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 2010
Killing Us Softly
Publisher(s): The newest edition of Jean Kilbourne's Killing Us Softly series shows how the advertising industry reinforces and glamorizes a regressive and debased notion of femininity.
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January 2010
Housing and Sexual Violence Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):This two page fact sheet offers information on the impact of housing costs, housing and various forms of oppression, and how advocates can help.
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- General Material
January 2010
Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven-step Empowerment Evaluation Approach for Violence Prevention Organizations
Publisher(s):This manual is designed to help violence prevention organizations hire an empowerment evaluator who will assist them in building their evaluation capacity through a learn-by-doing process of evaluating their own strategies.
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- General Material
January 2010
Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Publisher(s):This guidance document focuses on the integration of violence against women resources into the existing Sexual and Reproductive Health framework. It introduces key principles, discusses evidence from the literature and provides a foundation for integrating gender based violence and sexual and reproductive health services.
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- Training Tools
January 2010
Connections - Setting the Stage: Strategies for Supporting LGBTIQ Survivors
Publisher(s):This newsletter focuses exclusively on issues related to violence in LGBTIQ communities. Articles include information on interrupting problematic language, addressing the needs of trans survivors, and SANE protocol.
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January 2010
Emerging Issues Facing Tweens and Teens
Publisher(s):This fact sheet presents data from various studies to highlight emerging issues facing tweens and teens.
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January 2010
Do Not Harm My Anointed
Publisher(s): Rabbi Dratch discusses the Jewish religious imperative to protect children from harm and abuse. He names the biblical teachings and religious doctrine that have been used as justifications for child abuse, and argues that this is in fact an abuse of biblical doctrine.
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- General Material
December 2009
Teens and Sexting: How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging
Publisher(s):This report addresses sexting and the creating, sharing and forwarding of sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images by minor teens.
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December 2009
Back from combat, women struggle for acceptance
Publisher(s):The article reports, "More than 230,000 American women have fought in those recent wars and at least 120 have died doing so, yet the public still doesn't completely understand their contributions on the modern battlefield."
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December 2009
Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors
Publisher(s):This Bulletin draws on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Incident-Based Reporting System to provide population-based epidemiological information on juvenile sex offending.
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October 2009
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
Publisher(s):This Bulletin discusses the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children’s exposure to violence to date, measuring the past-year and lifetime exposure for children age 17 and younger across several major categories.
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- Training Tools
October 2009
Technical Assistance Guide and Resource Kit for Primary Prevention and Evaluation
Publisher(s):Although primary prevention is at the root of the movement to end sexual violence, community-based agencies are challenged to find practical resources around program development and evaluation. Developing programs with evaluation in mind will enable prevention educators to build upon strengths and improve programs to achieve desired results. Through evaluation, sexual violence prevention educators will be able to show what they have always trusted: that their programs do make a positive difference.