Streamlining Your Agency’s U Visa Policy and Practice
The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP), in partnership with the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW),…
TAGS:The war in Congress over rape in the military, explained
Sexual assault is a huge problem in the US military. And for many victims, the process of reporting their crime…
TAGS: #MilitaryStanford sex-assault victim: ‘You took away my worth’
Standing in front of a full courtroom in Palo Alto on Thursday, the 23-year-old college graduate who was sexually assaulted…
TAGS:Presidential Proclamation — LGBT Pride Month, 2016
Since our founding, America has advanced on an unending path toward becoming a more perfect Union. This journey, led by…
TAGS: #LGBTQ+Should Domestic Violence Victims Go To Prison For Killing Their Abusers?
LadyKathryn Williams-Julien’s first childhood memory is of her father punching her mother in the face. She was 6. Her mother…
TAGS:Almost a Third of Mass Shooting Deaths in 2015 Were Related to Domestic Violence
Thirty-one percent of all mass shooting deaths in 2015 were related to domestic violence incidents, according to a New York…
TAGS:Controlling UK Man Jailed for 28 Months
Mohammed Anwaar, 27, pleaded guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour. Legislation to make this type of behaviour a criminal offence…
TAGS:Advocates Have High Hopes for DV Hotline for Native Women
Rape and domestic violence against Native women have reached “epidemic proportions,” but the hotlines that could help are often unprepared…
TAGS:Domestic Violence Often Omitted from Sentencing Reforms
On March 8, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill setting new mandatory minimum sentences in domestic violence cases.…
TAGS:Office on Violence Against Women Announces New Program to Support Tribal Governments
This new program was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) and received its first…
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