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Anti Violence Against Women Plan of Action

Violence against women and girls is one of the most intractable and complex issues on...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Ending Violence Against Women--An Imperative for a Healthy Nation

Ending violence against women should become a national imperative. Policies and laws need to be...
NCRW Policy Brief: Violence

Ending violence against women needs to become a national priority. A safe society for women and...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Violence Against Women Act

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is the most comprehensive federal legislation ever enacted to...
NCRW Fact Sheet: The International Violence Against Women Act

I-VAWA would apply the force of U.S. diplomacy and provide $1 billion over five years to institute...

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Report: VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents

June 7, 2011

The U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed relevant laws, VA policies, and sexual assault incident documentation from January 2007 through July 2010 provided by VA officials and the VA Office of the Inspector General (OIG). GAO...
Study: Gender Differences in Combat-Related Stressors and Their Association With Postdeployment Mental Health in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. OEF/OIF Veterans

June 7, 2011

A study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology finds that male and female military personnel exposed to combat zone trauma tend to experience similar mental health problems and recover at the same rate. The finding -- the first to...
Report: The Silencing Crime: Sexual Violence and Journalists

June 7, 2011

Over the past four months, the Committee to Protject Journalists interviewed more than four dozen journalists who have were subjected to varying degrees of sexual violence—from rape by multiple attackers to aggressive groping—either in...
Report: Reforming Women’s Justice

June 6, 2011

According to a report by the Women's Justice Taskforce in the UK, effective community sentences that command the confidence of the courts, rather than incarceration, should cut women’s offending, reduce the women’s prison population and...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against Women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo

June 1, 2011

The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences visited the United States of America from 24 January to 7 February 2011. In the report, she examines the situation of violence against women in the country, including such...

Member Organizations

Altagracia Dilone Levat

Legal Momentum

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Center for the Education of Women

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
The Feminist Majority Foundation

Arlington, VA
Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Washington, DC
International Center for Research on Women

Washington, DC
Legal Momentum

New York, NY

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Trafficking and Prostitution
Violence Against Women, Global

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Rape as a War Crime and Women’s Human Rights: Dear Joe…

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December 16, 2008 posted by Linda Basch Last week marked the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As we continue to celebrate this important milestone this...

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 6:20pm

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SECRETARY OF STATE FORUM--Abigail Disney on HRC’s Projected Ascent

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December 2, 2008 posted by admin "Senator Clinton's accession to Secretary of State will be an unprecedented opportunity for women at long last to take their rightful place shoulder-to-shoulder...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 8:18pm

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Inspired Choices for Tough Jobs

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December 2, 2008 posted by Linda Basch There is a widespread outcry for the US to reassert its moral leadership in the world. How do we do this? Well, for starters, we can demonstrate a genuine...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 8:08pm

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TRANSITION FORUM--Women’s eNews Founder and Editor-in-Chief Calls for Office of Maternal Health, Title IX Task Force, and More

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November 7, 2008 Posted by Rita Henley Jensen, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Women’s eNews As The Memo: A Status Report on U.S. Women produced this summer by Women's eNews documents, we’ve...

Friday, November 7, 2008 - 3:10pm

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TRANSITION FORUM --- National Women’s Studies Association Leader Allison Kimmich Calls for Federal Dept of Women’s Affairs

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November 7, 2008 posted by Linda Basch Linda Basch: What is your vision for an Obama administration? Who are your ideal Cabinet picks? What new offices, government departments, or...

Friday, November 7, 2008 - 1:57pm

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