The office on violence against women (OVW) training and technical assistance (TA) initiative provides OVW grantees and subgrantees with the expertise and support they need to develop and implement…

The office on violence against women (OVW) training and technical assistance (TA) initiative provides OVW grantees and subgrantees with the expertise and support they need to develop and implement successful state, local, tribal, and campus projects; increase victim safety; and bolster offender accountability. Through cooperative agreements, OVW supports educational initiatives, conferences, peer-to-peer consultations, and targeted assistance that allow current and potential grantees and subgrantees to learn from experts and one another about how to overcome obstacles and incorporate promising practices in their efforts to address violence against women. In addition, OVW is focused on building the capacity of the criminal and civil justice systems and victim service organizations to respond effectively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and to foster partnerships between organizations that have not traditionally worked together to address violence against women. With FY 2023 TA initiative funding, the asian pacific institute on gender-based violence (API-GBV) will implement the training and technical assistance on serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from the middle eastern and north african communities project. The project will build the capacity of middle eastern and north african (mena) advocacy organizations and victim service providers to serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault from mena communities by identifying domestic violence and sexual assault dynamics and trends, strengthening services for marginalized and/or newly arrived mena ethnic groups, and enhancing the accessibility of services for mena victims with limited english proficiency (LEP). Over the course of the project period, API-GBV will provide direct technical assistance, conduct listening sessions with mena-serving organizations, conduct site visits, host regional workshops on developing organizational practices to enhance victim safety, develop resources and tools on emerging issues, and maintain a listserv. This project supports FY 2023 TA initiative purpose area 34: serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from the middle eastern and north african communities. This is a new award.