stephanie nyugen and followed by melissa and kate from futures without violence. >> thank you. good afternoon. i am representing the department on the status of women. as a woman's policy advocate i would like to say it's heartening to join us with our partners to hear all of the steps that san francisco is taken to make sure that young people are supported in navigating the first relationships especially given how widespread he's issues are. >> >> these issues are. (paused) . youth risk behavior survey found 10% of students experience violence and 20% for les bee gay or transsexual students and up to 30% for transgender students and it is clear from all of the data the need for the work exists. schools have a duty to provide a safe learning environment for all to learn and grow and play a key role in changing the attitudes and changing this and while there are gaps how this is delivered san francisco is so proactive to ensure there are policies in place to recognize and respond to incidents of teen dating violence and has age curriculum beginning in elementary school. and san

. >> we have the legal outreach staff and then i will call stephanie nyugen from the status of women after. >> thank you supervisor kim for having us here. i am a staff attorney at api, asian pacific islander outreach and work with the domestic violence violence outreach project in san francisco. provide providing legal services we provide education as well as benefits in immigration and advocacy. a lot of my clients are mono lingual and a lot of the challenges coming forward and telling their stories it's not that calling a rape outline hot line or shelter that's the last resort. even communicating with the police and a domestic violence incident occurred and having the idea to call the police there is a huge barrier with the cultural hindrances as well as the language barrier and a separate issue we're addressing at this time. in terms of the youth that we work with it's important for them that they don't necessarily turn to adult figures or authorities and have them be peer advocates for one another and the person that leads our youth advisory council has done work with students w