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Adolescents

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."

Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit (pdf)

added 04/21/2010

"This toolkit provides an overview of one communities work to create a Latino public awareness and outreach campaign. It provides an overview of the research that informed the approach, the five radio spots that were developed, including their scripts, and tips for adapting this campaign."

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): A Toolkit for Educating Policy Makers About Reauthorization (pdf)

added 12/06/2011
The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, Toolkit Subcommittee

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provides a lifeline for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. VAWA expires in 2011 and must be reauthorized to ensure a continued federal response. The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women has developed this VAWA reauthorization education and awareness toolkit in order to aid you - the experts, leaders, and advocates - in educating federal policymakers about the needs of survivors of violence and why the reauthorization of VAWA is critical to meeting these needs.


Advocacy

Existe Ayuda (Help Exists) Toolkit

added 07/01/2011
Office of Justice Programs

The Existe Ayuda Toolkit provides Spanish-language tools and resources to help improve the cultural competence of service providers and the accessibility of services for Spanish-speaking victims of sexual violence. The materials provided—glossaries, PowerPoint presentations, and other tools—will help facilitate the work of bilingual/bicultural staff, especially those who are just beginning Spanish-language programs.

Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You Can Use (pdf)

added 08/07/2009

"A practical tool kit for use with women who have substance abuse or chemical dependence problems and who are, or have been, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or sexual abuse. The kit also can be used to train service providers about the needs of women whose experience includes both substance abuse and victimization."

Making a Difference: Strategic Communications to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/07/2009
Jenny Drezin, Megan Lloyd-Laney, UNIFEM

A toolkit for planning strategic communications to raise awareness about and combat gender-based violence around the world. It gives step-by-step information on developing a media campaign. Alternate version available in Russian.

Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 12/18/2009

"The Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit is intended to help individuals interested in including men in anti-sexual violence efforts by providing community outreach suggestions, information on access to K-12 and college/university students, and strategies for establishing committed and financially secure local MASV task groups. Additionally, this toolkit provides information that can be helpful in extending outreach to a variety of victimized men. "

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.

Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit (pdf)

added 04/21/2010

"This toolkit provides an overview of one communities work to create a Latino public awareness and outreach campaign. It provides an overview of the research that informed the approach, the five radio spots that were developed, including their scripts, and tips for adapting this campaign."

Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/14/2010

The second in a series of two manuals aimed at raising awareness and educating religious leaders and communities about gender-based violence. It offers religious leaders, faith communities, and Inter-religious Councils the tools to carry out awareness, prevention, and advocacy programs to end violence against women.

Toolkit for Working with Men and Boys

added 04/03/2010

"This web site provides a tool kit designed to help people work with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence. It provides readings, case studies, handouts, exercises, and other resources as well as community-building tools."


Children

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."


Class/Race/Ethnicity

Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit (pdf)

added 04/21/2010

"This toolkit provides an overview of one communities work to create a Latino public awareness and outreach campaign. It provides an overview of the research that informed the approach, the five radio spots that were developed, including their scripts, and tips for adapting this campaign."


College campus

Campus Sexual Violence Prevention Portal

added 01/24/2013
Minnesota Department of Health

The portal includes prevention resources for college students, faculty, parents, journalists, and administrators, and places a special focus on sexual and racial minority communities. It features 6 topics and 36 tags for easy navigation, and includes over 140 concrete tools, which campuses can adapt and apply to their specific needs.

Campus Sexual Violence Prevention Portal

added 10/15/2012
Minnesota Department of Health

Developed by the Minnesota Department of Health Sexual Violence Prevention Program, the portal includes prevention resources for college students, faculty, parents, journalists, and administrators, and places a special focus on sexual and racial minority communities. It features 6 topics and 36 tags for easy navigation, and includes over 140 concrete tools, which campuses can adapt and apply to their specific needs.

Gender-Based Violence & Harassment: Your School, Your Rights

added 07/29/2011

This 2 page document from the ACLU Women's Rights Project provides an overview of students’ rights related to gender-based violence and harassment.

