VAWA

Early Treaties Prove That U.S. Founding Fathers Would Have Deemed VAWA Constitutional

Gale Courey Toensing
February 07, 2013
The statistics are horrifying: 34 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetimes and 39 percent will be subjected to domestic violence; on some...

Native American Provisions of Violence Against Women Act Re-Introduced

Rob Capriccioso
January 25, 2013
Native Americans are getting a jump-start on lobbying the new 113 th Congress for passage of tribal provisions passed last year by the Senate but stalled in the House involving the...

The GOP House Leader Sank VAWA in 2012, the Fight Starts Anew in 2013

Rob Capriccioso
January 15, 2013
Native American and congressional advocates of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are frustrated that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., held up a compromise in the wanin...

53-Year-Old Native Woman Attacked in California

ICTMN Staff
December 18, 2012
As politicians in Washington D.C. continue to argue over details of the Violence Against Women Act, Native women continue to be the victims of attacks at a high rate...

NCAI Urges Bipartisanship Action for Violence Against Women Act

ICTMN Staff
December 13, 2012
News has been circulating this week that a move could be made on the part of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the tribal provisions that are within it...

Native American Women Become Bargaining Tool in VAWA Congress Negotiations

Rob Capriccioso
December 07, 2012
Tribal protections for Native women and families are one of the main issues being used as a bargaining tool by lawmakers in a last-ditch effort to get the Violence Against Women Ac...

Violence Against Native Women Gaining Global Attention; Congress Encouraged to Act

ICTMN Staff
October 11, 2012
In the 21 st Century, no woman should live day-to-day thinking about when they will be raped or how they will survive and cope after they are but that is the reality for American I...

USET Tribes Talk Up VAWA, Carcieri, Budget, Voting and More at Tribal Unity Impact Week in Washington

Gale Courey Toensing
September 22, 2012
Indigenous leaders from around the country joined colleagues from the United South and Eastern Tribes in Washington, D.C., for the annual Tribal Unity Impact week...

Al Jazeera Highlights Failure of Violence Against Women Act to Protect Native Women

Eisa Ulen
September 19, 2012
Sarah Deer A recent episode of the Al Jazeera English program The Stream examined the failure of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to provide adequate legal protection to Nativ...

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