Community Solutions to Sexual and Domestic Violence: VIRGINIA

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2015 Legislative Updates to Domestic and Sexual Violence Laws

2015 Virginia General Assembly legislative updates, including a few significant firearms bill vetoes. The bills that passed will become law as of 7/1/15. This Power Point is from a presentation by Susheela Varky to Virginia legal aid attorneys on June 3, 2015.

2020 Annual Report

This is the Action Alliance's 2020 Annual Report. There have been so many things out of our control. This annual report illustrates our abilities to nimbly adapt to changing situations to meet members' needs; to pivot and shift services; to be and do better in our work to advance racial equity; and to build the foundations for a brighter future.

Access To and Use of Sexual Health Care Services Among Young Canadians With and Without a History of Sexual Coercion

The goal of this 2015 online survey was to determine access to and use of sexual health care services among adolescents and young adults with and without a history of sexual coercion, and to examine whether a history of sexual coercion was a barrier to using sexual health care services.

 

The study ultimately found that having a history of sexual coercion was not a barrier to the use of health care services among adolescents and young adults. In fact, rates of health care service use were higher among those with a history of sexual coercion than those without such a history.

Active Listening Steps

This handout was provided by Santa Sorenson, from the Richmond Peace Education Center, at the workshop titled "Conflict Resolution" at the Virginia Department of Social Services Office of Family Violence Promising Practices conference on September 16, 2013.

Addressing Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion: A Guide for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Reproductive Health Care Settings Second Edition

This new resource, Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Reproductive and Sexual Coercion, cobranded by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and 

Futures Without Violence, focuses on the crucial role of the health care provider in identifying and addressing IPV and reproductive coercion.