By Hannah Brinson Violence Prevention Project Coordinator, YWCA Knoxville This Saturday marks the 20th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA. VAWA was enacted in 1994 and includes… Continue Reading Recognizing the Importance of the Violence Against Women Act on Its 20th Anniversary
By Merry Lee Olson CEO, YWCA Billings Twenty years after the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was put in place to try to protect women, its value is more important than… Continue Reading YWCA Billings Launches Campaign to Reach Victims of Abuse
By Jane Lee Communications & Outreach Associate, YWCA of Queens The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women launched its year-long Beijing+20 Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it! campaign on… Continue Reading YWCA of Queens Attends UN Women Global Launch of Beijing+20
By Barbara Paradiso Director of the Center on Domestic Violence for the University of Colorado Denver and Board Member of the YWCA of Boulder County I have been debating this question in… Continue Reading What Will It Take to End Violence Against Women and Girls?
By Qudsia Jafree Advocacy & Policy Manager of Health and Safety, YWCA USA On any given day at one of the nearly 2,000 domestic violence shelters in the United States,… Continue Reading Week Without Violence: Domestic Violence