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HELPING SURVIVORS RECOVER FROM ECONOMIC ABUSE
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence is pleased to share a newly expanded Special Collection focused on economic justice for survivors:
This special collection explores credit, asset building, and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), their intersections, and how they can be leveraged to better support economic justice for survivors of domestic violence.
As advocates, we know that poverty increases risk and vulnerability for those living in it; and it is therefore critical to have a foundational understanding of how money and finances work. Financial abuse can have an immediate impact on a survivor’s life – further isolating her, undermining her autonomy – and can also have long-term and far-reaching consequences, often trapping a survivor in poverty and interfering with her future economic stability.
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SERVING ADULT CHILDREN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
"Most of our society’s children are exposed to violence in their daily lives. And most of us grow up to lead successful and well adjusted lives. Given the opportunity to help build this capacity for resilience in all children exposed to trauma, why wouldn’t we?"
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OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE & LEARN TOGETHER
Webinar: Guiding Principles for Working with Older Victims of Abuse
Friday, June 10, 2016
3:00 - 4:30pm Eastern / 2:00 - 3:30pm Central / 12:00 - 1:30pm Pacific
Every year on June 15, communities around the world recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). This year, in preparation for WEAAD, the NRCDV is hosting a webinar in collaboration with the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect experienced by older persons and the cultural, social, economic and demographic processes affecting elder abuse and neglect. This webinar will highlight NCALL’s guiding principles to help victim service providers better serve older adults victims of abuse.
Presenters Include:
- Juanita Davis, Program Manager, National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)
- Ann Turner, Elder Victim Services and Advocacy, National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)
Webinar: Self Care for the Advocate
Friday, July 8, 2016
3:00 - 4:30pm Eastern / 2:00 - 3:30pm Central / 12:00 - 1:30pm Pacific
Presenter:
- Santa Molina-Marshal, LICSW, SEP: For more than 20 years, Santa Molina-Marshal has been providing client-focused therapy services, in English and Spanish, for individuals, groups, couples and families. She is a licensed/Certified Integral Yoga Teacher, Massage Therapist, Reiki Master and Interfaith Minister.
Registration information available soon.
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MOVE TO END VIOLENCE COLLABORATION
Two members of NRCDV’s leadership team – Anne Menard and Arlene Vassell – have continued to actively participate in Move to End Violence related conversations and gatherings to explore what it means to “engage and expand the center†of our work, build movement toward a shared vision, and utilize a broader set of social justice organizing tools and approaches. Upcoming critical conversations will focus on integrating social and racial justice campaigns and activism to address overcriminalization and its impact on marginalized communities. |
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NRCDV IN CHINA
In February 2016, the Senior Director of Programs, Prevention and Social Change, Arlene Vassell, traveled to China with a U.S. Delegation to participate in a United States – China Exchange on Domestic Violence. Other members of the Delegation included MaryLouise Kelley, FVPSA, DHHS; Bea Hanson, Department of Justice; Lynn Rosenthal, National DV Hotline; Brian Pinero, National DV Hotline; Heidi Notario-Small, Casa de Esperanza; and Gloria Terry,Texas Council on Family Violence.
While in China, the Delegation facilitated trainings in Bejing, Xi’an City and Xianyang City. Training topics included domestic violence 101, trauma informed, survivor centered, advocacy, IPV prevention, coordinated community responses to domestic violence, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, and the goals of Violence Against Women Act. Trainings were conducted with local women’s federation staff, public lawyers, psychological counselors, prosecutors, social workers, law enforcement officers and local officials. The team also engaged in critical dialogues with officials of related departments at the national and local levels.
Additionally, the team had the remarkable opportunity to visit historic sites such as the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Museum of Terracota Warriors.
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PREVENTION SPOTLIGHT
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2016 comes to a close, PreventIPV reminds us to continue the conversation around this year’s theme, Prevention is Possible, by featuring a ground-breaking multi-media campaign from Wellington, New Zealand.
