Sexual Violence: Intervention
This area contains information on the development and delivery of safe and appropriate services for victims of sexual violence, offering tools for advocates or counselors in community-based sexual assault programs as well as helping professionals in human service arenas or institutional settings who encounter sexual violence victimization in their work. Materials explore approaches addressing intersecting life circumstances or co-occurring issues.
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December 2011
This guidebook focuses on the impact of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of trauma on people with disabilities. It describes four conditions for a trauma-informed organization and provides tips on trauma-informed practices, creating organizational change, and providing universal safeguards.
2000
This document is an illustration describing the violence that may happen throughout the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander women during the life stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, adulthood and later life.
2003
Rural communities face very real and specific challenges when doing sexual assault work. The strategies shared in this publication are meant to energize and support current efforts of staff & volunteers working in rural community sexual assault programs.
2005
This handbook highlights the importance of culture and provides guidance to develop cultural competency at the individual and organizational levels.
March 2011
This manual was produced in Mexico to familiarize public employees with use of non-sexist language strategies. (This resource is in Spanish)
2012
This guidebook provides an overview of the challenges faced in conducting outreach to underserved teen victims of crime and highlights examples of the various projects and resources developed and implemented in local communities in the Underserved Teen Victims Initiative.
2012
This resource contains information and suggestions to make domestic violence services more accessible for immigrant women.
October 2011
The project upon which this report is based invited African American women to express their views on services for victims and survivors of domestic violence, in particular the needs of survivors in low-income communities.
2006
This article discusses the silence of many LGBT advocates about services for men, arguing that GBT male victims are relatively unwelcome/invisible in anti-sexual violence centers. Provides recommendations that agencies can follow to become more inclusive.
February 2002
This critique of the battered women's movement comes from a disabilities advocacy perspective. The article challenges advocates to put aside guilt in favor of pursuing understanding and action about serving survivors of domestic violence with disabilities.