Reporters Toolkit: Investigating Sexual Assault Cases on Your Campus

added 07/29/2011
The Center for Public Integrity

This toolkit serves as an introductory guide on how to investigate the ways your school deals with sexual assault allegations. Basic information is provided on laws and policies, the Clery Act, and additional resources for investigating campus sexual assault.

Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 02/03/2010

This toolkit, developed by the American College Health Association, provides facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to those on college campuses invested in the prevention of sexual violence. The emphasis of this toolkit is to encourage prevention activities, to create social change, and shift the norms regarding sexual violence.

Violence Against Women on Campus PreventionToolkit

added 07/29/2011

The Campus Toolkit is a practical tool to help students on college campuses develop events, programs and trainings on violence against women and its link to reproductive health. This toolkit will allow you to put the "kNOwMORE Campaign" into action on your campus. Adapt it for your local college or university, and work to say “no more” to violence against women.


Disabilities

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.


Domestic violence overlap

Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/14/2010

The second in a series of two manuals aimed at raising awareness and educating religious leaders and communities about gender-based violence. It offers religious leaders, faith communities, and Inter-religious Councils the tools to carry out awareness, prevention, and advocacy programs to end violence against women.


Global

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Making a Difference: Strategic Communications to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/07/2009
Jenny Drezin, Megan Lloyd-Laney, UNIFEM

A toolkit for planning strategic communications to raise awareness about and combat gender-based violence around the world. It gives step-by-step information on developing a media campaign. Alternate version available in Russian.


Health/Medical profession

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."

SART Toolkit: Resources for Sexual Assault Response Teams

added 04/05/2011

This toolkit includes resources for victim service agencies on the development, expansion, or improvement of interagency response teams. Resources place special emphasis on putting the victim first in the course of responding.

Violence Against Women on Campus PreventionToolkit

added 07/29/2011

The Campus Toolkit is a practical tool to help students on college campuses develop events, programs and trainings on violence against women and its link to reproductive health. This toolkit will allow you to put the "kNOwMORE Campaign" into action on your campus. Adapt it for your local college or university, and work to say “no more” to violence against women.


Immigrant/Immigration

Existe Ayuda (Help Exists) Toolkit

added 07/01/2011
Office of Justice Programs

The Existe Ayuda Toolkit provides Spanish-language tools and resources to help improve the cultural competence of service providers and the accessibility of services for Spanish-speaking victims of sexual violence. The materials provided—glossaries, PowerPoint presentations, and other tools—will help facilitate the work of bilingual/bicultural staff, especially those who are just beginning Spanish-language programs.


Internet Safety/Technology

Technology & Confidentiality Resources Toolkit

added 11/06/2012
NNEDV, The Confidentiality Institute, USDOJ Office of Violence Against Women

This resource was created to provide information concerning confidentiality and privacy to non-profit agencies and advocates who support survivors of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.


Intervention

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Making a Difference: Strategic Communications to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/07/2009
Jenny Drezin, Megan Lloyd-Laney, UNIFEM

A toolkit for planning strategic communications to raise awareness about and combat gender-based violence around the world. It gives step-by-step information on developing a media campaign. Alternate version available in Russian.

Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 12/18/2009

"The Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit is intended to help individuals interested in including men in anti-sexual violence efforts by providing community outreach suggestions, information on access to K-12 and college/university students, and strategies for establishing committed and financially secure local MASV task groups. Additionally, this toolkit provides information that can be helpful in extending outreach to a variety of victimized men. "

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.

Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit (pdf)

added 04/21/2010

"This toolkit provides an overview of one communities work to create a Latino public awareness and outreach campaign. It provides an overview of the research that informed the approach, the five radio spots that were developed, including their scripts, and tips for adapting this campaign."

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) Toolkit 2011: Community Engagement Through the Arts (pdf)

added 04/05/2011
Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and Arte Sana

This toolkit employs art, in various forms, as a universal language and medium for communicating the message about sexual assault prevention and awareness.