Who Are You? inspires young people to be responsible bystanders and ethical decision makers by taking action to prevent sexual violence. Recognizing that sexual violence can have an enormous negative impact on people's lives, the program asks us to consider “Who am I†and "What would I do?"
Learn more about this campaign and its materials through the PreventIPV Tools Inventory. |
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POLICY CORNER
- NRCDV is engaging more deeply around policy issues related to the unique challenges that women and girls of color must contend with, including rates of interpersonal and community level violence, over-discipline in schools, involvement in the juvenile justice system and over-incarceration. NRCDV staff were privileged to recently attend a White House convening on women and criminal justice reform, as well as a Stand Against Racism policy briefing held by our colleagues at YWCA USA, where we were challenged to think critically about these issues and inspired to work alongside those who are developing innovative policy solutions to meet these needs.
- Over the past few months, as many critical issues have gained national attention, NRCDV has joined its policy partners in submitting comments to the Department of Labor on the implementation of paid sick and safe days for federal contractors; assessing the unique challenges survivors may have when accessing child care subsidies; calling for increased funding for VAWA, FVPSA, and VOCA; and joining a statement in opposition to anti-LGBT laws, particularly those that use sexual assault as a reason for anti-trans bathroom laws.
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DID YOU KNOW?
For over 2 decades, NRCDV has operated VAWnet.org, the most expansive and most highlighted utilized online collection of information and resources on gender-based violence in the United States. It receives nearly 200 million views and more than 1.5 million visitors per year from 196 countries and territories. On a daily basis, over 4,300 visitors download more than 4,000 documents and bookmark over 1,300 pages on VAWnet.org.
Read more about VAWnet’s usage, value and impact.
In 2011, researchers at the University of North Carolina Greensboro recognized VAWnet.org as uniquely positioned to address and minimize the research to practice gap identified in literature and approached the NRCDV to establish a partnership around this goal. This sparked a five year systematic process to engage a variety of stakeholders and constituents in usability testing and feedback, resulting in a thorough set of recommendations for a thoughtful, evidence-based redesign of the website.
This year, NRCDV is engaged in a complete redesign of the VAWnet website to better equip advocates to impact social change, with increased functionality and accessibility for mobile devices, including a customizable “my advocacy toolbox†experience. The redesigned site will enhance the ability of social change agents to find, share and organize key resources at their fingertips.
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RECENT ADDITIONS
Recent additions to the VAWnet library include:
Building Promising Futures: Guidelines for Enhancing Response of Domestic Violence Programs to Children & Youth by Eleanor Lyon, Julia Perilla, and Anne Menard for Futures Without Violence (2016)
STOP SV: A Technical Package to Prevent Sexual Violence by Kathleen C. Basile, Sarah DeGue, Kathryn Jones, Kimberley Freire, Jenny Dills, Sharon G. Smith, and Jerris L. Raiford for the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016)
End Abuse of People with Disabilities Webinar Series by the Center on Victimization and Safety (2016)
Promising Practices and Model Programs: Trauma-Informed Approaches to Working with Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence and Other Trauma by Heather Phillips, Eleanor Lyon, Mary Fabri, and Carole Warshaw for the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (September 2015)
Virtues, Narrative & Resilience: Key Findings on the Life Paths Project on the Laws of Life Essay and Pathways to Resilience by Sherry Hamby, Victoria Banyard, Matthew Hagler, Wojciech Kaczkowski, Elizabeth Taylor, Lindsey Roberts, and John Grych (2015)
Study on the Gender Dimension of Trafficking in Human Beings by Sylvia Walby, Birgit Apitzsch, Jo Armstrong, Susie Balderston, Karolina Follis, Brian Francis, Liz Kelly, Corinne May-Chahal, Awais Rashid, Karen Shire, Jude Towers, and Markus Tunte for the European Union (2016)
A Guide to Staying Safe on Facebook by the Safety Net Project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (2016)
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