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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- General Material
January 2005
Building Partnerships to End Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Rural and Isolated Communities
Publisher(s):This is an easy-reference guide to help communities across Canada create and maintain partnerships to help prevent domestic violence.
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- General Material
January 2005
24 C.F.R. §960.206(b)(4)
Publisher(s):(providing that for public housing a PHA should consider whether to adopt a local preference for admission of families that include victims of domestic violence)
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- General Material
January 2005
Beyond April and October: Some Ideas for Gender Violence Prevention Campaigns Throughout the Year
Provides examples of year-round, local public awareness programming that can raise awareness with limited resources. The article includes a month-by-month listing of ideas for local programs to adapt for implementation in their own community.
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- General Material
January 2005
Addressing violence against women and achieving the Millennium Development Goals
Publisher(s):This document notes the connection between achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and preventing violence against women, and presents recommendations for integrating initiatives to address VAW into MDG strategies.
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- General Material
January 2005
Culture Handbook
Publisher(s):This handbook highlights the importance of culture and provides guidance to develop cultural competency at the individual and organizational levels.
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- General Material
January 2005
Services for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Victims of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This brochure is intended to assist domestic violence victims who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing increase their knowledge of what types of services are available to them and the importance of their confidentiality when receiving services.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2005
Confronting the Sexual Abuse of Women with Disabilities
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
The document covers the origins of our knowledge concerning the sexual abuse of women with disabilities, discusses data on women with disabilities and the men who abuse them, and explores the advocacy efforts of women with disabilities and their allies.
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- General Material
January 2005
Ending Men's Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):In this article, the author discusses how men of color, while being marginalized by racism, continue to experience the privileges and the entitlements associated with being a male. The article also discusses how men can become part of the solution.
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- General Material
January 2005
Walking Together: Working with Women from Diverse Spiritual Traditions
Publisher(s):This guide for purchase is geared toward providing advocates strategies and suggestions for effective collaborations with religious communities. This guide is designed to: Educate advocates about how to work effectively with women from a wide variety of religious and spiritual traditions; Offer concrete strategies for making domestic violence programs sensitive and welcoming to women from diverse faith backgrounds; and Provide suggestions for effective collaboration between domestic violence programs and religious communities.
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January 2005
The Secret of the Silver Horse
Publisher(s):This resource is an online picture book where children are shown the difference between a good secret and a secret about sexual abuse.
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- General Material
- General Material
January 2005
Lethality Assessment Program Maryland Model For First Responders: Learning to read the danger signs
Publisher(s):The LAP is a two-pronged intervention process that features a research-based lethality screening tool and an accompanying protocol referral that provides direction for officers to initiate appropriate action based on the results of the screening process.
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- General Material
January 2005
Sex Offender Sentencing in Washington State: Has Community Notification Reduced Recidivism?
Publisher(s):Violent and sexual felony recidivism by sex offenders in Washington has decreased since passage of the 1997 statute. The causal link to notification laws is not proven by this research, but the drop in recidivism rates by sex offenders is clear, and the influence of community notification laws cannot be ruled out.