Violence Against Women - Democrats Abroad

Violence Against Women

Gender-based violence continues to be a growing global crisis. Our team focuses on awareness, advocacy and activism. Welcome to the blog for Ending Violence Against Women. This is the place......

February 13, 2023

Connecting the Dots

Connecting the Dots: Guns, Intimate Partner Violence, The Supreme Court & The ERA The war on women is being waged in courts where an already flawed Constitution is being interpreted......

November 22, 2022

Fighting For and Fighting Back...

- The Battle to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence This election proved that women, especially young women, have found their voices and said “no” to a massive attempt to assert control over......

September 12, 2022

MS. on the Issues #64

With Guests: Jackson Katz is a scholar and activist working on issues of gender, race and violence. He is co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), as well as the......

August 22, 2022

It's Women's Equality Day

It’s Women’s Equality Day Let’s Talk About Men By: Marnie Delaney When people talk about “women’s issues” I feel a slight tightening of my jaw; somehow the phrase seems to......

Help Remove Guns

The Violence Against Women Action Team hopes you can help remove guns from the hands of potential murderers, including the two abusers every day in the United States who murder......

Violence Against Women Task Force Women Safe Abroad Project Update

The initial purpose of this project was to identify ways to support U.S. Victims of gender-based violence overseas who currently have no easily accessible, full-range safety net to meet their......

The Violence Against Women Act (2022 Reauthorization) What it does and a couple of things it doesn’t

The Violence Against Women Act (2022 Reauthorization) What it does and a couple of things it doesn’t The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was first passed in in 1994, sponsored......

Ban Child Marriage

Urgent legislative change is needed in the U.S. to ban child marriage If you were to mention that child marriage occurs in the U.S., the likely reaction might be disbelief......

September 30, 2021

Pathways to Safety International: When leaving is the only option

One night in 1998, Paula Lucas made a desperate promise: God, if you help me get out of here, I will help other women in the position I’m in right......