The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), legislation that protects women from domestic violence, currently sits in the Senate awaiting reauthorization. Meanwhile victims continue to lose the many protections and programs aimed to reduce domestic violence everyday.

Originally passed in 1994 to protect domestic violence survivors and survivors of sexual violence, VAWA provided funding for survivor services like emergency shelters, counseling, and much more. As the first major federal legislative package aimed at stopping violence against women, and it has since provided billions of dollars in grants for life-saving programs combatting domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.

Since 1994, VAWA has been reauthorized with overwhelming bipartisan support in the years 2000, 2005 and 2013. However, it lapsed in the Trump era, ending in October 2018. Meanwhile, 1 in 4 women experience severe intimate partner physical violence.

In March 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021. It is absolutely crucial that every single Senator works to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act IMMEDIATELY. We cannot allow this critical support to lapse.

We must demand the Senate reauthorize VAWA so that advocates working everyday can continue to support survivors as they rebuild their lives and seek justice and safety.

Sign and send the petition to the Senate: Reauthorize VAWA immediately!