Biden and Lugar Introduce the International Violence Against

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Violence Against Women Act

<Groundbreaking Legislation Integrates U.S. Efforts to End Gender-Based Violence on a Global Scale

November 1, 2007 -- Washington, DC –Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) introduced the International Violence Against Women Act, groundbreaking legislation which will, for the first time, integrate the United States’ efforts to end gender-based violence into U.S. foreign assistance programs.>

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<“We’ve made tremendous progress in reducing violence against women here in the United States since we passed the Violence Against Women Act in 1994, but we cannot ignore women in other parts of the world – women whose lives are devastated by poverty, political and civic exclusion, disease, and violence. We cannot empower women to become active in civic life and promote peace, prosperity and democracy unless they personally are free from fear of violence. Taking an active stand against global violence against women isn’t just moral, it’s smart foreign policy,” added Sen. Biden.>

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48736202_joseph_biden_senators_biden_and_lugar_introduce_international_violence_against_women_act

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