Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results
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January 2014
Tough Talk: What boys need to know about relationship abuse
Publisher(s):Highlights several training tools and background information for use in promoting men's involvement in the movement to end violence against women. Also included are educational materials to support the teaching of non-violence to boys and young men.
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January 2014
Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act
Publisher(s): The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. This reference guide includes a section on basic wage standards, beginning on page five (labeled in the guide as page one).
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January 2014
Our Gender Revolution
Publisher(s):This website provides educational conversations to explore gender, inequality, and gender violence to promote youth led social change.
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January 2014
Teen Dating Violence
Publisher(s):This Web page highlights the role of policy makers in preventing teen dating violence and includes a list of state laws related to teen dating violence from across the country.
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January 2014
The National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory
Publisher(s):This directory includes a comprehensive guide to volunteer opportunities in different states. At the top of the above-listed webpage, attorneys can find a link to the Domestic Violence Pro Bono Guide. Attorneys can then select the state in which they wish to offer their pro bono services.
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January 2014
Task Force Report on Resilience and Strength in African-American Children and Adolescents
Publisher(s):This report identifies the factors that promote healthy development in African American children.
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January 2014
Reproductive Justice Media Reference Guide
Publisher(s):This Strong Families media guide is intended for use by a variety of traditional and new media outlets seeking to learn about or expand their knowledge of reproductive justice in their writing.
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January 2014
Images, Consent, & Abuse
Publisher(s):Billions of images are captured, uploaded online, and distributed electronically every day. This handout discusses safety, privacy, and legal issues around the intersections of domestic and sexual violence, technology, and privacy.
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January 2014
PrEP/PEP Point-of-Care Cards
Publisher(s): Project Inform provides this convenient, gender non-specific, foldable and pocketable point-of-care card free to medical, non-medical and other service providers to raise awareness, educate and provide resources for their at-risk patients/clients.
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December 2013
Disability and Reproductive Justice
Publisher(s):This article discusses the fact that among individuals with disabilities, there is a very real risk that the right to have and keep children without interference will be restricted thanks to attitudes about disability and parenting.
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December 2013
Noncustodial Parents, and Child Support & EITC Policy: Are We Moving Families Toward Economic Security?
Publisher(s):This paper examines recent state tax policy proposals that will inevitably result in increased tax burdens on low-income families; considers the effect of federal and state Earned Income Tax Credits on parents who are court-ordered to pay child support; and calculates the impact of that policy on parents in four focus states.
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December 2013
It Takes a Village, People! Advocacy, Friends and Family & LGBT Survivors of Abuse
Publisher(s):This toolkit discusses the unique opportunities in LGBTQ communities for engaging friends and family in advocacy and provides advocates with practical strategies for doing so.