Although Asian and Pacific Islander is used frequently as an aggregate term, there is tremendous ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity within this communities. This factsheet is an attempt to disaggregate the term and enumarate some of the overlapping identities APIs may hold.
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Building Prevention Together: Lessons From Advocates on Ending DV/SA in AANHPI and MENA Communities
A key question sits at the heart of this work: What does it mean to stop violence before it starts? The broader anti-violence field has invested in prevention for many years, yet there has been far less attention to how advocates who serve AANHPI and MENA communities...
2025 Needs Assessment Report
This report explores and contextualizes the results from API-GBV's 2025 needs assessment on AANHPI-serving GBV community organizations. The findings support a sustained need for culturally responsive programming and research; specialized training opportunities for...
AANHPI Elder Safety and Wellness Case Studies
In partnership with the National Health Resource Center on DV, Futures Without Violence, API-GBV released this set of five case scenarios. Each case scenario includes reflection questions and discussion points on how to support an elder and their family, and they...
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