News and Events
New! Episode 1 – Intersections to Interactions: Building Culturally-Grounded Responses for Pacific Islander Communities The Village Podcast features a series of virtual conversations with experts in the public health, anti-gender violence, community response,...
Domestic Violence, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, Homicide, Lifecourse Violence and Help Seeking, News and Events, Research and Data, Updated
The 2020 updated and expanded Facts and Stats Report contains new statistics on domestic violence, community attitudes, health and mental health impacts, help-seeking behavior, domestic violence related homicide, and more. The Facts & Stats Report, consistently...
Gender-Based Violence, Homicide, Research and Data
Who gets killed? The answer to this question is crucial to understanding the struggles of battered women to survive their abusive relationships and to protect the safety of their children, family and friends. Who did the killing? This is also a critical question...
Asian Pacific Islander Demographics and Census Data, Asians and Pacific Islanders
Definitions In the 2000 U.S. Census, the Federal Government defines “Asian American” to include persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. “Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander” includes...
Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
April 23, 8am HST/11am PST/1pm CST/2pm EST On April 23rd, API-GBV will be partnering with Sahiyo U.S. for Critical Intersections of FGM/C: The Value of Intersectionailty in Cross-Collaboration, a presentation of Sahiyo’s Mixed Methods Report as part of the survivor...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Featured, News and Events, Research and Data, Uncategorized
April 1, 2024 Oakland, CA– The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) applauds the Biden Administration’s announcement of revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (SPD 15): Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
March 7, 8am HST/11am PST/1pm CST/2pm EST Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are often left out of conversations around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in the U.S. Often lumped together as a “model minority,” certain AAPI groups...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
Latest Update: Early Bird Registration Open Now Through June 1! See all available API-GBV National Summit information below: Summit Registration Scholarship Application Frequently Asked Questions API-GBV National Summit Invitation OVW Attendance Request Letter Save...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Teen/Youth Dating Abuse, Uncategorized, Updated
February 29, 8am HST/11am PST/1pm CST/2pm EST Generative AI, with its ability to create morphed photos and deepfakes, is negatively impacting teenagers, especially female teenagers of Asian descent, online and influencing their identity in digital spaces. This...
Immigration, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
February 5, 2024 On Sunday night, Senate negotiators released the text of the “Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024,” legislation intended to address defense funding and border security concerns. Unfortunately, this funding bill includes...
Featured, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
November 22, 2023 Oakland, CA — The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence (API-GBV) is horrified by the violence in the Israel-Hamas war. We are struggling to process our grief while continuing to educate ourselves and remain engaged. While we have...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) is a culturally specific national resource center on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence in Asian/Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events
November 7, 9am HST/12pm PST/2pm CST/3pm EST In our work, we recognize that cultural-responsiveness and trauma-informedness are not end goals, but a continuous process of learning and adapting our advocacy to best meet the layered and changing needs of survivors. We...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence, New, News and Events, Research and Data
This report presents a groundbreaking qualitative research project focusing on the prevention of domestic violence-related homicides among queer and trans Asians and Pacific Islanders (QTAPI). It uncovers the complex web of risk factors, including isolation and...
