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NNEDV Praises House Passage of VAWA NNEDV Praises House Passage of VAWA, Looks Forward to President Obama Signing Bill into Law FEBRUARY 28, 2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives took up the Senate-passed bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and passed this vital legislation by a bipartisan vote of vote of [...]
Senate Bill 86 passes Rules Committee and will be voted on in the Georgia Senate TOMORROW, February 20th! Please contact your Senator TODAY and urge them to vote YES on Senate Bill 86! SB 86 has passed the Rules Committee and is headed to the Georgia Senate for a full vote. Please contact your Senators [...]
Click HERE to register for the 2013 Stop Violence Against Women Day! Click HERE for event agenda, driving directions, parking, and other important info about the event. Please also invite your legislators! Click HERE to find the names and contact information for your State Senator and State Representative. Join us as we come together with [...]
It’s unacceptable that VAWA resources have been jeopardized for almost 2 years! The election is over and it’s time! Congress has some unfinished business. They MUST PASS the Violence Against Women Act NOW! We must get Congress to finish the work of passing a VAWA that [...]
Press release issued by the National Network to End Domestic Violence http://www.nnedv.org/news/national/1277-18th-anniversary-vawa.html September 13, 2012 NNEDV today commemorates the 18th Anniversary of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This landmark law, passed in 1994, has forever transformed and improved our nation’s response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. VAWA [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fact Sheet: Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally Progress Toward a World without Violence Against Women and Girls Today, President Obama issued an Executive Order on Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally to further enhance the [...]
It’s August and your Congressional leaders are home and it’s time to find them in your state or hometown and ask them ONE QUESTION: What are you doing to get a final VAWA passed that helps ALL victims? Because of your advocacy and pressure, there was some movement last week before Congress left town. Speaker [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2012 Op-ed by Vice President Biden: An Issue Beyond Debate: Congress Should Act Now to Protect Women The full text of the op-ed by Vice President Joe Biden is printed below. The piece, published online today by McClatchy Newspapers and in [...]
Sign the petition to reauthorize VAWA http://signon.org/sign/hey-congress-reauthorize
