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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

After Haiti’s Quake, Another Form of Horror

October 4, 2011

Letter from Linda Basch, President, National Council for Research on Women to the New York Times regarding sexual assaults in post-earthquake Haiti.
Rape Definition Too Narrow in Federal Statistics, Critics Say

September 29, 2011

Thousands of sexual assaults that occur in the United States every year are not reflected in the federal government’s yearly crime report because the report uses an archaic definition of rape that is far narrower than the definitions used by...
Relief International Clarifies Media Outlets' Reports on Recent Iraq Widows Study

September 24, 2011

A study on the status of Widows in Iraq by Relief International was shared with the Iraqi Parliament on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Portions of the study were reported by the Associated Press on Sept. 18, 2011. The information available on the wire was...
Survey: Its ok if he beats me: Nepali women

September 24, 2011

The Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010, conducted from September to December 2010, found that 48 percent of Nepalese women, aged between 15-49 years, felt their husbands had the right to beat them if they spoilt the food while cooking,...
Study: The Power of Political Voice: Women’s Political Representation and Crime in India

September 24, 2011

In 1993, India passed a constitutional amendment requiring Indian states to have women in one-third of local government council positions. Since then, documented crimes against women have risen by 44 percent, rapes per capita by 23 percent, and...

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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Ending Human Trafficking Gains National Recognition in the New Year

Kyla Bender-Baird

January 12, 2010 posted by admin

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 3:26pm

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Where Do We Stand After 30 Years of CEDAW?

Kyla Bender-Baird

December 4, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-BairdYesterday, three fabulous NCRW interns* and I journeyed down to the concrete maze that is the United Nations to participate in a commemorative event...

Monday, January 25, 2010 - 6:09pm

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Newly Released! Fact Sheet on the Violence Against Women Act

Kyla Bender-Baird

December 3, 2009 posted by admin Did you know that since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, the National Domestic Violence Hotline has answered one million calls? Or that the Act funds...

Monday, January 25, 2010 - 5:59pm

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Women and Public Space

Kyla Bender-Baird

November 11, 2009 posted by Cheryl Huber*Last month, NCRW staffer Kyla Bender-Baird spoke on a panel hosted by NYU Wagner Women's Caucus along with Cheryl Huber of New Yorkers for Parks and The...

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 6:21pm

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Impact of War and Militarization on Women

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May 24, 2009 posted by admin Last year’s UN Security Council Resolution 1820 recognized sexual violence as a war crime. Its passage is often cited as a milestone. Given so many conflicts...

Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 3:11pm

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