This section contains a selection of guidelines and tools to inform sexual violence research and interventions.

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• ‘Men-streaming’ gender in sexual and reproductive health & HIV/AIDS. International Planned Parenthood Federation and Men Engage, 2010
• Doing Media Advocacy: Toolkit, International Women’s Health Coalition  
  
• Gender and Security Sector Reform Resource Website
• Refugee Children in U.S. Schools: A Toolkit for Teachers and School Personnel. Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS), 2010
  
• Report of the FIGO Working Group on Sexual Violence/HIV: Guidelines for the Management of Female Survivors of Sexual Assault. Jina R, Jewkes R, Munjanja S.P, Mariscal J.D, Dartnall E, Gebrehiwot Y. Int J Gynaecol Obstet; ePub, 2010
     

• Validity of the WHO VAW study instrument for estimating gender-based violence against women. Schraiber L.B; do Rosário Dias O Latorre M, França I; José Segri N; Flávia Pires A and D'Oliveira L. Rev. Saúde Pública, 44 (4) São Paulo, 2010
• The Concurrent and Incremental Validity of the Trauma Symptom Inventory in Women Reporting Histories of Sexual Maltreatment. Arbisi P.A, Erbes C.R, Polusny M.A, Nelson N.W. Assessment; 17(3): 406-418, 2010  
• Child Status Index: A Tool for Assessing the Well-Being of Orphans and Vulnerable Children. O’Donnell K, Nyangara F, Murphy R.A, Nyberg B. 2009
• Building Livelihoods: A Field Manual for Practitioners in Humanitarian Settings. Women’s Refugee Commission, 2009
• Clinical Management of Rape e-learning Programme. WHO, UNHCR & UNFPA, 2010
• Planning and Support Tool for SRHR/HIV Prevention Interventions for Young People. World Population Foundation & Stop Aids Now! 2009
• Reporting Gender-Based Violence: A Handbook for Journalists. Inter Press Service Africa, 2009
• Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS Programmes in the Health Sector: Tool to Improve Responsiveness to Women’s Needs. World Health Organization, 2009
• Training Manual to Fight Trafficking in Children for Labour, Sexual and Other Forms of Exploitation. Textbook 1: Understanding Child Trafficking. International Labour Organisation, 2009
• The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) - A Tool for the Risk Assessment of Violent Offenders. Rossegger A, Urbaniok F, Danielsson C, Endrass J. Fortschr Neurol Psychiat; 77(10), 2009.  
• SASA! An Activist Kit to Prevent Violence against Women and HIV, Raising Voices, 2009.
• Assessing Acceptance of Violence Toward Women: A Factor Analysis of Burt's Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence Scale. Ogle RL, Noel NE, Maisto SA. Violence Against Women 2009; ePub
• Training Interviewers for Research on Sexual Violence: A Qualitative Study of Rape Survivors' Recommendations for Interview Practice. Campbell R, Adams AE, Wasco SM, Ahrens CE, Sefl T. Violence Against Women 2009; ePub
• Prospective Actuarial Risk Assessment: A Comparison of Five Risk Assessment Instruments in Different Sexual Offender Subtypes. Rettenberger M, Matthes A, Boer DP, Eher R. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2009; ePub
• The effects of survey question wording on rape estimates: evidence from a quasi-experimental design. Fisher BS. Violence Against Women. Feb;15(2):133-47. 2009
• Measures for the assessment of dimensions of violence against women: A compendium, Compiled by Michael Flood, 5 November 2008.
• Violence Against Women and Girls - A Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators. Shelah S. Bloom. USAID East Africa Regional Mission with the Inter-agency Gender Working Group (USAID), MEASURE Evaluation, 2008
• Assessing reliability and validity of the Arabic language version of the Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) symptom items. Norris AE, Aroian KJ. Psychiatry Res. Sep 30;160(3):327-34. 2008
• STEPS Toolkit
• Compendium of tools for researching violence against women: Instruments (pdf format, 25 kb)
• Compendium of tools for researching violence against women: Tools (pdf format, 18 kb)
• Assessing Risk Markers in Intimate Partner Femicide and Severe Violence: A New Assessment Instrument. Echeburua E, Fernandez-Montalvo J, de Corral P, López-Goñi JJ. J Interpers Violence 2008; ePub
• Correspondence analysis: a method for classifying similar patterns of violence against women. Mota JC, Vasconcelos AG, Assis SG. Cad Saude Publica; 24(6): 1397-1406. 2008
  
• Testing Telephone and Web Surveys for Studying Men's Sexual Assault Perpetration Behaviors. Dinitto DM, Busch-Armendariz NB, Bender K, Woo H, Tackett-Gibson M, Dyer J. J Interpers Violence 2008
• Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Healthcare Settings: Version 1. Basile KC, Hertz MF, Back SE. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2007
  
• Feasibility of an automated telephone survey to enable prospective monitoring of subjects whose confidentiality is paramount: a four-week cohort study of partner violence recurrence after Emergency Department discharge. Wiebe DJ, Carr BG, Datner EM, Elliott MR, Richmond TS. Epidemiol Perspect Innov; 5(1): 1. 2008
• Childhood adversity: a review of measurement instruments. Burgermeister D. J Nurs Meas; 15(3): 163-76. 2007
  
