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...
Gender-Based Violence, Homicide, Research and Data
Who gets killed? The answer to this question is crucial to understanding the struggles of battered women to survive their abusive relationships and to protect the safety of their children, family and friends. Who did the killing? This is also a critical question...
Asian Pacific Islander Demographics and Census Data, Asians and Pacific Islanders
Definitions The U.C. Census Bureau, in adherence to the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards on race and ethnicity, defines “Asian” to include persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian...
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About the NHPI/Pasifika Project The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV), in partnership with Pouhana O Nā Wāhine (PONW), is honored to lead the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI/Pasifika) Project—the first NHPI-led national initiative...
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Factsheets and Tipsheets Differing Dynamics of Domestic Violence in Asian Families: Implications for Child Custody Mediation Domestic and Sexual Violence in Filipino Communities Domestic Violence in Korean Communities Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities Domestic...
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API-GBV may disclose Personal Data and other information as follows: Third Parties that Help Provide the Messaging Service: We will not share your opt-in to an SMS short code campaign with a third party for purposes unrelated to supporting you in connection with that...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Uncategorized
October 9, 2024 Oakland, CA — Today the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) celebrates 40 years since the passage of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA). Administered by the Office of Family Violence Prevention and...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Elder Abuse, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Our Analysis, Research and Data, Uncategorized
In partnership with the National Health Resource Center on DV, Futures Without Violence, API-GBV released this set of five case scenarios. Each case scenario includes reflection questions and discussion points on how to support an elder and their family, and they...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Featured, News and Events, Research and Data, Uncategorized
April 1, 2024 Oakland, CA– The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) applauds the Biden Administration’s announcement of revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (SPD 15): Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting...
Ensuring Access to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, Language Hub, Language Plan, Interpretation, and Translation, New, Uncategorized
Tips and resources on Zoom interpreting and closed captioning for service providers. Related Resources Zoom Interpreting and Closed Captioning Guide for Service Providers, 2022 TipsheetTips and resources on Zoom interpreting and closed captioning for service...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Language Plan, 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...
Featured, New, Trafficking
Alia El-Sawi, a Victim Assistance Specialist at the Department of Homeland Security, joins API-GBV for our first “fireside chat” hosted by our Executive Director Monica Khant. Drawing also from her previous role as the Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator at a...
