The Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) is a state level nonprofit organization. Currently 28 direct service domestic violence programs across the state are members of the Coalition. ICADV staff members provide training, counseling, community outreach, program management and technical support for the coalition members, professionals and the community. ICADV administers seven programs, including state certification of DV programs and advocates and an immigrant women advisory council that represents battered immigrant women and their children.
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Yale have found that victims of political violence were much more likely to report abusing their female partners after immigrating to the United States.
For many U.S. immigrants, political violence in their homelands is a fact of life and is often a factor in their decision to begin anew somewhere else. But the scars that such violence leaves may not be so easy to mend. For many, the violence they were trying to escape resurfaces in their newly adopted homeland.
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Asian Law Alliance (ALA) provides a variety of legal services to the Asian-American communities in Santa Clara County, CA. ALA has participated in community organizing work and educational programming to support the Asian/Pacific Islander community. Their legal services include programs for housing, immigration, domestic violence, and worker rights.
Tags: legal advocacy
Topics: Bill of Rights, Ending Domestic Violence, Immigrants, Policy, Refugees, Work
Topics: Bill of Rights, Ending Domestic Violence, Immigrants, Policy, Refugees, Work
LA based transitional shelter for victims of domestic violence. Supports Asian and Pacific Islander women and children in a culturally sensitive, multi-lingual setting.
A San Jose community org working to provide a wide array of health, mental health, and social justice services to the Asian American community of Santa Clara county. Programs include: domestic violence support, HIV/AIDS education, senior wellness.
New Routes to Community Health gives voice to new leaders in immigrant communities across America.
On Friday, August 15th family, friends and many other members of the community gathered for a free event at the National Museum of Mexican Art to cheer about forty of the most amazing and enthusiastic youth performers. Read More
New Routes to Community Health gives voice to new leaders in immigrant communities across America.
On Friday, August 15th family, friends and many other members of the community gather for a free event at the National Museum of Mexican Art to cheer about forty of the most amazing and enthusiastic youth performers. Read More
New Routes to Community Health gives voice to new leaders in immigrant communities across America.
Meet Steven Beaudion, Co-Instructor for Salud:
Healing Through the Arts, a
collaboration between Latinos Progresando’s Teatro Americano, Radio
Arte and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Illinois. Read More
Chip Mitchell, a reporter in Chicago Public Radio's West Side Bureau sent us a note about a radio story on batterer intervention that's airing today (Wednesday May 14, 2008):
CHURCH’S APPROACH TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RAISES EYEBROWS: A mostly Mexican parish in Chicago is running a controversial program for victims of domestic violence. Read More
The Journal of Interpersonal Violence published a special issue on domestic violence in immigrant and refugee populations. Articles cover Ethiopian, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Russian speaking communities. You must purchase a subscription to view full articles. Abstracts can be viewed online.
This resource was cited in a presentation at the Caring Across Communities national conference, March 2008.
partners.newroutes.org (grantee resources)
A national program of the