Asian Pacific Institute On Gender-Based Violence

Programs: 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 and pacific islander communities. It serves a national network of advocates; community-based service programs; federal, state and local policymakers; national and state organizations; legal, health, and mental health professionals; researchers; policy advocates; and activists from social justice organizations. It analyzes critical issues; promotes culturally relevant intervention and prevention; provides consultation, technical assistance and training; strengthen advocacy, change systems, and prevent gender violence through community transformation. Quick facts for 2016-2017: 16 reports, fact sheets and training materials were published; 63 training workshops and webinars were held; 513 technical assistance requests were provided; 5,541 advocates from local, state, national and federal programs were trained; disseminated 10,712 publications, including training materials. New website was launched with updated resources and more user-friendly interface. Critical issues regarding gender-based violence affecting asian and pacific islander victims/survivors included: (1) abusive international marriages, (2) child custody in domestic violence cases, (3) culturally-specific models of domestic violence intervention and prevention, (4) domestic violence dynamics in asian communities, (5) economic security, (6) elder abuse, (7) forced marriage, (8) health impacts of domestic violence, (9) hiv & intimate partner violence, (10) homicide prevention, (11) language access in courts and other systems for victims with limited english proficiency, (12) leadership development of advocates serving immigrant domestic violence victims, (13) lgbtq intimate partner violence, (14) movement building to end gender violence, (15) policy analysis of the impact of all the listed issues on immigrant and refugee victims, (16) research and statistics, (17) sexual violence, (18) survivor-centered advocacy, (19) trafficking - domestic and international, (20) trauma-informed approaches. Advocacy networks and trainings addressing ethnic-specific domestic violence included: arab, hmong, korean, muslim, pacific islander, south asian, southeast asian, and vietnamese. The institute 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: health and human services/family youth services bureau and family violence prevention services office, office of minority health, office of women's health, office on violence against women, substance abuse and mental health administration, and white house initiative on asian americans and pacific islanders.