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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEW SPECIAL COLLECTION

Reproductive Justice & Violence Against Women: Understanding the
Intersections
June 2010

This Special Collection provides resources and an introduction to
reproductive justice, focusing particularly on the connections between
the elimination of reproductive oppression and domestic and sexual
violence. Included is a basic definition of reproductive justice,
information about the development and the history of the Reproductive
Justice Movement, and related resources.

Highlighted in this collection are resources that relate to the holistic
well-being of women, families, and communities as it pertains to
violence against women and reproductive rights and health. It makes
connections between the Reproductive Justice Movement and the Sexual
Violence and Domestic
Violence Movements in the United States to demonstrate the necessity of
collaboration. 

Access this Special Collection at:
http://www.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=1088


Key Areas:

~ Defining Reproductive Justice
~ Reproductive Justice Frameworks
~ Building upon Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights
~ Paradigm of Intersectionality - A Holistic Framework to Ensure
Complete Well-Being
        * Physical, Emotional/Mental, Spiritual
        * Political, Economic, Environmental, and Social
~ Collaboration - A Key Building Block of the Reproductive Justice
Movement
~ Reproductive Justice to End Sexual & Domestic Violence
~ Movement Building Tools
~ Related Organizations, Projects, & Initiatives

This collection was developed by the National Sexual Violence Resource
Center and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, who would
like to thank SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective,
especially Loretta Ross, and the Asian Communities for Reproductive
Justice for their years of dedication to and development of reproductive
justice as a framework and movement and for all of their resources that
are part of this collection.


For a printer-friendly version of this announcement with live links,
visit:
http://new.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/RJCollectionAnnouncement.pdf