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[pdf] Training Materials for Victim Advocates and Attorneys (11.28.23) (+)

Training materials for family lawyers, prosecutors, and state family, civil and criminal court judges assisting immigrant crime victims Topics include: U visas, T visas, Family Law cases, VAWA Self-Petitions, VAWA Confidentiality, Public Benefits, Best Practices, Language Access, Webinars, Podcasts and more.

Published November 28 2023 by * NIWAP, Office on Violence Against Women

Topics: Adoption, Asylum, Battered Spouse Waiver, Best Practices and Collaborations, Board of Immigration Appeals and Immigration Judges, Child Abuse/Incest, Demographics, Domestic Violence, Dynamics of Sexual Assault, Dynamics of Stalking, Dynamics of Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children, Dynamics, Culture, & Safety, Family Law, Gender-Based Persecution, Harassment, Immigration, Language Access, Law Enforcement, Legal Services, Migration, Acculturation, Integration Immigrant Women, Physical Health, Screening, Checklists, and Comparison of Immigration Relief, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), State Immigration Legislation, T Visa & Human Trafficking, Trafficking Victims Protection Act, Trauma-Informed Assistance, U Visa and Immigrant Crime Victims, VAWA Confidentiality

[pdf] MedlinePlus Child Abuse (6.19.17) (+)

Published November 28, 2023

Topics: Abuse, Neglect,, Child Welfare & Parental Rights, Child Abuse/Incest, Dynamics of Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children, Mental Health, Physical Health

[pdf] HHS Public Health and Safety from Violence and Abuse Webpage (2.27.15) (+)

by Dept. of Health and Human Services

Topics: Abuse, Neglect,, Child Welfare & Parental Rights, Domestic Violence, Dynamics of Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children, Dynamics, Culture, & Safety, Interviewing & Safety Planning, Physical Health, Trauma-Informed Assistance

[pdf] HHS Domestic Violence Fact Sheet (6.8.2020) (+)

by Dept. of Health and Human Services

Topics: Dynamics of Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children, Dynamics, Culture, & Safety, Mental Health, Physical Health, Public Benefits, Public Benefits & Economic Stability, Trauma-Informed Assistance

[pdf] Traore v. Mukasey US Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit (April 15 2008) (+)

Amicus brief compiled by International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic and Legal Momentum among others which seeks to reverse BIA denial of gender-based asylum for appellant Alima Traore. The case argues that Traore has established eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture because she has endured past persecution in the form of female genital mutilation (“FGM”), has a well-founded fear of future persecution, and likely faces torture and a threat to life or freedom because she is a female member of the Bambara tribe in Mali.

Published September 27, 2023

Topics: Amicus Briefs, Asylum, Board of Immigration Appeals and Immigration Judges, Dynamics of Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children, Dynamics, Culture, & Safety, Female Genital Mutilation, Gender-Based Asylum, Gender-Based Persecution, Immigration, Migration, Acculturation, Integration Immigrant Women, Physical Health, Statutes

[pdf] Rosa Marisol Avelar Oliva Board of Immigration Appeals (February 16 2018) (+)

Amicus Brief in Matter of Rosa Marisol Avelar Oliva, NIWAP filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of an El Salvadorian woman who suffered child abuse and was held in isolation for years. The Immigration Judge found that she was not credible. The brief discussed the psychological and developmental effects of trauma and how childhood rape and sexual abuse can significantly impact witness’s demeanor and ability to testify and report the abuse. The brief addressed how childhood trauma impairs brain development in key regions responsible for memory, reasoning, and planning. The amicus was filed in the Board of Immigration Appeals in a case in which Rosa Marisol is seeking gender-based asylum and withholding of removal. Crowell and Moring (February 16, 2018)

Published September 25, 2023

Topics: Abuse, Neglect,, Child Welfare & Parental Rights, Amicus Briefs, Asylum, Board of Immigration Appeals and Immigration Judges, Child Abuse/Incest, Domestic Violence, Dynamics of Sexual Assault, Dynamics of Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children, Dynamics, Culture, & Safety, Family Law, Family law, Gender-Based Asylum, Immigration, Immigration, Mental Health, Physical Health, Research Data, Stories, T Visa & Human Trafficking, Trafficking, Trauma-Informed, Trauma-Informed Assistance

[pdf] O.M.G. et al v. Wolf et al. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (March 30 2020) (+)

O.M.G. v. Wolf (2020) U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. David Thronson, “Declaration filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in O.M.G. vs Wolf.” NIWAP coordinated a national team of law professors and recruited the law firm of Winston Strum to help draft and develop this declaration that discusses the dangers for children in DHS family detention centers, the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides an excellent overview with social science research data support of the impact of trauma for immigrant children in their neurobiological, cognitive, and psychological development and children’s health and well-being. Leslye E. Orloff assisted in drafting and editing the brief. (March 30, 2020)

Published September 21, 2023

Topics: Abuse, Neglect,, Child Welfare & Parental Rights, Amicus Briefs, Dynamics, Culture, & Safety, Healthcare, Interviewing & Safety Planning, Mental Health, Physical Health, Protection Orders, Research Data, Trauma-Informed Assistance