Violence Against Women
Living free from violence is a human right. Yet millions of women and girls around the world encounter rape, domestic abuse, mutilation and other forms of gender-based violence. Too often no one is held accountable for these crimes. With your help, we can urge governments to hold perpetrators responsible and put an end to this cycle of violence against women. Take action to stop violence against women!
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 The International Violence Against Women Act is re-introduced! Senator John Kerry, Representative Jan Schakowsky, and Humaira Shahid applaud human rights activist Irene Safi Turner at the February 4th I-VAWA event. ©Alexandra L. Robinson On February 4, 2010 the bipartisan team of Senators Kerry, Boxer, Collins and Snowe and Representatives Delahunt and Poe introduced the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) in the House and Senate. The occasion was marked by an event on Capitol Hill at which the members of Congress pledged their support for this important bill. Amnesty activist Irene Safi Turner welcomed the bill in her capacity as advocate for women of the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Safi Turner said, this legislation "...is an act of compassion and solidarity and will bring a sense of hope and purpose to thousands of women." » Read more about the latest progress of the I-VAWA legislation  Stimulus funding for Native Women © AFP The economic stimulus package the U.S. Congress recently approved includes hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Services. This victory is due in part because of AIUSA and the 2007 AIUSA report, Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA. |  The Price of SilenceIn this new music video collaboration, 16 global artists celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The artists in the video include Yungchen Lhamo, a Tibetan musician who was born in a Chinese labor camp and at the age of 22 trekked across the Himalayas with her two-year old son to escape oppression from the Chinese regime. 
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Women's RightsWomen face human rights injustices, in addition to gender-based discrimination. Women and children account for most casualties of war and make up most of the world's refugees, displaced and poor populations.  Violence against Native American and Alaska Native womenNative American and Alaska Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than women in the United States in general. | International Violence Against WomenAt least 1 out of every 3 women worldwide are beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Women's Human Rights DefendersWomen's activism is on the rise around the world despite government and individual opposition. Support the millions of women who have made defending women's human rights their life, including:
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