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Violence Against Women Act Renewed

Posted by T. Resnikoff // February 28th 2013 // Issues and Trends, young adults // no comments

Protections extended to Native American, LGBT and immigrant women.

3D Stop Violence CrosswordRe-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which expired in October, 2011, passed after a lengthy political fight over protecting more women in cases of domestic abuse or rape.
Read the full story here (including why it took nearly 18 months to reinstate VAWA.)

 

 

 

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Ted Resnikoff is the Digital Communications Editor at the Unitarian Universalist Association.
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