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Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: Amnesty USA
Every day, more than 700 women are abused or sexually assaulted by their partner - and four are murdered.
If Congress fails to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), these numbers could get a whole lot worse. With passage of VAWA in 1994, rates of domestic violence incidents have dropped by almost 50% and incidents of rape are down by 60%.
VAWA is up for reauthorization in September and we must send a loud and clear message that 700 women a day is 700 too many. Urge your Congressmember to reauthorize VAWA. It provides desperately needed shelter, counseling, medical, and justice services for the 700 women and children who are affected by domestic violence every single day in this country.
There is a good chance that VAWA could be cut. If it is, funding for domestic violence shelters is at risk. Children who witness domestic violence are at even greater risk. And, we may slow the progress that we've made in preventing violence against women.
Sign this petition to protect women and children.
If Congress fails to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), these numbers could get a whole lot worse. With passage of VAWA in 1994, rates of domestic violence incidents have dropped by almost 50% and incidents of rape are down by 60%.
VAWA is up for reauthorization in September and we must send a loud and clear message that 700 women a day is 700 too many. Urge your Congressmember to reauthorize VAWA. It provides desperately needed shelter, counseling, medical, and justice services for the 700 women and children who are affected by domestic violence every single day in this country.
There is a good chance that VAWA could be cut. If it is, funding for domestic violence shelters is at risk. Children who witness domestic violence are at even greater risk. And, we may slow the progress that we've made in preventing violence against women.
Sign this petition to protect women and children.
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# 200:
6:51 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Pat Phillips, Tennessee
My children and I were some of the lucky ones, we got away, but I know someone that didn't and have never understood it. The laws are in place, but they are only as good as the people that enforce them. Please, don't let it slide back into the time when it was considered between a man and his woman.
My children and I were some of the lucky ones, we got away, but I know someone that didn't and have never understood it. The laws are in place, but they are only as good as the people that enforce them. Please, don't let it slide back into the time when it was considered between a man and his woman.
# 199:
6:50 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, New York
Members of my family have been physically abused and battered by their "partners" ... one barely escaping with her life ... PLEASE DON'T LET US DOWN !!! NO WOMAN DESERVES TO BE ABUSED !!! Please make sure women whose lives are impacted by violence get the help they so desperately need !!!
Members of my family have been physically abused and battered by their "partners" ... one barely escaping with her life ... PLEASE DON'T LET US DOWN !!! NO WOMAN DESERVES TO BE ABUSED !!! Please make sure women whose lives are impacted by violence get the help they so desperately need !!!
# 198:
6:37 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Lauri Peacock, New Mexico
# 197:
6:09 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Jacqueline Vars, Texas
700 Women being mistreated by violent Men each day is 700 Women too many.
700 Women being mistreated by violent Men each day is 700 Women too many.
# 196:
6:06 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Darcy Danielson, Oregon
# 195:
6:05 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Crystal Daugherty, North Carolina
# 194:
5:33 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Linda Schneider, Texas
# 193:
5:19 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Theresa Williams, Kentucky
need to do something about violence now
need to do something about violence now
# 192:
4:57 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Laura Medley, Tennessee
# 191:
4:44 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Cathy Lewis, Arizona
DON'T CUT THE VAWA! IT COULD BE YOUR MOTHER, WIFE OR DAUGHTER!
DON'T CUT THE VAWA! IT COULD BE YOUR MOTHER, WIFE OR DAUGHTER!
# 190:
4:32 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Monica Hernandez, California
# 189:
4:15 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Eliott Scheffler, Nebraska
700 women being mistreated by violent men each day is 700 women too many.
700 women being mistreated by violent men each day is 700 women too many.
# 188:
4:06 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Donna Winters, New York
# 187:
3:58 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Dorothea Trible, New Mexico
# 186:
3:41 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Hugh Lydick, California
# 185:
3:33 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Emma Garcia, California
# 184:
3:24 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Virginia
# 183:
3:12 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 182:
3:09 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Dani McDaniel, Oklahoma
# 181:
3:07 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Sandra Barringer, Michigan
# 180:
3:02 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Montana
# 179:
2:57 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Mary Otto, Wisconsin
# 178:
2:46 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Maria Maldonado, Mexico
# 177:
2:28 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
As a survior I can tell you how important these services are when I had no where to turn to they were there and I am free from the abuse and still alive.
As a survior I can tell you how important these services are when I had no where to turn to they were there and I am free from the abuse and still alive.
# 176:
2:25 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Sara Gomes, Portugal
# 175:
2:01 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Dana L. Stewart, California
Young men in our country have seen murder and mayhem normalized in video games, and half the TV shows demonstrate yet another new way to hurt people. Be a role model against all violence. Make the VAWA permanent.
