related to sexual violence in later life.