Intimate partner sexual violence

Making a Difference: Strategic Communications to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/07/2009
Jenny Drezin, Megan Lloyd-Laney, UNIFEM

A toolkit for planning strategic communications to raise awareness about and combat gender-based violence around the world. It gives step-by-step information on developing a media campaign. Alternate version available in Russian.

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.

Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit (pdf)

added 04/21/2010

"This toolkit provides an overview of one communities work to create a Latino public awareness and outreach campaign. It provides an overview of the research that informed the approach, the five radio spots that were developed, including their scripts, and tips for adapting this campaign."

Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/14/2010

The second in a series of two manuals aimed at raising awareness and educating religious leaders and communities about gender-based violence. It offers religious leaders, faith communities, and Inter-religious Councils the tools to carry out awareness, prevention, and advocacy programs to end violence against women.

Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 02/03/2010

This toolkit, developed by the American College Health Association, provides facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to those on college campuses invested in the prevention of sexual violence. The emphasis of this toolkit is to encourage prevention activities, to create social change, and shift the norms regarding sexual violence.


Legal/Policy

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.

Reporters Toolkit: Investigating Sexual Assault Cases on Your Campus

added 07/29/2011
The Center for Public Integrity

This toolkit serves as an introductory guide on how to investigate the ways your school deals with sexual assault allegations. Basic information is provided on laws and policies, the Clery Act, and additional resources for investigating campus sexual assault.


LGBTQ

Sexual Violence & Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQ Information Packet

added 10/01/2012

Sexual violence & individuals who identify as LGBTQ is an information packet containing nearly a dozen resources focused on serving, engaging, and collaborating with individuals and communities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ). The packet contains resources to support counselors, advocates, preventionists, technical assistance providers, and allied professionals committed to affirming all individuals and communities. The goals of this packet it to provide resources that will both strengthen work already being done, as well as assist organizations in discovering a place to begin program development.


Manuals/Guides/Reports

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You Can Use (pdf)

added 08/07/2009

"A practical tool kit for use with women who have substance abuse or chemical dependence problems and who are, or have been, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or sexual abuse. The kit also can be used to train service providers about the needs of women whose experience includes both substance abuse and victimization."

Making a Difference: Strategic Communications to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/07/2009
Jenny Drezin, Megan Lloyd-Laney, UNIFEM

A toolkit for planning strategic communications to raise awareness about and combat gender-based violence around the world. It gives step-by-step information on developing a media campaign. Alternate version available in Russian.

Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/14/2010

The second in a series of two manuals aimed at raising awareness and educating religious leaders and communities about gender-based violence. It offers religious leaders, faith communities, and Inter-religious Councils the tools to carry out awareness, prevention, and advocacy programs to end violence against women.

Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 02/03/2010

This toolkit, developed by the American College Health Association, provides facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to those on college campuses invested in the prevention of sexual violence. The emphasis of this toolkit is to encourage prevention activities, to create social change, and shift the norms regarding sexual violence.


Men's engagement

Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 12/18/2009

"The Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit is intended to help individuals interested in including men in anti-sexual violence efforts by providing community outreach suggestions, information on access to K-12 and college/university students, and strategies for establishing committed and financially secure local MASV task groups. Additionally, this toolkit provides information that can be helpful in extending outreach to a variety of victimized men. "

Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 02/03/2010

This toolkit, developed by the American College Health Association, provides facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to those on college campuses invested in the prevention of sexual violence. The emphasis of this toolkit is to encourage prevention activities, to create social change, and shift the norms regarding sexual violence.

Toolkit for Working with Men and Boys

added 04/03/2010

"This web site provides a tool kit designed to help people work with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence. It provides readings, case studies, handouts, exercises, and other resources as well as community-building tools."

Women and Men, Hand in Hand against Violence: Strategies and approaches to working with men and boys for ending violence against women (pdf)

added 11/08/2011

This manual is designed as a training tool for community workers and activists to promote the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to engage men in VAW prevention. It aims to increase knowledge about VAW,explore the causes and consequences of VAW, and promote skills in effective approaches and strategies for engaging men in VAW prevention.
Also available in Arabic


Multimedia

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."

