Cherokee Attorney Earns National Crime Victims' Service Award

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2013
Dianne Barker Harrold took a seven-year experience with stalking and living in an abusive relationship and turned it into a 30-year career as an attorney dedicated to battered wome...
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Women in Indian Country Have Been Heard

March 7 was a momentous day -- President Obama was finally able to sign the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)....

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March 13, 2013

President Barack Obama's VAWA Law Signing Spotlights Native Women Warriors

Rob Capriccioso
March 11, 2013
During the March 7 signing ceremony in the offices of the United States Department of the Interior of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Vice President J...

President Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act Into Law

ICTMN Staff
March 07, 2013
President Barack Obama this morning signed into law the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act that includes tribal provisions...

Violence Against Women Act – Why Native Women Matter

Winona LaDuke
February 18, 2013
The following is a column by Winona LaDuke originally published at News From Winona LaDuke originally published on February 13...

'One Billion Rising' Gets Women on Their Feet Against Violence

ICTMN Staff
February 17, 2013
As part of playwright and activist Eve Ensler's annual V-Day celebration, which brings anti-female violence to the world's attention every Valentine's Day, dance and physical self-...

Sen. Cantwell Urges Swift Passage of Violence Against Women Act on Senate Floor With Tribal Provisions

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2013
U.S...

Grassley/Hutchison VAWA Amendment Knocked Down

ICTMN Staff
February 07, 2013
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) received a victory today as Senators Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) proposed amendment was knocked down...

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...

Sen. Akaka Calls Domestic Violence 'an Evil That Permeates Every Community in our Great Nation'

ICTMN Staff
November 01, 2012
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Daniel K...

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