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“The purpose of this special collection is to compile resources focused on improving the law enforcement responses to domestic violence and sexual assault.”
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“This wheel depicts the major components which engender empowerment through advocacy. It asks that advocates respect confidentiality, believe their victim and validate her experiences, acknowledge the injustice, respect their victim’s autonomy, help their victim plan for future safety, and promote access to community services.”
The National Council on Independent Living’s new project helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) learn about sex.
“Advisors have drafted a document of demands that are fundamental to focus and learning. Schools’ recognition of these demands will accord girls and gender-expansive students of color the rights of dignity and respect that are inherent to all human beings.”
“The EMERGE Reentry Program is a new promising model and educational approach that is designed to dismantle existing pathways to school disengagement and confinement and instead build pathways to college and careers for Black girls and other girls of color who have been involved in the juvenile-legal or foster care systems.”
15 DV-related resources discussing identity or system intersections from the past year
“This blueprint provides a nonprescriptive roadmap to how we can build collaborative relationships with community partners within and outside the anti-sexual violence movement.”
“This report from the Hope, Healing and Health Collective highlights issues that impact access to mental health care for Black girls and BIPOC youth and sets forth actionable solutions that policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels can implement to build a culturally-responsive and gender-affirming mental health care system for all youth, especially youth of color.”
“This research translation highlights several programs that focus on preventing the onset of abusive behaviors as a necessary component to an overall prevention plan.”
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