Gender-Based Violence, Trafficking
Advocates representing Native programs, domestic and sexual assault state coalitions, and direct service agencies examine the scope of the problem, resources, needs, challenges, strategies, and principles to build and sustain coordinated systems of service provision...
Community Organizing, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Innovative Strategies
Community accountability for abusers as a complement or alternative to the criminal legal system is an area of great promise as well as challenge. Accountability strategies could be contained within community-based organizations or led by them with the collaboration...
Community Organizing, Culturally-Specific Advocacy
In 2005, the Hmong Women’s Action Team (HWAT) began its Dialogues Project to re-engage Hmong women in conversation about their future. This document offers some background information, describes the challenges and obstacles Hmong face addressing sexism, and identifies...
Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Violence
Throughout the years that KAN-WIN has been serving Asian American and immigrant sexual assault survivors, staff have uncovered numerous obstacles such as extreme shame felt by survivors and language barriers when dealing with law enforcement. Furthermore, while...
Abusive International Marriage, Community Organizing, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence
“Survivors are here to teach us, so their story becomes our story.” Hmong women working in domestic violence programs organized a series of meetings to understand the trends and issues in international marriages and to explore possible actions to address...
Advocacy for Muslim Women, Culturally-Specific Advocacy
This resource provides an overview of marriage and divorce among American Muslims for judges, lawyers, advocates, social service providers, imams, community leaders, and community members. The guide explores issues of Islamic and U.S. family laws as they relate to...
Gender-Based Violence, Homicide, Research and Data
This study used data from 125 intimate partner killings occurring between 2000 and 2005, gathered from newspapers and femicide reports from state coalitions, to explore differences in intimate partner homicides among Asian Americans. The findings suggest that...
Abusive International Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
A Guide for Advocates to Understand the Legal Implications of Abusive International Marriages grew out of the need to identify legal remedies available to survivors and family members affected by this issue. It is intended as a resource for advocates who work with...
Abusive International Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
In 2005, the Hmong Women’s Action Team (HWAT) began its Dialogues Project to re-engage Hmong women in conversation about their future. This document offers some background information, provides a summary of the conversations, and makes recommendations for action...
Gender-Based Violence, LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence
Lesbians, bisexual women and transgender (LBT) individuals in Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka face violence and exclusion in every sphere of their lives. This violence is fueled by laws that criminalize same-sex relations and gender...
