Washington, DC – DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on tomorrow marking the 20th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act: “Twenty years ago, due to the leader of then Senator Joe Biden and countless others, the Violence Against Women Act put in place critical protections that have held violent offenders […]
Washington, DC – Today Democratic Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Eliot Engel (NY-16) and Republicans Reps. Richard Hanna (NY-22) and Chris Gibson (NY-19) introduced H.R. 3571 International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA). “We know that one in three women will experience abuse in her lifetime, meaning -shockingly- that one […]
WASHINGTON – Earlier today on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co., U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) talked about the continuing problem of sexual assault in the military, saying: “Sexual assault, whether it is a rape or any other type of sexual assault, is an act of violence. It is not a sex act. It is not […]
Rep. Wasserman Schultz and Ruth Messinger of AJWS held press call After weeks of heated debate, the U.S. Congress passed a reauthorization of the domestic Violence Against Women Act in February. But women around the world continue to suffer an epidemic of abuse, violence, and rape, which must come to an end. The International Violence […]