Critical Intersections in DV: Housing, Identity, and the Legal System
15 trainings, resources, and articles discussing how identities or systems can interact with and affect advocacy work with survivors and victims of domestic violence.
Domestic Violence and Housing
Responding To Housing Insecurity/Homelessness Issues For Indigenous Elders Who Are Victims Of Domestic Violence
June 15, 2022
Webinar recording from National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
“Many of our elder relatives find themselves homeless because of domestic violence, elder abuse, divorce, loss of spouse or caregiver, loss of income, or a health crisis, especially during the pandemic. Our elders often have the greatest need for safe, accessible, and affordable housing. Partnerships between tribal housing authorities, housing programs, homeless service systems, and Older American Act Title VI Native American Aging Programs (Title VI programs) are finding ways to provide culturally relevant housing options that are affordable, accessible, and provide links to services.”
FIND A SHELTER IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Article from StrongHearts Native Helpline
“There is a severe resource gap (see current Resource Impact Summary) impacting the ability of tribes to address intimate partner violence in their communities. Presently, there are 259 Native-centered service providers that are culturally appropriate for Native Americans and Alaska Natives; and that includes only 62 shelters nationwide. In addition to the Native service provider database, through an invaluable partnership with the National Domestic Violence Hotline, StrongHearts’ advocates have access to more than 3,500 non-Native service providers in the U.S.”
HOW CAN FAITH COMMUNITIES SUPPORT SURVIVORS EXPERIENCING DV AND HOUSING INSTABILITY?
August 2021
Article from National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
“Domestic violence is a leading cause of both survivor homelessness and housing instability. Survivors need flexible, affordable, and safe housing options to achieve safety and lasting stability. Many survivors turn to their friends, family, and faith leaders for housing support. Safety includes access to essential human needs. It’s also about attending to the social and emotional wellbeing of survivors.”
Domestic Violence and the Legal System
INTERSECTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FIREARMS
May 19, 2022
Webinar recording from Battered Women’s Justice Project
“Intersection of Domestic Violence and Firearms provides detailed information about the risk firearms present to domestic violence victims. Grantees will also learn about statutory interventions aimed at disarming abusers and reducing intimate partner homicide. Participants can register one time and will be enrolled in the entire series.”
RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS IMPACTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
July 12, 2022
Article from National Network to End Domestic Violence
“This term, the Supreme Court of the United States released a number of highly consequential decisions impacting people across the country, including domestic violence survivors. This Latest Update will discuss four cases from the 2021-2022 Supreme Court term.”
THE ADVOCATES’ ROLE IN SUPPORTING IPV SURVIVORS WHO HAVE BEEN CRIMINALIZED
December 2021
Webinar recording from New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
“A discussion about the scope and scale of IPV survivor criminalization, the needs of survivors who have been criminalized, and the need to remove barriers to assist IPV survivors as they navigate the various stages of the criminal justice system.”
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DEFENSE-BASED ADVOCACY AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MOVEMENT
Spring 2022
Webinar recording from Battered Women’s Justice Project
“This webinar is a three-part professional development series for community-based advocates, attorneys who work with victims of battering, and anyone interested in learning more about victims of battering charged with crimes.”
THE LOYALTY TRAP: BLACK WOMAN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FIREARMS
November 22, 2021
Podcast from Battered Women’s Justice Project
“In the 1980s, Dr. Beth Ritchie coined the concept of “The Trap of Loyalty.” The term refers to the immense pressure that black women feel to protect black men even at the expense of their own bodies. In this episode, Alicia Nichols, Deputy Director of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms joins Christina Jones to interview Lashonia Thompson-El and Tiffany Garner about the incredible danger that domestic violence and guns are to black women.”
HELPING DV SURVIVORS WITH INTERSTATE CASES
October 8, 2021
Webinar recording from Battered Women’s Justice Project
“Should They Stay or Should They Go? The Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women speaks presents a webinar on Helping Survivors with Interstate custody and relocation cases.”
Domestic Violence and Identity
ADVOCACY & MALE-IDENTIFIED SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
June 14, 2022
TA bundle from National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
“Like many female victims of abuse, male-identified victims often fear that they will not be believed. They also fear that they will be labeled as the perpetrator when they reach out for support. Gay, bisexual, and transgender survivors of violence, and Native and men of color face additional barriers to seeking and getting trauma-informed and culturally responsive support. As advocates we must work on increasing our understanding of the socio-cultural barriers to disclosing abuse. This requires addressing bias and stigma. It also requires the elimination of structural barriers to help-seeking for male-identified survivors.”
PREGNANCY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Article from StrongHearts Native Helpline
“Unfortunately, pregnancy can be a dangerous time for pregnant people in abusive relationships, putting them and their unborn child at heightened risk due to their vulnerable physical and emotional status. An abusive partner may see the unpredictability of pregnancy as an opportunity to increase power and control. Pregnancy can also lead to the abusive partner becoming jealous, resentful and angry. These are not excuses for abuse. Abuse is never ok.”
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND LATINAS FACTSHEET: BARRIERS TO SERVICES
November 28, 2021
Resource from Esperanza United
“These pages make up section of our factsheet, Latinas and intimate partner violence. evidence based facts. Studies have found that low awareness of resources for IPV, language and cultural differences act as significant barriers to Latina survivors’ ability to access services.”
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: SUPPORTING OLDER SURVIVORS
October 2021
Factsheet from National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
“Domestic violence occurs at all stages of the lifespan, from adolescence to young adulthood to older age. Age plays a significant role in victims’ perception of abuse, the way they seek help, and their definitions of healing and justice. This resource examines the unique dynamics and barriers that older survivors of domestic abuse experience and offers recommendations for tailored service and systems responses to better support older survivors.”
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND NATIVE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
Article from StrongHearts Native Helpline
“An often overlooked group of victim-survivors of domestic violence are those with disabilities, however, these individuals experience abuse at a higher rate compared to those without a disability. There is a disproportionate number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who have a disability, however, there is a lack of Indigenous-focused disability services in the nation.”
RECONNECTING WITH NATIVE TEACHINGS AND CREATING HEALING SPACES WITH AND FOR 2S+/LGBTQ+ VICTIM-SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
January 2022
Toolkit from National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
This toolkit “provides information and strategies to support families and friends to reconnect with their teachings, including borrowing or creating new teachings, and to improve their capacity to support their 2S+/LGBTQ+ family and friends who are survivors of domestic violence or sexual violence or abuse.”
