The Violence Against Woman Act

Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, containing a provision for the federal civil remedy to victims of gender-based violence, even if no criminal charges had been filed against the alleged perpetrator of that violence. Then, this statute was challenged in the Supreme Court by Morrison alleging that parts of the Violence Against Women Act were unconstitutional, therefore void, because it exceeds congressional power under the Commerce Clause. Leading up to this, Christy Brzonkala

by: #01 #08 January 14, 2014 Section 1 Short Title - This Act shall be known as the "Anti-Violence against Women and Their Children Act of 2004". Section 2 Declaration of Policy.- It is hereby declared that the State values the dignity of women and children and guarantees full respect for human rights. The State also recognizes the need to protect the family and its members particularly women and children, from violence and threats to their personal safety and security. Section 3 Definition

Violence against women is not a problem of today; it is rooted decades before. It is present all over the world .The condition is getting worse day by day. It is crossing all the borders and races. Violence against women is a very serious and sensitive issue as it is one of the most pervasive of human rights violation denying fundamental rights to almost half of population (females and girls).Domestic violence is much more drastic than violence outside because home is a place where individual seeks

No two societies are the same, but all of them include violence against women. The book, Forsaken Females by A. Parrot and N. Cumming, gives important insight and a new understanding of the global brutalization of women. Violence against women can be defined as “any gender based violence that results in, or is likely to result, in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of such liberty, whether occurring in

Introduction Violence in the home is a subject of increasingly public concern. According to Davis in the Encyclopedia of Social Work, "The most affected victims, physically and psychologically, are women, including single and married women and women separated or divorced from their partners" (Davis, 1995, p.789). For years violence against women has been excluded from everyday conversations for many reasons. Women of all races and social levels are victims of violence in the home. There are

There is no denying that domestic violence directed towards women is a serious problem all over the world, and here in the United States. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that every 9 seconds, a woman is physically assaulted or abused in America.(NCADV) To understand domestic violence, one must first understand what domestic violence can consist of, and that is; the use or threat to use physical, sexual, or verbal behavior to force the partner to do something one wants; to

status. Hence, in addition to saving lives, VAWA 2013, saves money by reducing or even preventing future violence as well as related social costs. Immigration Counter-argument Though this law makes provisions for so many benefits, there are still a few opponents who stand firmly against VAWA 2013. Opponents of this law include Republicans on the far-right (22 Republican Senators voted against it) and other organizations such as the Family Research Council Heritage Action and Freedom Works. One major

Though having a green card is supposed to ensure that each immigrant woman will remain in the country, the issue is much more complicated than that. Woman who enter into a marriage and are given a green card are here because of that marriage. The decision and desire to leave marriages because of discomfort, fear or abuse, may be hindered due to an even greater fear of deportation. For depend spouses here on H-4 visas, the aid afforded to American citizens is not offered to them (Balgamwalla, 2014)

Domestic Violence in South Africa Love is looked upon as a beautiful thing but within beauty lies darkness in South Africa. There is an unspoken violence against women going on within the communities of south Africa that is now coming to light; domestic violence. Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict South Africa, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee. Attacked beaten, abused, killed these are sometimes words to describe

the struggling woman under domestic violence, the purview of violence stretches long. This work tries to look into all the aspects of violence against women. From the horrifying domestic violence to the ridiculous political violence, in form of the haphazard laws and amendments. It goes further to check the role of police in it who are supposed to be the administrators and defenders against any evil. Some of the examples are shown in Table 1. Table 1. Examples of Violence against Women S No. Life