National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) Content Topic Results
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January 2014
Public Benefits Flow Charts: VAWA Self‐Petition and Cancellation, U-Visas, T-Visas, and SIJS
Publisher(s): The public benefits flow charts pertain to VAWA self-petition and cancellation, U-Visas, T-Visas, and Special Juvenile Immigrant Status (SIJS).
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July 2013
Breaking Barriers: A Complete Guide to Legal Rights and Resources for Battered Immigrants
Publisher(s):This Manual focuses on legal rights and options for immigrant survivors of domestic violence including intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder abuse and abuse perpetrated by other family members or persons that are covered by your state's protection order statute. Breaking Barriers is a comprehensive tool that provides information that will be useful to advocates, attorneys, justice, and social services professionals working with and assisting immigrant survivors of domestic and family violence.
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April 2013
National Survey of Service Providers on Police Response to Immigrant Crime Victims, U Visa Certification and Language Access
Publisher(s):This report explores police responses to immigrant victims of crime from the perspectives of various service providers, including legal services, pro bono attorneys, social service organizations, domestic violence/sexual assault programs, law enforcement and prosecutors offices.
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- Training Tools
April 2013
Yes We Can! Public Benefits for Immigrant Survivors
Publisher(s):National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), Legal Momentum, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA)
This webinar from the Office on Violence Against Women, NIWAP, Legal Momentum, and CALCASA covers public benefits that are available to immigrant survivors of violence.
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January 2013
Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This chapter describes the range of services an immigrant victim of sexual assault can access through different programs and services of the health care system.
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January 2013
Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This presentation describes human trafficking and tits connections to sexual violence.
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- General Material
January 2013
Rights and Options for Battered Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Women
Publisher(s):This brochure provides a broad overview of the legal rights of immigrant victims of domestic violence.
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January 2013
Do You Have Problems at Home? Read About Your Rights in this Country
Publisher(s):This booklet explains the legal rights of immigrant victims of family violence including domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse.
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January 2013
Know Your Rights
Publisher(s):This booklet provides information on the full range of immigration relief options created for immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. For domestic violence victims a discussion of domestic violence protection orders and how they can help immigrant victims is included.
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January 2010
Ensuring Language Access to Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This Chapter demonstrates that although immigrant victims can legally access services that are available to protect victims regardless of immigration status, such as sexual assault and domestic violence services, law enforcement protection, and immigration relief, many immigrant victims are unlikely to seek help due to language barriers, isolation, and lack of information about available help.
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January 2004
Collaboration, Confidentiality, and Expanding Advocacy
Publisher(s):This document presents information on the importance of collaborating with other agencies to improve culturally competent services to immigrant survivors, on how to collaborate with different agencies, and on how to address problems when working with collaboration.
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Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality
Publisher(s):This brochure summarizes the three prongs of VAWA confidentiality (Disclosure Limitations, Source Limitations & Enforcement Limitations) for advocates and attorneys, including information on best practices and complaint instructions.