An expanded Violence Against Women Act would reflect the reality of American life in the 21st century – when gay men and lesbians actually get married and illegal immigrants cannot merely be deported or wished away.
In the past month, the U.S. Congress passed the expanded Violence Against Women Act it had held up for a year and a half, and, separately, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, went to war against sexual assault in the U.S. military, holding the first Senate hearings on this staggering problem in nearly ten years.
In a year in which President Felipe Calderón's party, in power since 2000, may struggle to hang on to the presidency in July elections, the expanding violence is giving political rivals, all promising a more peaceful country, much to run on.
In a day of expanding violence, an Israeli helicopter gunship killed three Muslim militants today in a rocket attack on a car in the West Bank, hours after Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian radar station deep in Lebanon in retaliation for a guerrilla attack on Friday.
"Tell Congress to pass the expanded Violence Against Women Act today".
We've won some shifts in policy in 2013: We forced Congress to enact an improved and expanded Violence Against Women Act.
To keep our daughters safer, the bill requires colleges to collect and disclose information about sexual assault, and to update and expand domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking services on their campuses.
It would fund practical support such as crisis accommodation and transport, children's counsellors and other special care for young people who witness violence in the home, support the work of Domestic Violence Victoria to employ additional staff, and expand family violence courts and community legal centres.
House Republicans made a surprise about-turn on a bill to renew and expand the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday.
We must fully fund and expand the Violence Against Women Act.
