"A lot of people don't make the connection that human trafficking is a human rights issue," Kay Buck, the CEO of CAST, said. "As a human rights issue, human trafficking intersects with so many other issues: homelessness, economic justice, racial justice, gender justice, health disparities, immigration reform."
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People with disabilities matter; that is why Disability Justice matters. In this TAQ, Skylar Kantola, Jody Powers, and Cierra Olivia Thomas Williams explore the intersections of Disability Justice and domestic and sexual violence prevention and advocacy.
A new report by UN Women and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) highlights how companies are responding to the pandemic with practices that support gender equality. The emerging practices that are shared in the report aim to curb inequalities women are facing as the pandemic radically transforms the world of work.
This issue of the PreventIPV newsletter offers inspiration for moving forward, sharing takeaways and action steps from recent national gatherings and observances including the National Prevention Town Hall and Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2020.
NRCDV is asking for your help by supporting us this #GivingTuesday so that we can collaborate with Black leadership and communities to create a sustainable, long-term plan to address anti-Blackness in the movement to end gender-based violence without current funding restrictions.
We are excited to announce that starting November 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) will be the new home of the National LGBTQ Institute on IPV.