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By Kalena Thomhave
Sep 202 min read
DOJ Invests $690M As Violence Against Women Act Marks 30 Years
The federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was enacted 30 years ago this month. It is aimed at tackling domestic violence and sexual...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 232 min read
Record Violence Against Women 'National Emergency,' U.K. Warns
Violence against women and girls has reached epidemic levels and police in the United Kingdom are treating it as a threat on the same...
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Aaron Stigile
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Is Violence Against Women In Prison a Fixable Problem?
Arizona’s incarceration rate is one of the highest in the nation, in no small part because of explosive growth in the incarceration of...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Violence Against Women Act Revised to Include Hawaii Natives
Despite making up just 10 percent of the state’s population, Native Hawaiian girls and women account for nearly two in three of its sex...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 26, 20221 min read
DOJ Expanding Legal Services To Violence Against Women Victims
The U.S. Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will start a new Expanding Legal Services Initiative (ELSI) under...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 29, 20222 min read
Mexico's Gender Violence Crisis Finds New Rally Point
Mexico's decades-long rash of femicide has seen many high-profile disappearances and murders over the years. One young woman's recent...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 9, 20222 min read
Violence Against Women Law Finally Extended in Big Federal Money Bill
Culminating a long battle by advocates, Congress finally is on the verge of reauthorizing the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)....
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Senators Agree on Violence Against Women Law Fixes
Senators announced a bipartisan deal to reauthorize the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) after Democrats dropped an effort to...
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