Rep. Schakowsky Urges Action To Address Violence Against Women in U.S., Globally
February 15, 2013 — "Today, in approximately 200 counties, women (and men) are joining their voices together in a global outcry" to make women's rights a priority, writes Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in a Politico opinion piece in support of the One Billion Rising movement.
Noting that "[o]ne in three women across the planet will be raped, beaten, or otherwise sexually assaulted in her lifetime," Schakowsky stresses that gender-based violence is unacceptable "[w]hether it happens in India or Indiana."
She calls on the U.S. to overcome conservatives' efforts to limit women's rights, such as attempts "to restrict women's access to reproductive health care and birth control," as well as their resistance to reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (S 1925).
"The United States must be a leader in ending violence against women," Schakowsky writes, urging lawmakers to not only reauthorize VAWA but to also pass her legislation (HR 5905), the "International Violence Against Women Act, which would require a comprehensive U.S. strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls internationally" (Schakowsky, Politico, 2/14).
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