REPORTS & MANUALS

MANUALS
We have listed some useful manuals, please contact us to suggest additions.

Community Organizing Manuals: please see listings under Ending Intra-Familial Violence: Community Organizing

Guide for the Immigrant Woman to Live Independently in the US. (2000). Saheli, Austin TX saheli@usa.net or 512-703-8745

Guide to Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs, 4th edition, June 2002. National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA. http://www.nilc.org/pubs/Guide_promo.htm

Immigrant Abused Women: Resources and publications by NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. http://www.legalmomentum.org/

In Visible Terms: Domestic Violence in the Asian Indian Community: A Handbook for Intervention (1997). Manavi, New Brunswick NJ Manavi@worldnet.att.net
732-435-1414

Taking the Next Step: A Resource Guide for South Asian Families in the United States (2002). Daya, Houston TX info@dayahouston.org, www.dayahouston.org
713-914-1333

Way to Go: Information & Counsel for Women & Families Receiving Marriage Proposals from America & Canada (2002). Kismet, Islamabad, Pakistan www.kismetwtg.com, kismet@iacgroup.com and Narika, Berkeley CA services@narika.org, www.narika.org 510-540-0754

REPORTS

A Vision to End Sexual Assault: the CALCASA Strategic Forum Report, March 2001. California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA). www.calcasa.org

Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns, and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy (2002) Lora Jo Foo, Ford Foundation. Addresses domestic violence against API and Hmong women. Available from www.aapip.org

Asian Family Violence Report: A Study of the Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, South Asian, and Vietnamese Communities in Massachusetts (2000) M.R. Yoshioka and Q. Dang, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Inc. www.atask.org

At the Crossroads of Gender and Racial Discrimination 2001
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Describes the disadvantages faced by minority women in the labor market, trafficking in women, and race- based violence against women. www.unhchr.ch/pdf/wcargender.pdf

Barriers and Basics on Battered Noncitizens (2000). National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.
http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/domestic-violence/barriers1.doc

The Community Engagement Continuum: Outreach, Mobilization, Organizing and Accountability to Address Violence against Women in Asian & Pacific Islander Communities (2005) Mimi Kim, Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute. Full report (PDF)

Crossing the Divide: Asian American Families and the Child Welfare System, October 2001. The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, www.cacf.org Download report from www.cacf.org/publications/index.html#crossingdivide

Domestic Violence in Hawai'i: Impact on Mothers and their Children (2000) Pacific Behavioral Health Services Corporation; Dept of Psychology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; and Crime Prevention & Justice Assistance Division, Honolulu HI www.cpja.ag.state.hi.us

Honoring their Lives, Learning from their Deaths: Findings and Recommendations from the Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review, December 2000. Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, www.wscadv.org

Learning from the Experiences of Battered Immigrant Refugee and Indigenous Women Involved with Child Protective Services to Inform a Dialogue among Domestic Violence Activists and Advocates (2003) V. Pualani Enos, Family Violence Prevention Fund, Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence.
Full Report in PDF

Monitoring Law Enforcement Officers’ Response to Asian Domestic Violence Calls (2000). Asian Women United of Minnesota, St. Paul MN 651-646-2118

Project AWARE (Asian Women Advocating Respect and Empowerment) (2001)
K.A. McDonnell & S.E. Abdulla, Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project, Washington, DC. www.DVRP.org

Reporting Sexual Assault to the Police in Hawai'i (2000). Social Science Research Unit and School of Social Work, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; and Crime Prevention & Justice Assistance Division, Honolulu HI www.cpja.ag.state.hi.us

Resources on New Rights for Battered Immigrants (2003). National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/
domestic-violence/Resources%20on%20New%20Rights%20for%20
Battered%20Immigrants1.htm

Sib Koomtes! Shaping Our Communities Free of Violence: Telling Our Stories and Working for Change. (1999). Hmong Domestic Violence Action Learning Seminar: Final Report by C. Yang, K. Rai and P. Vang. Available from: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Continuing Education, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 6000, Milwaukee, WI 53203 or call (414) 227-3270.

Silence, Not an Option! (2002) National Asian Women’s Health Organization, San Francisco, CA. www.nawho.org

“Tell the world what happened to me”: Findings and Recommendations from the Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review, December 2002. Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, www.wscadv.org

United Nations Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Violence Against Women (1995). www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/index.html

Whose Safety? Women of Color and the Violence of Law Enforcement (2001). Anannya Bhattacharjee, American Friends Service Committee. http://www.afsc.org/community/Whoseexec.pdf

World Report on Violence and Health (2002). World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/wrvh1/en/