Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Ensuring Access to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, Language Access Hub, Language Access Plan, Language Access to Language Justice, Language Access, Interpretation, and Translation, Limited English Proficient (LEP) Survivors, New, News and Events, Uncategorized, Working with Interpreters
Interpreters follow a unique set of ethical obligations and principles to become a conduit of communication. Their role helps remove communication barriers so that individuals with Limited English Proficient (LEP) are afforded full and equal protection under the law....
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 , Native Hawaiian, and Pacific...
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...
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,...
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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...
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...
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...
