A Tribute to Susan Schechter

The Visions and Stuggles of the Battered Women's Movement

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Association for Women's Rights in Development

Organizing and networking efforts to achieve gender equality, sustainable development, and women's human rights.

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Civil Tort Suits and Economic Justice for Battered Women

By Barbara Hart, Esq. and Erika Sussman, Esq.

This article provides tort lawyers considering representation of domestic violence victims with a foundation to develop their cases in a manner that attends to their clients particular financial needs, incorporates the context of their clients' experiences, and results in an award of damages that adequately accounts for the losses and injuries resulting from the abuse. *Posted here with permission from Victim-Advocate*

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Injustice Defined

Why Battered Women Cannot And Should Not Be Charged With Violating Civil Protection Orders That Were Issued At Their Request

Carolyn Ham

This memo provides advocates and attorneys with arguments against charging and convicting women with the violations of their own civil protection orders.

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Marital Rape

Kersti Yllo, Ph.D.

In order to fully and adequately respond to men who rape and women who are sexually assaulted, we must focus our attention on forced sex in marriage, not as an additional form of physical battering, but as a significant violation in and of itself, whether accompanied by other violence or not.

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Potential Collateral Consequences of a Conviction for Misdemeanor Domestic Assault

Carolyn Ham, BWJP

This handout outlines many of the possible collateral consequences of a conviction for misdemeanor domestic assault in areas such as housing, immigration, and family court.

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Reducing Language Barriers To Combating Domestic Violence

The Requirements Of Title VI

Carolyn Ham

In addition to the usual obstacles to leaving a violent relationship, battered immigrant women face a host of additional issues such as fears about being deported, loss of legal immigration status and cultural barriers to leaving their spouses. But perhaps the most daunting barrier can be their inability to speak and read English.

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Structural Racism, the Criminal Justice System, and Violence Against Women

Literature Review

Gavin Kearney

Literature on domestic violence, the criminal justice system, and race/ethnicity all discuss a number of problems with using the criminal justice system to address domestic violence. This article seeks to address some of these interrelated/interdependent problems.

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The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health

The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health is a national technical assistance project designed to cultivate a deeper understanding about the mental health and advocacy needs of survivors of domestic violence and their children and the impact of trauma on individual healing and social change; their website contains numerous resources for professionals and survivors.

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The Role of Restorative Justice in the Battered Women's Movement

Loretta Frederick and Kristine Lizdas, BWJP

This article provides a comparison of the principles and practices of the restorative justice and battered women's movements. It provides an analysis and critique of each movement's response to domestic violence, and proposes an interpretation of what is effective, redemptive and liberating about the practices of each. Ultimately the paper provides suggested directions for future work within both fields.

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Violence Against Women: A Curriculum for Empowerment

Facilitator's Manual

Susan Schechter, Sharon Szymanski, Michele Cahill

A manual for facilitators of battered women's groups. The curriculum and workshops were the attempt of the authors to "institutionalize consciousness raising within shelters" and it "offers tools to staff who may never have participated in or led groups." Co-authored by Battered Women's Movement leader, the late Susan Schechter.

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WATCH

A Minnesota Court Monitoring Program. WATCH's mission is to make the justice system more effective and responsive in handling cases of violence, particularly against women and children, and creating a more informed and involved public.

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Women of Color Resource Center

The Women of Color Resource Center promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well-being of women and girls of color in the United States.

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