How COVID-19 and Systemic Responses Are Impacting Asian and Pacific Islander Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

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’...

Language Access: Considerations & Recommendations for Advocates Supporting Survivors of Violence, 2014

Interpreters fulfill a critical duty – to place limited English proficient (LEP) individuals on an equal footing with individuals who are fluent in English. To ensure meaningful access, LEP survivors must have access to trained and qualified interpreters. Furthermore,...

Refugee Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence: Barriers to Access

Global displacements have reached a record high: an unprecedented 79.5 million people, of which 26 million are refugees, had been displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution by the end of 2019, according to UNCHR.  The trauma of displacement is compounded...