Amending the Violence Against Women Act

2020 ◽  
pp. 112-128
Author(s):  
Ray Brescia
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Violence Against Women Act ◽  
The Social ◽  
Change Matrix ◽  
Grassroots Advocacy

This chapter studies the effort to reauthorize and expand the reach of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). In September of 1994, after years of grassroots advocacy, U.S. Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and President Clinton signed it into law. VAWA provides federal funding for enhanced law enforcement, social services, and legal services for victims of domestic violence. The legislation was originally enacted with a sunset provision that required that Congress reauthorize it after five years, a feature that was repeated in subsequent reauthorization bills. When the law was due for reauthorization in 2011, however, the process did not go as smoothly as it had before. Instead, although VAWA had bipartisan support, advocates wanted to strengthen it with provisions they saw as essential to keeping all survivors of domestic violence safe. These additional protections were met with resistance in Congress. In advance of the 2012 presidential election, advocates sought to amend the legislation in ways that would strengthen the protections offered to Native Americans, undocumented immigrants, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) communities. In the last reauthorization battle, the ability of advocates to harness the medium, their networks, and their message provides a contemporary example of the social change matrix at work in the age of social media.

scholarly journals The Phenomenon of Violence Against Women and Girls in Albania

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-234
Author(s):  
Valbona Muça
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
The Social ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Victims Of Violence

This study aims to analyze and evaluate the social services provided to girls and women victims of domestic violence, based on the practices implemented in the non-public and public sector through this sector's representatives' representatives. The group of subjects included in the study consists of representatives of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth, local government, and non-profit social centers for girls and women - victims of violence and the center's beneficiaries. Qualitative ethnographic methods were used to conduct this study. One of the most important findings of this study was that the primary need of raped girls and women is to provide shelter to guarantee a safe place with their children. Also, the findings of this study show that non-public social services for girls and women-victims of domestic violence are limited and very deficient. The lack of some services and their lack of coordination does not meet the needs of the subjects. From 2013-2019, the cases of denouncing domestic violence have increased because the state and non-profit organizations have played an essential role in raising their awareness. A vital contribution of this study is the relevant recommendations to improve social services for this target group.

Continued State Liability for Police Inaction in Assisting Victims of Domestic Violence: A Reflection on the Implementation of South Africa's Domestic Violence Legislation

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Spies
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
South African ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Failure To Protect ◽  
State Liability ◽  
Domestic Violence Legislation ◽  
Legal Understanding ◽  
The Impact

AbstractNow that it has been in operation for 20 years, it is necessary to reflect on the impact the South African Domestic Violence Act has had on women's lives. This article analyses this key legislation and the police's duty to ensure its proper implementation. It focuses on the reports of the Independent Complaints Directorate and Civilian Secretariat of Police, the bodies responsible for measuring police compliance with the act. The reports identify serious transgressions, highlighting the police's perception that domestic violence is a private affair with which it should not interfere. This perception plays a particularly subtle and destructive role in legitimizing, supporting and permitting violence against women. In focusing on key court decisions in which the state (police) was held financially accountable for the failure to protect women against violence, the author highlights the importance of challenging the social and legal understanding of women's experiences with violence in promoting a system that takes account of those experiences.

Reimagining VAWA: Why Criminalization Is a Failed Policy and What a Non-Carceral VAWA Could Look Like

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-101
Author(s):  
Leigh Goodmark
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Primary Response ◽  
Violence Against Women Act

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is the signature federal legislative accomplishment of the anti-violence movement and has ensured that criminalization is the primary response to intimate partner violence in the United States. But at the time of its passage, some anti-violence activists, particularly women of color, warned that criminalization would be problematic for a number of reasons, a caution that has borne fruit in the 25 years since VAWA’s passage. This article critiques the effectiveness of criminalization as anti-domestic violence policy and imagines what a non-carceral VAWA could look like.

scholarly journals Social representation of domestic violence against women among Nursing Technicians and Community Agents

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Daiane Silva ◽  
Vera Lúcia de Oliveira Gomes ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Sergio Corrêa Marques ◽  
Adriana Dora da Fonseca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Central Nucleus ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
The City ◽  
Structured Representation

OBJECTIVE To analyze the social representations of the Nursing Technicians and Community Health Agents about domestic violence against women. METHOD A qualitative study carried out in the city of Rio Grande, RS, in which evocations and interviews were collected between July and November 2013. For the treatment of data were used the EVOC 2005 software and the context analysis. RESULT It is a structured representation, in which the central nucleus contains conceptual, imaging and attitudinal elements, namely: abuse, aggression, physical aggression, cowardice and lack of respect. Such terms were present in the context of the interviews. The professionals acknowledged that violence is not limited to physical aspects and were judgemental about the acts of the aggressor. CONCLUSION This knowledge may enable the problematization of the studied phenomenon with the team, and facilitate the search for prevention and intervention strategies for victims, offenders and managers of health services.

scholarly journals THE CURRENT CONDITION OF HOME VIOLENCE ISSUES AGAINST WOMEN IN UKRAINE AND FORENSICS ASPECTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 729-738
Author(s):  
O. Babkina ◽  
A. Tkachov
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
Medical Examinations

