“An advocacy organization of Women of Color dedicated to working with our communities to create a just society in which all Women of Color are able to live healthy lives free of violence.”

“A program under Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, with a mission to support local and international community-based programs and governmental organizations in enhancing their services to victims of sexual violence from the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the U.S., U.S. Territories in the Pacific, and Asia.”

“A national resource center on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.”

“The Institute serves a national network of advocates, community-based service programs, federal agencies, national and state organizations, legal, health, and mental health professionals, researchers, policy advocates, and activists from social justice organizations working to eliminate gender-based violence.”

Advocacy for Muslim women included

“Womankind works with survivors of gender-based violence to rise above trauma and build a path to healing”

Asian heritage

“National resource center for organizations working with Latin@s in the United States. Casa de Esperanza is also committed to becoming a greater resource to organizations and communities in the areas of sexual assault and trafficking.”

“INCITE! addresses violence against women of color and trans/queer people of color. Incite! sees women living in the dangerous intersections of sexism and racism, as well as other oppression. Violence against women of color connects violence directed at communities, such as police violence, criminalization, and colonialism, and violence within communities, such as rape and domestic violence.”

“NLN is a national institute addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in Latin@ communities. Working both domestically and internationally, the NLN wants to increase access to resources for Latin@s experiencing violence; provide training and tools for professionals and community advocates; conduct culturally relevant research; and advocate for public policy based on the lived realities of Latin@s.”

“NIWEC is a Native organization created to serve as the National Indian Resource Center (NIRC) for addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for Indian Women. NIWRC offers trainings, networking, toolkits, resources and culturally relevant responses to intimate partner and gender violence and promotes the leadership of Indigenous programs serving their communities. With additional circles of the anti- violence movement, NIWRC is dedicated to grassroots and policy advocacy, prevention, education, research activities, program development, raising public awareness, events sharing, offender accountability and traditional interventions of healthy relationships, justice on and off-tribal lands designed by and for Native Women based on their trial beliefs and practices.”

Ujima,Inc is a national resource center that address domestic, sexual and community violence, while developing an active approach to ending violence against women in the Black community. The name Ujima , Inc refers to the Kwanzaa Principle of “Ujima,” which means Collective Work and Responsibility. This principle is critical to addressing violence against Black women in the United States. Ujima, Inc. works to mobilize the black community and allies to strengthen families, recognizing that the safety and viability of our families is connected to the health and well-being of our individual neighborhoods and communities at large. The black community ncludes African-Americans (descendants of slaves in the U.S.), African immigrants, Afro-Caribbeans, and Afro-Latinos/as.

Asha-Ray of Hope works to eliminate violence against women through prevention, education, advocacy, violence documentation, and survivor services, both within and on behalf of the South Asian Community. ASHA-Ray of Hope exists to serve women and children whose country of origin includes: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ASHA also helps families from other countries who call our 24/7 hour helpline and we make appropriate referrals. We do this by partnering with other agencies in the community.

“FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence. Founded in 1977 by the Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune (retired, 2016), FaithTrust Institute offers a wide range of services and resources, including training, consulting and educational materials. We provide communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse. We work with many communities, including Asian and Pacific Islander, Buddhist, Jewish, Latino/a, Muslim, Black, Anglo, Indigenous, Protestant and Roman Catholic.”

“Our mission is the promotion of healthier relationships and prevention of domestic violence through education and awareness of options. We want to be a conduit for resources to empower and enable victims and perpetrators to finally find a way out of the vicious circle of abuse. We will work with communities not well served with a special focus on the Muslim and inter-faith communities.”

Language Capacity: Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, Kannada, Tamil

The following annotated bibliography features articles that address sexuality and sexual violence in religious text and related literature. It reviews research regarding clergy and sexual violence and faith-based responses as well as religious perspectives concerning sexuality and sexual violence.

