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Members of CongressPlease co-sponsor and vote to pass theViolence Against Women Act of 1999.

Join the other persons who have signed the Petition.

Today is Monday, September 11, 2000 at 02:54 am EDT We are in the process of updating the VAWA site. For a short while petitions will be unable to be signed online. We will be back online as soon as possible,with an updated site and petitions to sign to send our important message to Congress!

HELP END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

HELP STOP RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

HELP KEEP BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTERS OPEN

HELP MAKE HOMES SAFE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

The Violence Against Women Act:A Commitment to Ending Domestic Violence, Rape, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

The Need for Reauthorization Why is another VAWA needed? Because we need to reauthorize and enhance the programs initiated by VAWA '94, which already have made a difference in millions of women's lives. VAWA '94 bolstered prosecution of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence; increased victim services; increased resources for law enforcement; and created a National Domestic Violence Hotline. If Congress does not begin the process to reauthorize these programs by the end of this year, their funding will be threatened. VAWA must be reauthorized in 2000!! H.R. 357, VAWA '99, not only reauthorizes VAWA '94 in Title I, but also includes: legal services for battered women and victims of sexual assault; increased funding for rape prevention and education; funding for transitional housing programs for women escaping violence; increased attention to the impact of violence on women's work lives; provisions that address the effects of domestic violence on children such as supervised visitation centers for children in domestic violence situations; legislation on hate crimes prevention; and increased attention to violence in the lives of certain women, such as older women, disabled women, immigrant women and Native American women. We need your help to ensure Congressional support for VAWA '99. H.R. 357 needs over 200 co-sponsors in order for us to demand hearings and eventual passage of all, or essential parts of the bill. If nothing else, we must pass H.R. 1248, the stand-alone bill reauthorizing VAWA '94, before crucial anti-violence programs currently in effect come to a halt or face reduced funding. Without your grassroots voices, the much needed new initiatives will never have a chance to be passed or implemented.

SIGN THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE'S PETITION. CALL (the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121), WRITE, OR E-MAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

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