The article is devoted to the analysis of the aspects of providing legal assistance to women victims of domestic violence in Ukraine. Due to our analysis, we have demonstrated that in Ukraine, legislative documents have been developed at the legislative level to prevent domestic violence and the observance of women’s rights, and forms of domestic violence have been identified (psychological, physical, sexual). The main standards of the regulatory framework of Ukraine are consistent with the Istanbul Convention. In practical work, law enforcement agencies interact with social services, medical institutions, forensic medical examinations and many others to provide timely, fullfledged assistance to women in cases of detected domestic violence, and in each case develop a system of measures to prevent, promote and prevent domestic violence. A positive aspect in the modern legislation of Ukraine was the establishment of restrictive measures for persons who committed domestic violence in the form of a ban on staying in a place of cohabitation with a person who suffered from domestic violence; prohibitions of approaching a place or person who has suffered from domestic violence, etc. Attention is drawn to the fact that for the first two violations, the person who committed domestic violence can be held administratively liable, and for the third time, criminal liability. Recommendations are given on conducting a forensic examination in cases of domestic violence against women, in which, in addition to the mandatory points reflected in the Rules for the Examination of Victims, Accused and Other Persons, aspects of an ethical approach are noted to reduce the psychological trauma of women during examination. It was emphasized that the issue of beatings, torment and torture falls within the competence of the bodies of pre-trial investigation/court and is not the competence of forensic medical examination.

scholarly journals Domestic violence against women amidst the pandemic: coping strategies disseminated by digital media

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (suppl 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucimara Fabiana Fornari ◽  
Rafaela Gessner Lourenço ◽  
Rebeca Nunes Guedes de Oliveira ◽  
Danyelle Leonette Araújo dos Santos ◽  
Mariana Sbeghen Menegatti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
Service Strategies

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the strategies to cope with domestic violence against women disseminated by digital media at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: a documentary study with a qualitative approach. The search took place from March 11 to April 30, 2020, from four sources: newspapers and online portals, social network, official government pages and third sector portals. Thematic content analysis of the findings was performed. Results: seventy-seven strategies were identified in the journalistic press, 93 in the social network, 45 in government portals and 40 in third sector organizations. From analysis, three empirical categories emerged: Strategies for communication with women; Strategies adopted by customer service; Strategies to inform the population. Final considerations: most of strategies were adaptations of existing services, centered on the reporting of violence by women

scholarly journals NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinedu Lawrence Ekweonu
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
The Media ◽  
Adequate Coverage ◽  
Harmful Effects

This study examined the coverage of domestic violence against women in select Nigerian dailies. Among the national dailies under review are Daily Sun, Vanguard and Guardian newspapers. The researcher used the content analysis research method in reviewing the manifest contents of the three papers from March 23rd to June 2020. The study period covered a total of 100 days which translates to 300 publications of the three newspapers under investigation. The specific objectives of the study are to ascertain whether the newspapers give prominence to domestic violence; find the dominant source of interventions for victims of domestic violence against women; observe whether the newspapers gave adequate publications to the rising domestic violence against women and find out if the newspapers actually follow-up domestic violence cases within the lockdown in their publications. The social responsibility and Agenda-setting theories served as the theoretical framework for the study. Findings revealed that the newspapers neither gave prominence nor adequate coverage to domestic violence against women within the lockdown period. It was also found that the newspapers hardly follow-up their stories on domestic violence within the period.  The researcher concluded that the select newspapers did not do well in their coverage of domestic violence in the period under investigation by publishing only 115 news items on such crimes within the period. The study recommended among others that the media should as a respect to their social responsibility functions expose the people to the harmful effects of domestic violence against women in the country.

Decolonizing VAWA 2021: A Step in the Right Direction for Protecting Native American Women

2021 ◽  
pp. 155708512110160
Author(s):  
Sheena L. Gilbert ◽  
Emily M. Wright ◽  
Tara N. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Native People ◽  
Native American Women ◽  
Native Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Tribal Government ◽  
Violence Against Women Act ◽  
The Right

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was hallmark legislation aimed at combating violence against women. While violence against women is a national issue that affects women of all race/ethnicities, it affects Native American women the most, as Native women experience the highest rates of violence. Violence against Native women is rooted in colonization because it decreases the power of tribal government, diminishes tribal sovereignty, and devalues Native Americans, which in turn leaves Native women more vulnerable to victimization. As such, amendments to VAWA must take particular action on violence against Native women, including actions that support decolonization. The 2013 VAWA reauthorization acknowledged colonization and was the federal government’s first step in the decolonization process. It restored tribal jurisdiction over some VAWA crimes, but there are still gaps regarding protecting Native women. This policy analysis examines the proposed VAWA reauthorization, HR 1620, and provides three specific recommendations in order to better protect Native women: (1) allow tribes to write their own rape laws, (2) expand tribal jurisdiction to all VAWA crimes and stranger and acquaintance violence, and (3) enhance tribes’ abilities to secure VAWA funds and resources. These recommendations are discussed in terms of existing literature and implications for Native people and Native communities.

scholarly journals Femicide in media

Temida ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Zorica Mrsevic
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Male Violence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Gender Aspects ◽  
Media Reports

Media in Serbia explain femicide usually as caused by poverty and alcoholism. This style is gender blind and socially stereotyped because of neglected gender aspects of male violence against women. Particular problem is lack of problematizing obvious social ?permission? of male violence. Femicide is regularly presented as an incident, allegedly impossible for anticipation rather than tragic epilogue of long lasting male violence against women which as such exists as a part of traditional gender social relations and roles. Media overlook that alcohol and poverty may only contribute to intensification of already existing, widely accepted domination of men and subordination of women. Media reports as a rule didn?t enter deeper into problems of institutional and social context in which is perpetrated long lasting violence as prefacing femicide. Media also never criticize the social behavior of neighbors, relatives and all others informed on the domestic violence, but rather avoid ?mixing?into privacy matters. Thus violence escalates without barriers, eventually developed in femicide, murder a woman, victim of this, decades long lasting violence.

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