• Assessment Instruments Used To Study Healthcare-Based Interventions for Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence, Martin S.L., Young S., Billings D.L., IPAS, SVRI, 2007
• Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Healthcare Settings: Version 1. Basile KC, Hertz MF, Back SE. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2007
• The Safe Schools Program, Quantitative Research Instrument to Measure School-Related Gender- Based Violence: Assessing the Knowledge, attitudes, practices and experiences of boys, girls and teachers which physical, psychological and sexual violence,  Centre for Educational Research and Training / DevTech Systems, 2006
• Measuring Intimate  Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools. Atlanta (GA): Thompson MP, Basile KC, Hertz MF, Sitterle D. Centers for Disease Control and     Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2006
• Quantitative Research Instrument to Measure School-Related Gender-Based Violence,  DevTech Systems, CERT, 2006
• Gender Based Violence Tools Manual, For Assessment, Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict-Affected Settings. Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium.
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• Proposal of new indicators to measure the effects of gender violence. SURT. Fundació de Dones. Fundació Privada. 2009
  
• GVEI: Gender Violence Effects Indicators
  
• Domestic violence surveillance system: a model. Espinosa R, Gutierrez MI, Mena-Muñoz JH, Córdoba P. Salud Publica Mex; 50(Suppl 1):S12-8. 2008
• Indicators to Measure Violence Against Women." Slyvia Walby, UN Expert Group Meeting, October 2007
  
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR 2004;53(SS-02):1-96, 2003
• Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform definitions and recommended data elements. Version 1.0, CDC, Basile K & Saltzman L, 2002

• Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impacts of Small Arms and Light Weapons. United Nations University, No 1, 2010
  
• Sexual Violence: Setting the Research Agenda for Kenya. Maternowska, C, Keesbury, J & Kilonzo, N, 2009  
  
• Screening for Sexual Violence: Gaps in Research and Recommendations for Change. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Stevens, L. 2007. Retrieved 01/14/2008, from: http://www.vawnet.org
• Sexual Violence Research Agenda, Sexual Violence Research Initiative, 2006

• Online Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Chapter 6 - Victim Identification, UNODC, 2009  
• Ha sentido sola? Culturally competent screening for intimate partner violence in Latina women. Wrangle J, Fisher JW, Paranjape A. J Womens Health (Liebert); 17(2): 261-8. 2008
• Screening for domestic violence in public welfare offices: an analysis of case manager and client interactions. Lindhorst T, Meyers M, Casey E. Violence Against Women; 14(1): 5-28; 2008
• Screening for intimate partner violence in a pediatric primary care clinic. Dubowitz H, Prescott L, Feigelman S, Lane W, Kim J. Pediatrics; 121(1): e85-91. 2008
• Systematic review of the perceptions and experiences of accessing health services by adult victims of domestic violence. Robinson L, Spilsbury K. Health Soc Care Community; 16(1): 16-30. 2008
• The health care experiences of adult survivors of child sexual abuse: a systematic review of evidence on sensitive practice. Havig K. Trauma Violence Abuse; 9(1): 19-33. 2008
  
• Intimate partner violence is not identified as a health problem by health care workers. Coll-Vinent B, Echeverría T, Farràs U, Rodriguez D, Millá J, Santiñà M. Gac Sanit; 22(1): 7-10. 2008
• Detecting intimate partner violence during pregnancy: awareness-raising indicators for use by primary healthcare professionals. Reichenheim ME, Patricio TF, Moraes CL. Public Health 2008: Full abstract.
• Cueing prenatal providers effects on discussions of intimate partner violence. Calderón SH, Gilbert P, Jackson R, Kohn MA, Gerbert B. Am J Prev Med: 34(2)134-7. 2008: Full abstract.
• Screening Practices for Adolescent Dating Violence. Brown LK, Puster KL, Vazquez EA, Hunter HL, Lescano CM. J Interpers Violence; 22(4): 456-464. 2007
• Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization.  Mary P. Koss, Antonia Abbey, Rebecca Campbell, Sarah Cook, Jeanette Norris, Maria Testa, Sarah Ullman, Carolyn West, Jacquelyn White, Psychology of Women Quarterly 31 (4), 357–370. 2007
• Screening tool for domestic violence, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist
• Intimate partner violence and sexual violence victimization assessment instruments for use in healthcare settings. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2007

• 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights. U.S. Department of State, 2010  
  
• Ese:o: Ese:o is a capacity building organisation that addresses, through training in writing, the unequal distribution of power in the dissemination of academic knowledge.
• GenderIT.org
• Global Virtual Knowledge Center to End Violence against Women
• Health Service Research Methods
• The Secretary-General’s Database on Violence Against Women
• United Nations Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, Tools Repository
• Mission Possible: Gender and Media Advocacy Training Toolkit. The Global Media Monitoring Project
• VAOnline.org