Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
Every election, voters are provided with an opportunity to communicate what is most important to them and to elect leaders who they believe will best represent them and their values. As survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of gender-based...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
October 9, 2024 Oakland, CA — Today the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) celebrates 40 years since the passage of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA). Administered by the Office of Family Violence Prevention and...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Elder Abuse, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Our Analysis, Research and Data, Uncategorized
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...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events
September 30, 2024 Survivors of gender-based violence within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities can encounter significant barriers to participating in elections. Risks to safety, privacy concerns, voter laws, language barriers,...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, Immigration, Language Access, Interpretation, and Translation, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
September 13th, 2024 Oakland, CA — Today, on the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) joins our communities in celebrating the impact VAWA has had in supporting...
Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
Oakland, CA– “The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence (API-GBV) is grateful for the U.S. Supreme Court decision today in U.S. vs. Rahimi, which upholds the law prohibiting individuals who are restrained by a domestic violence protective order from...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culture & Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
May 30, 2024, 7am HST/10am PST/12pm CST/1pm EST In Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, food is more than just fuel. It gathers people, bridges generations, empowers community, and teaches culture. Incorporating food that is culturally...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culture & Gender-Based Violence, Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Our Analysis, Research and Data
This resource aims to illuminate some of the barriers faced by AANHPI elders, as well as recommendations for intervention and prevention. These learnings and recommendations were collectively developed by a multi-disciplinary think tank on elder safety and wellness...
Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
April 23, 2024, 8am HST/11am PST/1pm CST/2pm EST On April 23rd, API-GBV partnered 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 and...
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...