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Reina which allowed intimate partner violence against Native American women by non-Native people to be prosecuted by tribal courts. [58] These new jurisdictional provisions came into effect on March 7, 2015, under Section 904: Tribal Jurisdiction Over Crimes of Domestic Violence and Section 905: Tribal Protection Orders.
Violence against women is a topic of concern in the United States' collegiate athletic community. ... the Inter-American Convention on Violence Against Women was ...
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is a United States federal law signed by Clinton on September 13. It provided $1.6 billion towards the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposes automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allows civil redress in cases prosecutors chose to leave un-prosecuted.
A scary, sobering look at fatal domestic violence in the United States. Examining one month of deadly domestic violence in America. ...
New state laws taking effect Saturday target some of the most divisive topics in America including abortion, gender and guns. The start of July marks the start of the budget year in most states ...
Articles on the topic of gender-based violence against women or girls. For additional information, please refer to the category inclusion criteria on the main category page: Category:Violence against women .
Another 2007 study by Christopher G. Ellison suggested that "religious involvement, specifically church attendance, protects against domestic violence, and this protective effect is stronger for African American men and women and for Hispanic men, groups that, for a variety of reasons, experience elevated risk for this type of violence." [80]
Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) Organization of American States. Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (Belém do Pará Convention) Islam-related organizations