Toolkit for Working with Men and Boys

added 04/03/2010

"This web site provides a tool kit designed to help people work with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence. It provides readings, case studies, handouts, exercises, and other resources as well as community-building tools."


Other

Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit (pdf)

added 04/21/2010

"This toolkit provides an overview of one communities work to create a Latino public awareness and outreach campaign. It provides an overview of the research that informed the approach, the five radio spots that were developed, including their scripts, and tips for adapting this campaign."


Police officers

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.


Prevention

Making a Difference: Strategic Communications to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/07/2009
Jenny Drezin, Megan Lloyd-Laney, UNIFEM

A toolkit for planning strategic communications to raise awareness about and combat gender-based violence around the world. It gives step-by-step information on developing a media campaign. Alternate version available in Russian.

Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 12/18/2009

"The Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit is intended to help individuals interested in including men in anti-sexual violence efforts by providing community outreach suggestions, information on access to K-12 and college/university students, and strategies for establishing committed and financially secure local MASV task groups. Additionally, this toolkit provides information that can be helpful in extending outreach to a variety of victimized men. "

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."

Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit (pdf)

added 04/21/2010

"This toolkit provides an overview of one communities work to create a Latino public awareness and outreach campaign. It provides an overview of the research that informed the approach, the five radio spots that were developed, including their scripts, and tips for adapting this campaign."

Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/14/2010

The second in a series of two manuals aimed at raising awareness and educating religious leaders and communities about gender-based violence. It offers religious leaders, faith communities, and Inter-religious Councils the tools to carry out awareness, prevention, and advocacy programs to end violence against women.

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) Toolkit 2011: Community Engagement Through the Arts (pdf)

added 04/05/2011
Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and Arte Sana

This toolkit employs art, in various forms, as a universal language and medium for communicating the message about sexual assault prevention and awareness.

Sexual Violence & Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQ Information Packet

added 10/01/2012

Sexual violence & individuals who identify as LGBTQ is an information packet containing nearly a dozen resources focused on serving, engaging, and collaborating with individuals and communities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ). The packet contains resources to support counselors, advocates, preventionists, technical assistance providers, and allied professionals committed to affirming all individuals and communities. The goals of this packet it to provide resources that will both strengthen work already being done, as well as assist organizations in discovering a place to begin program development.

Sexual Violence & the Workplace, Information Packet

added 05/01/2013
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

This information packet provides a series of resources on the impact of sexual violence on work, within the workplace and current research related to this topic. It includes resources specifically for advocates as well as employers. There are 9 individual documents that are part of this list; each must be downloaded separately.

Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit (pdf)

added 02/03/2010

This toolkit, developed by the American College Health Association, provides facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to those on college campuses invested in the prevention of sexual violence. The emphasis of this toolkit is to encourage prevention activities, to create social change, and shift the norms regarding sexual violence.

Toolkit for Working with Men and Boys

added 04/03/2010

"This web site provides a tool kit designed to help people work with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence. It provides readings, case studies, handouts, exercises, and other resources as well as community-building tools."


Religion

Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/14/2010

The second in a series of two manuals aimed at raising awareness and educating religious leaders and communities about gender-based violence. It offers religious leaders, faith communities, and Inter-religious Councils the tools to carry out awareness, prevention, and advocacy programs to end violence against women.


Reporting

SART Toolkit: Resources for Sexual Assault Response Teams

added 04/05/2011

This toolkit includes resources for victim service agencies on the development, expansion, or improvement of interagency response teams. Resources place special emphasis on putting the victim first in the course of responding.


Risk factors

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women (pdf)

added 04/14/2010

The second in a series of two manuals aimed at raising awareness and educating religious leaders and communities about gender-based violence. It offers religious leaders, faith communities, and Inter-religious Councils the tools to carry out awareness, prevention, and advocacy programs to end violence against women.


Substance abuse

Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You Can Use (pdf)

added 08/07/2009

"A practical tool kit for use with women who have substance abuse or chemical dependence problems and who are, or have been, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or sexual abuse. The kit also can be used to train service providers about the needs of women whose experience includes both substance abuse and victimization."