Asian Pacific Institute On Gender-Based Violence

PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND BUILD CAPACITY FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INTERVENTION IN ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES WITH A VISION OF BUILDING GENDER EQUALITY.

THE ASIAN PACIFIC INSTITUTE ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS A NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN ASIAN/ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES. ITS MISSION IS TO DISRUPT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, WHICH CAUSES PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMIC HARM WITHIN AAPI COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND ITS TERRITORIES. TO THAT END, IT WORKS TOGETHER WITH AND WITHIN ITS COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF AAPI COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE, BUILD CAPACITY THROUGH TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS SERVING AAPI COMMUNITIES, ENGAGE ALLIED COMMUNITIES AND SYSTEMS TO CREATE SHIFTS IN GENDERED CULTURAL NORMS AND ADDRESS INJUSTICES, EDUCATE COMMUNITIES TO MOBILIZE THEM TO PREVENT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ENSURE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL RIGHTS AND SERVICES. QUICK FACTS FOR 2020-2021: 14 REPORTS, FACTSHEETS AND TRAINING MATERIALS WERE PRODUCED OR SUBSTANTIALLY REVISED; 52 TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS WERE HELD; 223 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONSULTATIONS WERE PROVIDED; 3,699 ADVOCATES FROM LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS WERE TRAINED; 15,534 PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING TRAINING MATERIALS, WERE DISSEMINATED. CRITICAL ISSUES REGARDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AFFECTING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER VICTIMS/SURVIVORS INCLUDED: (1) ABUSIVE INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES, (2) CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC MODELS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION, (3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DYNAMICS IN ASIAN COMMUNITIES, (4) SERVICES FOR REFUGEES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, (5) ELDER ABUSE, (6) FORCED MARRIAGE, (7) HEALTH IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, (8) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING, (9) HOMICIDE PREVENTION, (10) LANGUAGE ACCESS IN COURTS, SYSTEMS, AND DIGITAL SERVICES, (11) SAFETY PLANNING FOR IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, (12) LGBTQ INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, (13) MOVEMENT BUILDING TO END GENDER VIOLENCE, (14) POLICY ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF ALL THE LISTED ISSUES ON IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE VICTIMS, (15) RESEARCH AND STATISTICS, (16) SEXUAL VIOLENCE, (17) SURVIVOR-CENTERED ADVOCACY, (18) TRAFFICKING ? DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL, (19) TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES, (20) COVID-19 RELATED ISSUES, AND (21) IMPACTS OF THE RISE IN AAPI HATE. ADVOCACY NETWORKS AND TRAININGS ADDRESSING ETHNIC-SPECIFIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCLUDED: ARAB, HMONG, KOREAN, MUSLIM, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, SOUTH ASIAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN. API-GBV SERVED AS A RESOURCE TO (1) ADVOCATES IN OVER 160 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS SERVING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER VICTIMS, (2) STATE COALITIONS AND STATE ADMINISTRATORS, (3) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, (4) NATIONAL POLICY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, (5) RESEARCHERS, (6) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND (7) THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/FAMILY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES OFFICE, OFFICE OF WOMEN?S HEALTH, OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, AND OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME.

THE ASIAN PACIFIC INSTITUTE ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS A NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN ASIAN/ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES. ITS MISSION IS TO DISRUPT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, WHICH CAUSES PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMIC HARM WITHIN AAPI COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND ITS TERRITORIES. TO THAT END, IT WORKS TOGETHER WITH AND WITHIN ITS COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF AAPI COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE, BUILD CAPACITY THROUGH TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS SERVING AAPI COMMUNITIES, ENGAGE ALLIED COMMUNITIES AND SYSTEMS TO CREATE SHIFTS IN GENDERED CULTURAL NORMS AND ADDRESS INJUSTICES, EDUCATE COMMUNITIES TO MOBILIZE THEM TO PREVENT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ENSURE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL RIGHTS AND SERVICES. QUICK FACTS FOR 2020-2021: 14 REPORTS, FACTSHEETS AND TRAINING MATERIALS WERE PRODUCED OR SUBSTANTIALLY REVISED; 52 TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS WERE HELD; 223 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONSULTATIONS WERE PROVIDED; 3,699 ADVOCATES FROM LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS WERE TRAINED; 15,534 PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING TRAINING MATERIALS, WERE DISSEMINATED. CRITICAL ISSUES REGARDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AFFECTING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER VICTIMS/SURVIVORS INCLUDED: (1) ABUSIVE INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES, (2) CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC MODELS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION, (3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DYNAMICS IN ASIAN COMMUNITIES, (4) SERVICES FOR REFUGEES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, (5) ELDER ABUSE, (6) FORCED MARRIAGE, (7) HEALTH IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, (8) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING, (9) HOMICIDE PREVENTION, (10) LANGUAGE ACCESS IN COURTS, SYSTEMS, AND DIGITAL SERVICES, (11) SAFETY PLANNING FOR IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, (12) LGBTQ INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, (13) MOVEMENT BUILDING TO END GENDER VIOLENCE, (14) POLICY ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF ALL THE LISTED ISSUES ON IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE VICTIMS, (15) RESEARCH AND STATISTICS, (16) SEXUAL VIOLENCE, (17) SURVIVOR-CENTERED ADVOCACY, (18) TRAFFICKING ? DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL, (19) TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES, (20) COVID-19 RELATED ISSUES, AND (21) IMPACTS OF THE RISE IN AAPI HATE. ADVOCACY NETWORKS AND TRAININGS ADDRESSING ETHNIC-SPECIFIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCLUDED: ARAB, HMONG, KOREAN, MUSLIM, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, SOUTH ASIAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN. API-GBV SERVED AS A RESOURCE TO (1) ADVOCATES IN OVER 160 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS SERVING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER VICTIMS, (2) STATE COALITIONS AND STATE ADMINISTRATORS, (3) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, (4) NATIONAL POLICY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, (5) RESEARCHERS, (6) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND (7) THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/FAMILY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES OFFICE, OFFICE OF WOMEN?S HEALTH, OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, AND OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME.