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The individuals who work across the food supply chain keep us healthy and sustain our communities. The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated to a wider audience how those individuals, such as farmworkers, are integral parts of our communities (Liebman et al., 2021). Despite this, farmworkers lack the protections they need to live a life free from violence and often have experiences that do not respect their dignity and humanity. The goal of this report is to summarize research on gender-based violence (GBV) among Latin@1 farmworkers and highlight community leadership in prevention and advocacy.

Funding for this project was made possible through the Administration on Children, Youth, Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Grant number: 90EV0431). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.