US: Senate Vote on Violence Against Women Act a Victory

The US House of Representatives should move quickly to renew the Violence against Women Act (VAWA), Human Rights Watch said today. The US Senate, in a bipartisan vote on April 26, 2012, passed the bill, the primary federal law providing legal protection and services to counter domestic and sexual violence and stalking.

(Washington, DC) – The US House of Representatives should move quickly to renew the Violence against Women Act (VAWA), Human Rights Watch said today.

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