VAWnet News Blog

Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from WHO and partners. Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner – a number that has remained largely unchanged over the past decade.

The House of Representatives on Monday introduced legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, a landmark bill championed by President Joe Biden that expired in 2018.

This International Women’s Day, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence takes the opportunity to celebrate the rich diversity of women and girls across the globe, and the beauty, vitality, wisdom, resilience, strength and power they bring to their communities and society.

Biden-Harris Administration establishes a government-wide focus on uplifting the rights of women and girls in the United States and around the world.

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month (TDVAM). This issue of the PreventIPV newsletter features tools that center and celebrate the leadership of youth, especially Black girls. It includes resources to promote youth activism and young people's well-being by building connected communities that foster resilience, joy, and transformative action.

Today CDC released, Vital Signs: Prevalence of Multiple Forms of Violence and Increased Health Risk Behaviors and Conditions Among Youths — United States, 2019. Preventing violence is key to promoting teen and adult health. Violence can affect teens’ health and increase the chance of developing cancer, heart disease, or other health problems in adulthood.