- 1. VAWA
- (Tags)
- VAWA
- Created on 20 February 2019
- 2. The Violence Against Women Act Just Expired. Here's What That Means For Native American Wome
- (Article tagged with: VAWA)
- ... in a state of flux. VAWA is a landmark piece of legislation, and the most comprehensive of its kind designed to deal with domestic violence. However, the law does have a troubled history in Congress. ...
- Created on 20 February 2019
- 3. How the US Criminal Justice System Failed Olympic Gold Medalists: the Botched FBI Investigation of Former Team USA Doctor Larry Nassar
- (Feminism)
- ... the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Signed under the Clinton administration, the VAWA provided civil rights remedies for victims of gender-based violence. This law, however, was deemed unconstitutional ...
- Created on 24 September 2021
- 4. Senate Republicans Unveiled A New Violence Against Women Act That Will Hurt Native Women And LGBTQ+ Survivors
- (Feminism)
- Senate Republicans have just unveiled the new Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), their version of an important 1994 legislation dealing with cases of domestic violence. This new bill, however, is currently ...
- Created on 22 November 2019
- 5. The House Reauthorized The Violence Against Women Act, And It's About Tim
- (Feminism)
- ... result was ultimately in favor of domestic abuse survivors and women everywhere with a vote of 263 to 158, as reported by NPR. The VAWA quietly expired last December which is dangerous for because, according ...
- Created on 04 April 2019
- 6. The Violence Against Women Act Just Expired. Here's What That Means For Native American Wome
- (Feminism)
- ... in a state of flux. VAWA is a landmark piece of legislation, and the most comprehensive of its kind designed to deal with domestic violence. However, the law does have a troubled history in Congress. ...
- Created on 19 February 2019
- 7. Congress Let The Violence Against Women Act Expire Over The Holidays
- (Feminism)
- ... Women Act (VAWA) that followed because of the shutdown. The VAWA passed in 1994 in the aftermath of Anita Hill’s landmark 1991 case against Clarence Thomas, according to the Washington Post. The act ...
- Created on 02 January 2019
- 8. The Violence Against Women Act Is About To Expire
- (Feminism)
- ... Women Act. Now, during the painfully familiar testimony of Christine Ford Blasley against Brett Kavanaugh, that same legislation faces peril. The VAWA is slated to expire in December, and without ...
- Created on 01 October 2018
- 9. Sequester Cuts Target Women, Start Today
- (Feminism)
- ... with the $20 million cuts from the just-renewed Violence Against Women Act, and the $9 million cuts from the Family Violence Prevention Services Act. If that sounds really bad, it’s because it is; VAWA ...
- Created on 01 March 2013
- 10. Help Congress Renew the Violence Against Women Act Today
- (Feminism)
- ... The short answer is that House Republicans blocked the VAWA vote in order to pursue their own conservative agenda in the form of an adapted bill. The differences between the original, meaty, bipartisan ...
- Created on 28 February 2013
- 11. This Taylor Swift Parody for VAWA Is Amazing
- (Feminism)
- ... and one of them is trying to repeal the Violence Against Women Act. Though 78 out of 100 senators voted to pass VAWA, the 22 naysayers are hoping to weaken it. In order to call attention to this idiocy, ...
- Created on 27 February 2013
- 12. Obama Will Veto House's Dumb Changes to VAW
- (Feminism)
- Yesterday evening, the White House released a statement saying that the President will likely veto HR 4970, the House Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization bill. The Senate recently passed ...
- Created on 16 May 2012
- 13. A Step in the Right Direction with the IVAWA
- (Feminism)
- ... on Politico.com, co-written by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Representative Bill Delahunt (D-MA), as well as Larry Cox and Kerry Kennedy (from Amnesty International USA): "IVAWA will support innovative ...
- Created on 08 February 2010
