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1. Economic Security 2. Education 3. Health 4. Immigration 5. Violence

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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...

News

Survey: One-third of married Japanese women are victims of domestic abuse

May 2, 2012

The Bellingham Herald reports on a Japanese Cabinet Office survey that finds that 32.9 percent of married or previously married women in Japan have experienced domestic abuse.
Black Women, Sexual Assault and the Art of Resistance

April 25, 2012

Brooke Axtell examines the implications of the statistic that 60 percent of Black girls have experienced sexual abuse before the age of 18.
Female Circumcision: Police Investigating Claims UK Doctors Advised On Illegal Practice

April 24, 2012

A report by the Sunday Times says that as many as 100,000 woman in the UK may have been victims of female genital mutilation.
Shelters turn women away as domestic violence escalates

April 24, 2012

Slashed funding, strapped donors, underwater mortgages and high unemployment are all causing domestic violence victim's shelters in Florida to turn women away at a time when the need may is greater than usual.
The coming fight over violence against women

April 16, 2012

Salon outlines each partisan side in the new Violence Against Women Act reauthorization debate.

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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Domestic and Workplace Violence
Trafficking and Prostitution
Violence Against Women, Global

Blog Posts

Processing the AZ Shooting

Kyla Bender-Baird

As we process the tragic shooting in Arizona, read what members of the NCRW network are saying.In a Women's Media Center exclusive, "Giffords Tragedy: What's the Message to Young Women?,"...

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 12:45pm

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News Update: I-VAWA Moves Forward

Kyla Bender-Baird

Yesterday, we got some excting news from Women Thrive and the I-VAWA Coalition: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) passed the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA, S. 2982...

Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 11:43am

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HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM: Critical Tools for Significant Change

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Taina Bien-Aimé*

Friday, December 10, 2010 - 2:51pm

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Honoring the Original Vagina Warrior

Kyla Bender-Baird

With Superbowl Sunday quickly approaching--a day when domestic violence escalates--we wanted to take a moment to honor a woman whose unswerving devotion to ending violence against women and girls is...

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 11:20am

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ELECTION 2010: Break the Silence and Act

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Jeannette Pai-Espinosa*Beyond the rhetoric and bluster of the campaign season there exists a frightening silent truth: girls and young women experience violence, abuse and neglect at epidemic...

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:04am

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