Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This fact sheet defines child trafficking, describes how children are trafficked for labor, lists the challenges in identifying and providing services to child labor trafficking survivors and offers recommendations to end child labor trafficking.

This fact sheet includes facts and statistics about HIV prevalence in trans communities, and includes some of the challenges of reporting and collecting data about HIV prevalence among transgender people.

This brief report covers topics including barriers to accessing immigration remedies for trafficked persons and increased vulnerability of workers that lack immigration protections. It also outlines recommendations regarding access to legal immigration status.

This webinar explores the latest thinking about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and childhood exposure to domestic violence.

This fact sheet gives answers to frequently asked questions regarding female genital mutilation.

This Spotlight provides statistics on immigrant women in the United States. The 18.9 million immigrant women in the United States in 2008 made up 12 percent of all women in the country.

This fact sheet details the wage gap for Latinas by state, describes the implications of the wage gap for Latinas, and presents statistics on the public’s overwhelming support for fair pay policies.

This fact sheet explains how immigrant Latin@s are hurt by restrictions on abortion, and provides recommendations related to ending policies barring immigrants from participating in public and affordable health coverage programs on the sole basis of their immigration status.

This resource list from ASISTA includes national resources, including webpages dedicated to U visa certification issues and ways to work more effectively with law enforcement.

This report includes recommendations from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in response to the extremely high levels of violence experienced by aboriginal women and girls in Canada.

Discrimination and harassment by law enforcement based on sexual orientation and gender identity is an ongoing and pervasive problem. This report presents research demonstrating that LGBT individuals and communities face profiling, discrimination and harassment at the hands of law enforcement officers.

The aim of this study was to better understand the experience of Latinas who were recipients of the U-Visa and had been victims of domestic violence. While obtaining legal documentation was critical to becoming economically self-sufficient, this study provides a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges that immigrant survivors face in the U-Visa process, as well as gaps in services.