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  Web-based Tools Designed for College Students Can Assist All New Yorkers Looking for Help September 2 – Following Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s announcement today of a public awareness campaign to educate students about “Enough is Enough,” the State University of New York has released two new web-based tools to support victims of sexual assault […]

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Avon Foundation for Women, the world’s largest corporate-affiliated philanthropy that focuses on issues that matter most to women, is partnering with the National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline) to grant $500,000 to 25 local domestic violence advocacy programs in cities across the U.S. The grant is part […]

  It seems like every week brings new and horrific stories of sexual harassment and violence on America’s college campuses. Study after study shows that sexual harassment and violence are far too prevalent in institutions of higher education. AAUW, together with outspoken student advocates and survivor groups, has called for universities to do what’s right […]

The seeds for federal cyberstalking laws can be traced to Delaware’s then-junior senator, Joe Biden, drafting the Violence Against Women Act. While cyberstalking was not part of the language used in the original Act of 1994, the legislation laid the groundwork for laws that have evolved to keep up with technology. For example, two years […]

In 2009, Nan-Hui Jo did the only thing she thought she could do – leave. Her visa was about to expire and she was living with Jesse Charlton, the father of her child, who she said was abusive and violent. Court documents and testimony show that, shortly before she left for Korea, Charlton threw Jo […]

Campus SaVE Regulations Take Effect July 1, 2015: Are You Ready? – Campus Sexual Violence Act National Law Review – posted on Thursday, June 4 The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (“VAWA”) amended the Clery Act by imposing new obligations on institutions of higher education under VAWA’s Campus Sexual Violence Act (“Campus SaVE”) […]

Please join us and your fellow Administrators at the AVA meeting in Jacksonville.  You can see the agenda by clicking on AVA 2015 Annual Meeting Agenda Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

When then-Sen. Joe Biden’s office drafted the Violence Against Women Act, domestic violence was rarely talked about and was often thought to be a private, family matter. Now, 20 years after VAWA was signed into law, a panel of Vice President Biden’s former and current counselors said the public’s perception has changed, but more work […]