250+ on-demand webinars to choose from!
Reproductive and Sexual Coercion: An Intimate form of Abuse
Research has shown that experiencing intimate partner violence may put women at higher risk for experiencing reproductive and sexual coercion. The presenter will define reproductive/sexual coercion, discuss the various tactics perpetrators use to control their partner’s reproductive/sexual health and autonomy and outline ways that staff can effectively screen for, and respond to, signs of reproductive coercion.
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Serving Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors
By understanding adversities that transgender+ patients face in accessing healthcare, we can begin the process of educating practitioners through SP/GTA/MUTA training. Transgender+ persons experience sexual violence at higher reported rates than the cisgender population and are at greater risk for a multitude of physical/mental illnesses. Practitioners often learn of specific risks, health concerns, potential anxieties, and treatments from transgender+ patients’ mid-examination because education is not provided at their institutions.
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Dismantling Barriers: Promoting and Improving Legal Advocacy for Immigrant Survivors
Join Perla Estrada, Associate Director of UNICA, and Jessie Mindlin, National Director of Victim Rights Law Center TTA, for this interactive and engaging workshop for legal advocates on preparing and positioning yourself and your agency to better advocate for undocumented survivors’ legal needs. We will explore topics related to barriers to justice, assessing your community partners, safety planning with undocumented survivors, and share ideas for improving immigrant survivors’ access to services.
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Providing Better Care to Incarcerated Survivors
Collaboration is key to providing patient-centered medical forensic exams for incarcerated survivors of sexual assault. In this webinar, expert practitioners discuss how professionals can coordinate in advance to address safety, confidentiality, patient dignity, and follow-up services.
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“How Can We Do This Better?” Caring for Latin@ Survivors
Our free Community Conversation Series goes beyond the basics, delving deep into topics covered in the Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exam (SAMFE) Virtual Practicum. In this session, we will discuss language access, providing culturally specific care for Latin@ survivors, and addressing immigration concerns and questions.
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Sexually Assaulted, Disbelieved, Prosecuted and Acquitted: Lessons from Virginia
Imagine that someone in your community is sexually assaulted and tells the police. Initially the investigator appears to take them seriously, but the case stalls. The victim interview turns into an interrogation, and police pressure the victim to retract their allegations. Desperate to end this ordeal, the victim recants. But to their surprise, the investigator and prosecutor use the recantation to charge them with false reporting.
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The Movement is the Message: Meeting People Where They Are and Breaking Through Ideological Barriers
Changing minds and hearts on social justice issues is challenging, even during the best of times. And these are not the best of times. Today, Americans are more divided, and less willing to listen to one another, than at any point in the last half century. But there are effective strategies for meeting people where they are to move them closer to justice. And time-tested ways to break through barriers to make sure that your message is heard and acted on.
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The Future of Victim Services- 2021 and Beyond
One in five people have been the victim of crime over the past ten years, but less than one in three report receiving help. Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) report receiving help from police in less than 20% of cases, and primarily turn to loved ones, health care providers and community-based services. Recent research confirms the long lasting emotional, physical, and financial struggles crime victims endure long past the crime event.
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DNA and Sexual Assault Kits: A Great Forensic Tool
When sexual assault victims/survivors consent to a forensic sexual assault examination, they fully expect that the completed Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) will be submitted by law enforcement to a crime lab to be tested. Sadly, that is not always the case.
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What You Focus On Grows: Stop Justifying Victims’ Behavior and Focus on Offenders’ Predatory Conduct
All too often investigators and prosecutors seek to justify a victim’s behavior, instead of focusing on the offender’s conduct. This session re-imagines offender focused investigations in a meaningful way and gives participants concrete ideas to create system changes within their own community. In this session, Dr. David Lisak, who has spent his career interviewing ‘undetected rapists’ will highlight some of his findings and help participants better understand the predatory nature of sexual violence.
