Community Solutions to Sexual and Domestic Violence: VIRGINIA

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LGBT DV: Beyond the Wheel - Tactics of Abuse

This document, developed and produced by The NW Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian, and Gay Survivors of Abuse, takes a deeper look beyond the power and control wheel to dig deeper into tactics of abuse often used against people within the LGBTQ community.

Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence

Illustration describing the violence that may happen throughout the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander women during the life stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, adulthood, and later life.  Included are translated versions of the Lifetime Spiral in Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Punjabi, Tagalog and Vietnamese.  All translated versions have the English version on the reverse page.

Additional resources can be found at https://www.api-gbv.org/about-gbv/our-analysis/lifetime-spiral/.

Military Resource Handbook for Virginia’s Sexual and Domestic Violence Centers

A comprehensive handbook for Sexual and Domestic Violence Agencies who may be working with victims/survivors serving in the military. Includes Department of Defense policies on sexual and domestic violence, reporting procedures, tips for collaboration between civilian and military organizations, sample safety plans, and additional resources.

Published by Virginia Sexual & Domestic VIolence Action Alliance.

January, 2008.

60 pages.  

Mistreatment of Marginalized Elders

The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) has developed Research Briefs to help practitioners, students, and researchers access recent and past research studies and highlights of findings on how elder abuse impacts various marginalized communities. View each research brief below for more insight into these areas, and ways to combat this complex experience of violence.

Model Policies for Providing Services to LGBTQ Survivors of Violence

This guide is intended to assist sexual and domestic violence direct service organizations in
Virginia that wish to better serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)
survivors of violence.
There are two major sections to this guide:
1. Model Policies
2. Best Practices

The guide is available in both English and Spanish