This curriculum covers several of the key elements a judge should consider when using an interpreter for a sexual assault case.
Violence Against Women and Girls
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Elder sexual abuse is a distinct form of victimization in which victims’ age and health further complicate the particular challenges that every sexual abuse/assault case presents for the courts. This curriculum explores the research on elder sexual abuse and its implications for civil and criminal courts.
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As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this year, Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva invited Leslye Orloff, Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Momentum’s Immigrant Women Program, to testify at a recent hearing regarding VAWA’s immigration provisions.
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Interpersonal violence often jeopardizes a victim’s ability to keep a job. This statistical analysis shows how women who are victims are more likely than other women to be unemployed, to suffer from health problems that can affect employability and job performance, to report lower personal income, and to rely on welfare.
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This checklist of recommended provisions offers guidance for companies developing and implementing their own domestic violence policy, which is an important means of complying with the relevant laws and keeping your workplace safe and your employees working.
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Statement to the House of Representatives about a survey and report from Legal Momentum on how TANF responds—and fails to respond—to women fleeing family violence who turn to TANF for assistance.
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This article details the importance of a largely ignored sign of risk and potential lethality in domestic violence cases: intimate partner sexual abuse.
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According to an unprecedented new national survey of service providers, problems plague the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, effectively stopping victims of abuse from accessing help when they need it most.
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) included several provisions for modernizing state unemployment insurance systems, such as providing access to unemployment insurance benefits to various groups who were not previously covered by state laws, including victims of domestic violence.
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Articles from The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium Issue.
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Transcripts from the second panel of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium.
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This article makes the case that recognizing and addressing the needs of all survivors in the workplace is critical both as a business and economic imperative and as a means of strengthening the American workforce.