Office on Violence against Women (OVW) Campus Program
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) provides federal leadership in developing the national capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
In 2018, CSUB was awarded a grant to help reduce domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking on campus. The Grant to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) was created by Congress in recognition of the unique issues and challenges that colleges and universities face in preventing and responding to sexual assault domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
The ultimate objective of the Office on Violence against Women (OVW) Campus Program is to help colleges and universities create effective, comprehensive responses to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. A comprehensive approach includes both prevention and intervention and requires a multi-faceted, coordinated effort that engages key stakeholders from the surrounding community and throughout the campus, including students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
Interim OVW Project Director
Coordinated Community Response Team (CCRT)
The purpose of a Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Team is to bring together key stakeholders on campus and in the community to develop a multidisciplinary, coordinated effort to develop an effective and comprehensive response to gender-based violence on campus.
A coordinated community response approach ensures a timely, culturally relevant, and respectful response to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking committed on or off-campus. Implementing such an approach requires establishing a Coordinated Community Response Team (CCRT). CCRT is a multi-disciplinary team of campus and community partners that meet regularly to assess, plan, monitor, and evaluate campus prevention and response efforts. This team coordinates all prevention and intervention efforts; facilitates communication between key campus departments and community partners; ensures messages across efforts are consistent and reinforced; and ensures the system’s response to victims is seamless, consistent, and supportive.
Gender Based Violence - Definitions
CSUB uses the term Gender Based Violence to refer to Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Sexual Assault.
Presentations
Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, & Stalking
To understand relationship abuse, we must recognize dating, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Ending the harm and stigma of abuse requires a nuanced understanding of the behaviors that define it, as well as examples of healthy relationships to inform your decisions and interactions moving forward.
Greek Organization: Gender-Based Violence
Fraternities and sororities offer friendship, philanthropy, and many other opportunities to their members. However, the issue of gender-based violence affects all groups on campus, including fraternities and sororities. In this presentation, we will analyze and understand how rape culture is manifested in our college campus setting as a result of the behaviors and attitudes of students both within and outside of the fraternity/sorority community, and to work toward creating a safer campus environment for all.
Latinas: Dating and Domestic Violence
While the number of studies examining dating violence and domestic violence in Latina populations is growing, awareness on this issue continues to be limited. In this presentation, we will have a conversation about machismo and marianismo; how both of these ideas may contribute to gender-based violence.
LGBTQ+
The majority of the prevention and awareness has been focused on heterosexual relationships, members of the LGBTQ+ community have been left out. In this presentation, we will discuss the barriers LGBTQ+ members face when facing domestic violence and sexual assault. Also, how community members can be an ally and bring awareness to the LGBTQ+ community.
Machismo: Engaging Latino Men in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
In Latin American culture, there exists gendered conformity known as Machismo and Marianismo. Machismo is characterized by males having an “expansive and almost uncontrollable” sexual appetite; It is assumed to be their right to satisfy that desire in the ways they choose. Marianismo is the feminine counterpart of machismo which is characterized by “hyperfeminine” behavior, as well as a belief that women are morally and spiritually superior to men. Hence, a woman must place her needs after those of her family and spouse. In this presentation, we will explore this idea and how Latino men can be allies in the fight against gender-based violence.
Men in Leadership Roles
Sexism and victim-blaming, against victims/survivors, are prevalent and poorly addressed. Sexism is often perpetrated by leaders, managers, or supervisors. Recognizing and addressing the cultural tolerance for sexism and victim-blaming in organizations and society is one of the steps in addressing this issue. In this presentation, we will discuss that leadership against sexual harassment is essential for organizational redress.