Eighteen years ago today, the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was signed into law.
And since VAWA passed, annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by more than 60 percent.
We have also called on Congress to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
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Last week, the House Judiciary Committee considered legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
However, even after the success of VAWA, 1 in 4 women experiences domestic violence in her lifetime.
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Today, President Obama signed a bill that both strengthened and reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
While women and girls face these devastating realities every day, reauthorization of a strengthened VAWA languishes in Congress.
No one should have to live in fear of violence, especially in her home, and VAWA affirms that belief.
The law, or VAWA, is seen to have been responsible for the reduction in domestic violence in this country.
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The Leahy-Crapo VAWA reauthorization bill addresses many pressing issues facing all victims of domestic violence, including those in Indian Country.
But perhaps worse is that even if VAWA is authorized, other congressional legislation, sequestration, could still slam victims of domestic violence.
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Finally and very importantly, VAWA will bring justice for Native American victims.
We urge the House of Representatives to join with the Senate in passing a bipartisan VAWA reauthorization bill that protects all victims.
Earlier this week, Vice President Biden hosted a White House event to highlight the critical need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
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The accomplishments we acknowledge and celebrate every October would not be possible without VAWA, yet Congress has not finished its work on this critical legislation.
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Yet in spite of the significant progress made since the passage of VAWA, the threat of violence and abuse continues for a new generation of women.
In reauthorizing VAWA in 2000, Congress included new VAWA programs and provisions to help particularly vulnerable populations, including younger victims, immigrant victims, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
For the past 18 years, since Vice President Biden initially wrote the Act in 1994, VAWA has helped to decrease the rates of domestic violence across the country.
But VAWA is something that should appeal to EVERYONE.
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Thanks to the VAWA reauthorization, they and so many women with familiar stories will have more access to the resources they need to help heal from the trauma of violence and protect them from violence.
In enacting VAWA in 1994, Congress acknowledged that the criminal justice system chronically failed to respond to the crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, too often blaming victims and refusing to hold offenders accountable as violent criminals.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, but failed to include critical provisions that would ensure that all victims of domestic violence can access vital services and protections.
The guiding principle behind VAWA and each of its subsequent reauthorizations has been an unyielding commitment to the notion that no sexual assault or domestic violence victim should be beaten, hurt or killed because they could not access the support, assistance and protection that they need.
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