Young men in our country have seen murder and mayhem normalized in video games, and half the TV shows demonstrate yet another new way to hurt people. Be a role model against all violence. Make the VAWA permanent.
# 174:
1:46 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Maine
# 173:
1:37 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Silver Leaf, Massachusetts
# 172:
1:34 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Matthew Whitcomb, Colorado
Shame on you if you even need to ask the question. We are all people created by the same G_d, and if you think some of us don't need extra protection then you are a fool.
Shame on you if you even need to ask the question. We are all people created by the same G_d, and if you think some of us don't need extra protection then you are a fool.
# 171:
1:16 pm PDT, Jul 31,
MR CORRECT, Alaska
WOMEN ARE PROPERTY!!
WOMEN ARE PROPERTY!!
# 170:
1:09 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Arizona
It's the right thing to do!
It's the right thing to do!
# 169:
12:53 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, New York
# 168:
12:44 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 167:
12:44 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Arkansas
Please protect women before abused, sexually asulted or murdered. Or protect them after ,in shelters. PLEASE HELP WOMEN ,IT IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM THAT NEEDS RECTIFING.
Please protect women before abused, sexually asulted or murdered. Or protect them after ,in shelters. PLEASE HELP WOMEN ,IT IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM THAT NEEDS RECTIFING.
# 166:
12:18 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
A society is judged by how it treats its weakest members. Women in violent homes are those people and deserve the help continuing this law will allow.
A society is judged by how it treats its weakest members. Women in violent homes are those people and deserve the help continuing this law will allow.
# 165:
12:05 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, California
# 164:
11:24 am PDT, Jul 31,
Robert Tropp, Florida
Domestic violence has no place in today's society. We must provide the legal support battered women need to distance themselves and protect themselves and their children from their tormentors.
Domestic violence has no place in today's society. We must provide the legal support battered women need to distance themselves and protect themselves and their children from their tormentors.
# 163:
11:18 am PDT, Jul 31,
Barbara Fargen, Wisconsin
It is time the fathers righters stopped getting thier way, they are the ones pushing to over turn the violence against women act. Please stop and think about what they are doing to our children.
It is time the fathers righters stopped getting thier way, they are the ones pushing to over turn the violence against women act. Please stop and think about what they are doing to our children.
# 162:
11:09 am PDT, Jul 31,
Carla Burleson, West Virginia
It is unfair and unjust that women and children should have to tolerate and endure the abuse that occurs more often than we care to discuss. They should not have to be subjected to this by the hand of men. Men are brutal and get away with this all to often and heads turn the other way when a woman or child is abused by a man. What makes a man so superior? A man should be held fully accountable and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for abuse on a woman or especially a child.
It is unfair and unjust that women and children should have to tolerate and endure the abuse that occurs more often than we care to discuss. They should not have to be subjected to this by the hand of men. Men are brutal and get away with this all to often and heads turn the other way when a woman or child is abused by a man. What makes a man so superior? A man should be held fully accountable and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for abuse on a woman or especially a child.
# 161:
11:03 am PDT, Jul 31,
Shelley Wong, Mississippi
# 160:
11:01 am PDT, Jul 31,
Tom Hakes, Indiana
# 159:
10:50 am PDT, Jul 31,
Kim Ren, California
I was abused. If I didn't have my families home to run to, I'd probably be dead by now. All the shelters are full. These women need help and a way out for themselves and their children. Protect the innocent and the helpless and stop taking money from them. Get it from the wealthy. Some people have so much money they don't know what to do with it. Start taxing them more and give the little people a chance and quit keeping us down!
I was abused. If I didn't have my families home to run to, I'd probably be dead by now. All the shelters are full. These women need help and a way out for themselves and their children. Protect the innocent and the helpless and stop taking money from them. Get it from the wealthy. Some people have so much money they don't know what to do with it. Start taxing them more and give the little people a chance and quit keeping us down!
# 158:
10:50 am PDT, Jul 31,
Toni Nesbitt-Hanson, Texas
Because I'm a woman and I refuse to stand by and see my sisters abused!
Because I'm a woman and I refuse to stand by and see my sisters abused!
# 157:
10:49 am PDT, Jul 31,
Name not displayed, Washington
A society that does not protect and honor its women is doomed.
A society that does not protect and honor its women is doomed.
# 156:
10:48 am PDT, Jul 31,
Tony Boatright, Georgia
# 155:
10:18 am PDT, Jul 31,
Justine Clisham, New York
# 154:
10:17 am PDT, Jul 31,
Debra Borzym-falco, New York
# 153:
10:13 am PDT, Jul 31,
Dorothy Hanes, Oregon
# 152:
10:01 am PDT, Jul 31,
Michael Dowdy, Missouri
# 151:
9:44 am PDT, Jul 31,
Janel Gallegos, Idaho