Tell your Representative that you support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act!

Violence against women and girls is not just a problem in countries like Afghanistan and Somalia. It’s happening in the U.S., too.

Read about our accomplishments this summer in communities, courts, and Congress. Click here to access our Summer 2014 Newsletter online.

When Anne Chandler travels around Houston, she doesn’t see the same city you and I see.

As an ambitious young woman in rural southern Afghanistan, Fouzia Durrani was headed for trouble.

Although many Americans may think that phenomena such as forced marriages and so-called “honor killings” exist only overseas, social service agencies, educators, and a growing number of law enforcement personnel know differently.

Forced marriage and honor violence are often viewed in the West as backward customs relegated to impoverished developing nations. But a spate of gruesome honor killings in the U.K., and new research about the prevalence of underage marriage in the U.S., for the first time show that this kind of violence against women is far more widespread.