Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Language Access, Interpretation, and Translation, New, News and Events, Pacific Islanders
This project aimed to translate and develop educational resources and tools on GBV in indigenous Pasifika languages. The project aims to empower individuals, families, community-based and system responders, allied professionals, and the community-at-large with...
Advocacy for Muslim Women, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, New, News and Events
Building upon a history of shared values and intersecting work, the Partnership to End Gendered Islamophobia brings together HEART, Justice for Muslims Collective and Vigilant Love to build analysis, tools and power to dismantle Gendered Islamophobia. This workshop is...
Culturally-Specific Community & Systems Engagement, Domestic Violence, Featured, New, News and Events
This advisory explains how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting Asian and Pacific Islander (API) survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and describes policies enacted to address the pandemic including the CARES Act, and API and immigrant survivors’...
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...
Culturally-Specific Community & Systems Engagement, Featured, Innovative Strategies, New, News and Events
This tipsheet 1-pager, developed by Korean American Family Services (KFAM) describes some suggested practices for working with faith leaders on DV/SV response and prevention. Related Resources What is Gendered Islamophobia? 2021 WebinarBuilding upon a history of...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culturally-Specific Community & Systems Engagement, Featured, Innovative Strategies, New, News and Events
Almost 70-80% of Korean immigrants in the U.S. reports that they attend church regularly. Korean American Family Services (KFAM) has encountered so many survivors whose faith play a very important role for their journey to healing. Because of this reason, KFAM has...
Featured, Innovative Strategies, News and Events, Trauma Care Practices, Trauma-Informed Care
Presented in collaboration with four AAPI community organizations and shelters, this webinar series explores the impacts of trauma on AAPI survivors and communities. Presenters share insight about working with survivors in shelter and through immigration and legal...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culturally-Specific Community & Systems Engagement, News and Events, Trauma-Informed Care
In collaboration with Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation This report charts TMWF’s process of becoming a trauma-informed agency which included learning about types of trauma and trauma-informed care, assessing existing culturally-sensitive practices that...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culturally-Specific Community & Systems Engagement, Limited English Proficient (LEP) Survivors
Limited English proficiency not only affects survivors’ ability to get help, but also employment, housing, benefits, health and mental health care, and to advocate for social and educational services for their children – factors compounding the vulnerability of, and...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culturally-Specific Community & Systems Engagement
By dint of their immigrant, refugee, and/or other historically marginalized identities, API survivors face barriers that are compounded by socio-cultural factors such as economics, immigration status, culture, religion, systems failure, homophobia, victim-blaming...
