Helpful Resources
Resources
Lab-Created videos and posters on sexual violence, teen pregnancy, and mental health outcomes
Krik Krak mental health project funded by the of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
other resources
interNational Organizations
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
(From their website): CDC is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. For more than 70 years, we’ve put science into action to help children stay healthy so they can grow and learn; to help families, businesses, and communities fight disease and stay strong; and to protect the public’s health.
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
(From their website): UNAIDS generates strategic information and analysis that increases the understanding of the state of the AIDS epidemic and progress made at the local, national, regional and global levels. It leads the world’s most extensive data collection on HIV epidemiology, programme coverage and finance and publishes the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the HIV epidemic—vital for an effective AIDS response. UNAIDS produces data for impact—no major report, speech or policy initiative on HIV has been launched or made without referring to data collected and released by UNAIDS.
Men and Boys Take Action
Launched by the United Nations Population Fund, this conversation brought a panel of leaders and thematic experts to discuss gender-based violence (GBV) among people of African descent, technology facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and strategies for engaging men and boys of African descent in ending GBV. Speakers include Founding Chair of CariMAN Peter Douglas Weller, A Call to Men Training Director Rickie Houston, South African young activist Nonhlanhla Chanza, UNFPA Brazil Focal Point Luana Silva with an artistic performance by surrealist blues poet Aja Monet.
Mom Power
(From their website): Mom Power, a Strong Roots program, is a 10-week, 13-session theory-driven treatment using an innovative and proven curriculum that is specifically designed to target trauma-induced barriers to healthy relationships, social support, and engagement with resources and services. Mom Power embraces evidence-based theory and practice and is the only program, to date, that has documented brain changes in participants “empathy circuits”.
Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
(From their website): The SVRI is the world’s largest network on research on violence against women and violence against children, providing a space where global role players in the field connect with one another, share and promote their research, work to influence policies and improve the lives of those who have experienced gender-based violence. We do this through funding research, strengthening research capacity, promoting partnerships and influencing change.
United Nations World Health Organization (WHO)
(From their website): WHO leads global efforts to expand universal health coverage. We direct and coordinate the world’s response to health emergencies. And we promote healthier lives – from pregnancy care through old age. Our Triple Billion targets outline an ambitious plan for the world to achieve good health for all using science-based policies and programmes.
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Violence Related Resources
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Crisis Text Line |
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National Domestic Violence Hotline |
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The National Sexual Assault Hotline |
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Victim Connect |
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Mental Health Resources
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Suicide Prevention LIFEline: 800-273-TALK (8255) or dial 988 |
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