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Violence Against Women Act

Code Red for Women and Girls

Irasema Garza | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexual Violence, George Sodini, Violence Against Women Act, Rape, Violence Against Women, Legal Momentum, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Politics News
Irasema Garza

In a five year study, women whose male partners experience two or more periods of unemployment are almost three times as likely to be victims of intimate partner violence.

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Despite Promises, Some Rape Victims Stuck Paying Exam Bills

Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Pro Publica | Ben Protess and Emily Witt | Posted 11.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Violence Against Women Act, Rape Exam, Vawa, Rape Victims, Rape Kit, Rape Victim Exam, Home News

By Ben Protess, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, and Emily Witt, ProPublica When a woman is raped, police turn to scientific evidence-semen, blo...

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Domestic Violence: Time to Man Up

Norm Stamper | Posted 08.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Murder, Male Aggression, Stalking, Domestic Violence, President Obama, Homicide, Violence Against Women Act, XY Chromosomes, Living News
Norm Stamper

We've got to make it clear, via instruction and example, that a boy's gender does not entitle him to treat women as chattel. Who's best equipped to provide this modeling, this instruction? Men, of course.

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Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Vawa, Women Lawyers, Social Justice Advocate, Human Rights Institute, Human Rights Violation, Order of Protection, Caroline Bettingger-Lopez, Women in Law, Domestic Violence, Jessica Gonzales, Jessica Lenahan, Jessica Gonzales v. United States, Restraining Order, Violence Against Women Act, Iachr, Convention for the Elimination of the Discrimination Against Women, Spousal Abuse, Domestic Abuse as a Human Rights Violation, Cedaw, Jessica Gonzales Domestic Abuse, Living News
Arlene M. Roberts

Jessica Gonzales is a domestic violence survivor. Ms. Gonzales filed suit, alleging violation of her civil rights, but after the Supreme Court rejected her claims, what options remained?

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An Open Letter to Senator McCain

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women Act, John McCain, Rape, Incest, Supreme Court Justice, The Feminist Majority, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Feminist Left, Voting Record, Eleanor Smeal, Mccain Voting Record, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Feminism, Barack Obama Feminism, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breast Cancer Research Program, Roberts, Minimum Wage, Lilly Ledbetter, Roe v. Wade, Scalia, Politics News
Eleanor Smeal

Women, Senator McCain, vote on issues important to us, not on whether or not the candidate wears a skirt. The truth is, your candidacy is the worst for women in recent history.

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A McCain Administration Would Set Women's Equality Back For Decades

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Violence Against Women Act, Equality, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Vice Presidential Debate, Sarah Palin, Morning After Pill, John McCain, Equal Pay, Home News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

It is hard to imagine an America where women are worse off than they are after eight years of George W. Bush - but a McCain/Palin victory will absolutely take things from bad to worse.

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Biden Blowing in Winds of Women's History

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jeffrey Rosen, Biden and Anita Hill, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, Sexual Harrassment, Joseph Biden, Anita Hill, George W. Bush, Vice-Presidential Debate, Sarah Palin, Hill and Thomas, Supreme Court Justice, Senate Confirmation, Joe Biden, Violence Against Women Act, Clarence Thomas, Politics News
Jamie Stiehm

History has put Sen. Biden right in the ring with two of the most galvanizing women of our time.

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A Culture of Violence Against Women: More Than Rape Kits

Amie Newman | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Vawa, Rape, Rape Kits, Palin Rape Kits, Reproductive Rights, Sarah Palin Rape Kits, Election 2008, Joe Biden, Democrats, Sexual Assault, Barack Obama, Politics, Sarah Palin, Sexual Assault in Military, Republicans, Violence Against Women Act, Amnesty International, Bia, Violence Against Native American Women, Politics News
Amie Newman

There is good reason to hunt down the facts about the rape kits. But the larger issue - of rape, sexual assault and how we deal with violence against women in this country - has been overlooked.

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Women Leaders Hold Press Conference on the Presidential Election

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Violence Against Women, Paycheck Fairness Act, Reproductive Rights, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Joe Biden, Now, Pay Equity, Sarah Palin, Women's Rights, Sexism, The Prevention First Act, Feminist Majority, Security and Financial Empowerment Act, Hillary Clinton, Violence Against Women Act, Barack Obama 2008, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Washington - Top leaders from women's rights groups gathered to announce their support of the Barack Obama - Joe Biden ticket at an emotionally charg...

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Joe Biden, Feminist

The New Republic | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Violence Against Women Act, Joe Biden Feminist, Joe Biden, Vice Presidential Debate, Politics News

In January 2000, when the Supreme Court assembled to hear oral arguments attacking a pivotal section of the Violence Against Women Act, Joseph Biden w...

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