Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results
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January 2014
TedTalk: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
Publisher(s):This TedTalk presented by pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains how traumatic experiences affect the brain and increase the risk for other health conditions.
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January 2014
Strangulation Laws
Publisher(s):This chart is a compilation of the strangulation laws in the United States.
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January 2014
Women With HIV Speak Out Against Violence: A collection of essays and reflections of women living with and affected by HIV
Publisher(s): Compiled from personal narratives, and written by the women impacted, this collection is designed to share an intimate understanding of life for women living with HIV/AIDS and the intersection of domestic violence.
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January 2014
School Girls Unite: Activist Gameplan
Publisher(s):School Girls Unite seeks “to tackle prejudice against girls worldwide and expand their freedom and opportunities through education and leadership.”
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January 2014
Language Access: Considerations & Recommendations for Advocates Supporting Survivors of Violence
Publisher(s):This TA brief provides considerations and recommendations for program implementation and developments within anti-violence and legal services agencies. It aims to enable LEP survivors to better navigate the significant challenges faced, strengthen advocacy, and further equal access to justice.
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January 2014
Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Workplace
Publisher(s): This fact sheet includes information on the impact of domestic and sexual violence on the workplace, why workplace protections are necessary, how the law protects victims, paid family leave, and domestic violence and unemployment insurance.
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- Training Tools
January 2014
Reproductive Health and Intimate Partner Violence Wheel
Publisher(s): Reproductive Health and Intimate Partner Violence Wheel provides definitions and examples of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence. The wheel can be used as a training tool for advocates and service providers, as well as a supportive and enlightening resource for survivors.
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January 2014
Open Minds to Equality: A Source Book of Learning Activities to Affirm Diversity and Promote Equity
This is an educator’s sources book of activities to help students understand and challenge inequalities based on race, class, gender, age, language, sexual orientation, ability, and religion.
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January 2014
The Right to (Trans) Parent: A Reproductive Justice Approach to Reproductive Rights, Fertility, and Family-Building Issues Facing Transgender People
Publisher(s):This article uses reproductive justice principles to provide new entry points for LGBT advocates and reproductive health and rights advocates to build alliances around gender, sexuality, and reproduction by highlighting opportunities for reproductive justice advocates to engage on reproductive health and rights issues facing transgender people.
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January 2014
6 Questions To Consider When Providing Advocacy Services via Technology
Publisher(s):Programs are increasingly considering the use of technology to provide services to survivors. This article outlines six questions for organizations to consider when providing advocacy services via technology.
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January 2014
The Elder Justice Roadmap: A Stakeholder Initiative to Respond to an Emerging Health, Justice, Financial and Social Crisis
Publisher(s): This report identifies and prioritizes actions that direct service providers, educators, and researchers can take to benefit older adults facing abuse, neglect or financial exploitation.
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January 2014
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
Publisher(s):The most common form of human trafficking is sexual exploitation (79% of human trafficking cases). The victims of sexual exploitation are predominantly women and girls.