Sexual Violence Content Topic Results

Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated the stark racial, gender, and socioeconomic health inequalities that have always existed in the U.S. This report makes seven policy recommendations for addressing the socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

This article provides a review of a variety of initiatives that engage or address men to prevent violence against women.

This toolkit was written to support community-based approaches to violence intervention.

This tool can be used by healthcare providers to screen patients who may be experiencing or have experienced trauma.

This self-help guide for LGBT older adults, their caregivers, and their loved ones provides information on preventing, recognizing, and addressing elder abuse. The guide covers topics including types of elder abuse, LGBT specific tactics, ways to protect yourself from elder abuse, information on protecting friends from elder abuse, and getting help when you suspect abuse.

This issue of the Chronicles highlights an important aspect of advocacy—helping survivors of any age or ability to heal and enhance other relationships in their lives.

This report describes the U.S. governments comprehensive campaign to combat TIP during Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, including efforts to carry out the 3P strategy to (1) protect victims by providing benefits and services; (2) investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes; and (3) prevent further trafficking-related crimes. The report features an assessment of U.S. government activities based on improvements since the last annual report and recommendations made by agencies for further improvement during FY 2015.

This guide will assist schools and school districts in developing comprehensive policies addressing healthy relationships and abuse intervention and response.

This document describes some of the tactics used to abuse immigrant women. These include emotional abuse, economic abuse, sexual abuse, using coercion and threat, intimidation, isolation, and blaming women for inciting violence.

This fact sheet describes changes to the VAWA Act and lays out new provisions in the Act.

This document offers talking points and statistics on the connection between domestic violence and human trafficking.

Each state treats young victims of dating abuse differently, but not all ways are equal. loveisrespect conducted a nationwide review of state laws and found common trends, both positive and negative, that directly impact the protection of teens.