Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results
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- NRCDV Publications
September 2013
How accessible is anti-HIV medication after a sexual assault?
Publisher(s): Sexual assaults may put the victim at risk for contracting HIV, but here is a medication available that acts as a prophylaxis after potential exposure to the virus. NRCDV's September 2013 TA Question of the month provides information on the accessibility of nPEP.
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- General Material
September 2013
Making Shelters Safe for Transgender Evacuees
Publisher(s):This document provides guidelines for making shelters safe for transgender evacuees.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
September 2013
Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation: A Research Review
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper provides a historical and research overview of Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation, identifies strategic issues for advocates working with victims, and offers guidelines to improve courts’ treatment of these issues.
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- General Material
September 2013
Policy Implications of Recognizing that Caregiver Stress is Not the Primary Cause of Elder Abuse
Publisher(s):Studies show the causes of elder abuse to be wide-ranging, and not necessarily an outcome of caregiver stress. This paper discusses how seeing caregiver stress as a primary cause of abuse has unintended and detrimental consequences that affect the efforts to end this widespread problem.
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- General Material
September 2013
Getting Called Out: How to Apologize
In this video, Franchesca Ramsey offers insight into how aspiring allies should respond to being called out for upholding oppression, including offering a meaningful apology and changing their behavior.
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- General Material
September 2013
The Facts on Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS
Publisher(s):This fact sheet explores the intersections between violence against women and HIV/AIDS, including how violence undermines HIV prevention efforts, and discusses the ways violence actually puts survivors at increased risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
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- General Material
September 2013
Untangling the Intersection of HIV & Trauma: Why It Matters and What We Can Do
Publisher(s):This article examines the ways trauma in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS impacts access to and retention in care.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
September 2013
Hitting Them Where It Hurts: Strategies for Seizing Assets in Human Trafficking Cases
Publisher(s):This issue discusses civil and criminal asset forfeiture as a tool in prosecuting cases of human trafficking and related crimes.
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- General Material
August 2013
Transnational: TransLatin@s/Trans-Nacional: TransLatin@s
Publisher(s): Presenters discuss the barriers faced by Latin@ Transgender communities that reside in the U.S. They share information about the TransLatin@ Coalition and the work of this organization with and on behalf of Latin@ transgender communities in the U.S.
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- General Material
August 2013
Legal Services Assessment for Trafficked Children
Publisher(s):This report provides the results of a CHRC led research project that provides information on the gaps in legal services and identifies the opportunities for improving outcomes. Also included input from service providers around the country for a national comparison.
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- General Material
August 2013
Recommendations for Administrators of Prisons, Jails, and Community Confinement Facilities for Adapting the U.S. Department of Justice’s "A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations, Adults/Adolescents"
Publisher(s):This guide is designed to assist administrators of prisons, jails, and community confinement facilities in drafting or revising protocols for an immediate response to reports of sexual assault.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
July 2013
Addressing Oppression and Violence within the Latino Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Communities
Publisher(s):This webinar focuses on the intersections of homophobia, heterosexism and racism that often enhance negative stereotypes associated with being Latino and LGBT. The presenter discusses the impact of language on our anti-oppression work as well as other elements that complicate the experiences of victimization of members of the Latino LGBT communities.