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, 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, 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...
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...
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...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Research and Data, Sexual Violence
Domestic and gender violence manifest differently across communities: prevalence and incidence rates, attitudes to domestic violence and help-seeking, culturally rooted types of abuses, and traditional norms for women and men, vary. This factsheet on violence and help...
Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Research and Data
This factsheet compiles statistics on domestic violence, sexual violence, domestic violence related homicide, stalking, child exposure to family violence, and human trafficking in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Related Resources Making Our Home and Community...
