Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Research and Data, Sexual Violence
Sexual violence is defined by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention as “sexual activity when consent is not obtained or freely given. It impacts every community and affects both sexes and people of all sexual orientations and ages. Anyone can experience or...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Research and Data, Sexual Violence, Teen/Youth Dating Abuse
Youth (ages 13 to 24) often use informal terms to describe their romantic or sexual relationships. Just like the relationships they represent, these terms can be fluid or lack discrete definitions. These labels do not necessarily imply that a relationship is exclusive...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Uncategorized, Updated
Sexual violence is defined by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention as “sexual activity when consent is not obtained or freely given. It impacts every community and affects both sexes and people of all sexual orientations and ages. This publication provides...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Research and Data, Uncategorized
This infographic shares key findings from a 2024 needs assessment of 23 AANHPI- and MENA-serving community health centers and community-based organizations on how they are preventing and responding to gender-based violence. It highlights current GBV screening...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, Uncategorized
Fall 2025 About the Toolkit This toolkit grew out of a need to build evidence and document the ongoing practices, policies, and programs aimed at stopping violence in within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and Middle Eastern and North...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, Immigration, Language Hub, Language Plan, Interpretation, and Translation, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
Related Resources AANHPI Elder Safety and Wellness Case Studies 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...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, Language Plan, Interpretation, and Translation, News and Events
Related Resources AANHPI Elder Safety and Wellness Case Studies 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...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Research and Data, Uncategorized
A key question sits at the heart of this work: What does it mean to stop violence before it starts? The broader anti-violence field has invested in prevention for many years, yet there has been far less attention to how advocates who serve AANHPI and MENA communities...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Research and Data, Uncategorized
This report explores and contextualizes the results from API-GBV’s 2025 needs assessment on AANHPI-serving GBV community organizations. The findings support a sustained need for culturally responsive programming and research; specialized training opportunities...
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...
