US: Senate Vote on Violence Against Women Act a Victory

The US House of Representatives should move quickly to renew the Violence against Women Act (VAWA), Human Rights Watch said today. The US Senate, in a bipartisan vote on April 26, 2012, passed the bill, the primary federal law providing legal protection and services to counter domestic and sexual violence and stalking. (Washington, DC, April 26, 2012) – The US House of Representatives should move quickly to renew the Violence against Women Act (VAWA), Human Rights Watch said today.read more

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