Violence Against Women Act to be Voted on THIS WEEK

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The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act is scheduled for a vote this week in the House of Representatives. We need your help! Members of Congress need to hear from you that you want them to support VAWA.

The new updated version of VAWA maintains many of its key components but also expands in important areas. H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, would:

Support Communities of Color;

Invest in prevention;

End impunity for non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault, child abuse co-occurring with domestic violence, stalking, sex trafficking, and assaults on tribal law enforcement officers on tribal lands;

Improve enforcement of court orders that require adjudicated domestic abusers to relinquish their firearms;

Improve access to housing for victims and survivors;

Protect victims of dating violence from firearm homicide;

Help survivors gain and maintain economic independence;

Maintain existing protections for all survivors; and

Improve the healthcare system’s response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

VAWA has historically been supported in a bipartisan manner, but only two Republicans are currently co-sponsors of the bill. That’s why we need your help. We really need to secure as many votes as possible to make sure it passes.

If your Representative is not a sponsor, please ask them to vote for VAWA. Tell them why it is important to you. You can find your representative here

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You can also tweet your rep, and find their twitter handle here.

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Head to our website

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It is more important now than ever that we reauthorize VAWA. Now is not the time to turn back. Join us, and tell your representative to vote for H.R. 1620.



In solidarity,

Kiersten Stewart

Director of Public Policy and Advocacy



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