ASIAN PACIFIC INSTITUTE ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Programs
Interpretation Technical Assistance & Resource Center
The Interpretation Technical Assistance & Resource Center (ITARC) works to improve systems responses to LEP victims by providing technical assistance and training on the development and implementation of language accessible services. Technical assistance and training includes, but is not limited to: civil rights compliance and language access planning; interpreting for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault; and building pools of qualified interpreters through workshops on interpretation ethics and skills building.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2021 – Sep 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$966.4KHealing Across Language Initiative
Language access trainings incorporated into multiple law enforcement agencies, including Shelby County Sheriff, Memphis PD, Portland Police Bureau, and Salem police Department. Supporting VOCA Administrators are implementing language access across VOCA funded programs, created Healing Across Language, a 40-hour trauma informed interpreter training curriculum.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2021 – Sep 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$568.6KAsian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
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 2021-2022: 18 reports, factsheets and training materials were produced or substantially revised; 46 training workshops, webinars or other events were held; 194 technical assistance consultations were provided; 3,521 advocates from local, state, national and federal programs were trained; 14,644 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.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2021 – Sep 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$248.8K
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