“Sexual abuse of any kind can lead to lasting, damaging effects. At Bellevue Christian Counseling, we want to help you overcome any lingering ramifications of the harrowing experience you have endured. Through faith-based, compassionate counseling, we provide a safe place for you to find hope and healing from your hurt. We offer support and lasting solutions for women, men, children, and teens who desire newness of life after trauma and abuse.”

“Love & Protect supports women, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people of color criminalized or harmed by state and interpersonal violence. Through love, Love & Protect works towards healing and transformation of individuals and their families, through resistance, it seeks to protect their right to defend themselves.”

Chicago-based

“The National LGBTQ Institute on IPV holds LGBTQ survivors at the center, thereby increasing the domestic violence field’s capacity to provide domestic violence advocacy and prevention for diverse LGBTQ communities. Because LGBTQ people live in every state and tribal nation, are part of every ethnic and cultural group, and face all the challenges of surviving domestic abuse, the Institute collaborates with members of the Domestic Violence Resource Network, state coalitions and regional organizations to ensure support is available to communities nationwide. Informed by a deep regard and respect for the shared history of anti-violence work in the DV and LGBTQ movements, the National LGBTQ Institute identifies commonalities, strengths and opportunities for learning across fields.”

MaleSurvivor is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, public benefit organization committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through support, treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism.

AVP empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.

Home to the Transgender Sexual Violence Project. Provides services and publishes research for transgender persons experiencing violence and their loved ones.

A survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, BDSM, polyamorous, and queer communities. Rooted in anti-oppression principles, our work aims to create a world where all people are free from oppression. We strengthen our communities through organizing, education, and the provision of support services.

Educational resources for Limited-English Proficient Survivors provided by the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence.

“Taking Back Ourselves” mission is to serve sexual abuse and assault survivors of sexual violence, incest, rape, domestic violence, racially motivated sexual abuse, assault in the workplace, military sexual assault, survivors of religious and clergy abuse, academic, and sports-related abuse, those assaulted in the performing arts, disabled survivors of sexual assault whose assault is gravely under-reported, survivors of war crimes including rape and trafficking, and trans survivors who often struggle to find a safe space to heal.”

“Healing to Action was created by two of the founders of the Coalition Against Workplace Sexual Violence (CAWSV) which brings labor rights and anti-rape activists together to create a stronger, more inclusive strategy to fight sexual violence against low-wage workers.”

“A worker-led movement to end gender violence and envisions worker leaders creating safe, just workplaces and stable economic futures.”

Chicago-based

“Janitors, restaurant workers, hotel workers, farmworkers and many others are determined to put an end to sexual harassment and violence in their workplaces. Our Turn, convened by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH), supports low-wage and vulnerable workers who are uniting to win dignity and respect on the job. We are bringing those at risk together with community, labor and academic allies to STOP abuse in the workplace.”

“Workplaces Respond provides resources, training, and technical assistance to employers, survivors, co-workers, and advocates to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual harassment & violence, trafficking, and stalking impacting the workplace.”

“Protect Our Defenders (POD) is the pre-eminent national human rights organization dedicated to ending sexual violence, victim retaliation, misogyny, sexual prejudice, and racism in the military and combating a culture that has allowed it to persist. We honor, support, and give voice to survivors of military sexual violence. We seek reform to ensure all service members are provided a safe and respectful work environment free from misogyny and racism, and have access to a fair, impartially administered system of justice.”

“FUTURES is a health and social justice organization with the mission to heal those among us who are traumatized by violence today – and to create a future of healthy families and communities that are free of domestic violence, child abuse, bullying and sexual assault. Futures also has programs, policy development, and public action campaigns designed to prevent and end violence against women and children around the world. FUTURES is also pioneering collaborations among anti-violence advocates, unions, service providers, worker associations, employers, and more to forge innovative solutions to address the vulnerability of low-wage workers to experiencing violence, both at home and at work, and create safer and more supportive workplaces for all.”