Data Points: The 30th Anniversary of The Violence Against Women Act (featuring Lenora Claire)
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media
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🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Resources:
National Domestic Violence Awareness Hotline:
Sources:
*FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and Strengthens Commitment to Ending Gender-Based Violence. (2024, September 12). The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/12/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-commemorates-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-violence-against-women-act-and-strengthens-commitment-to-ending-gender-based-violence/
*Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). (2022, March 16). The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/16/fact-sheet-reauthorization-of-the-violence-against-women-act-vawa/
*Release of the National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence: Strategies for Action. (2023, May 25). The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/gpc/briefing-room/2023/05/25/release-of-the-national-plan-to-end-gender-based-violence-strategies-for-action/
*These sources were removed from the White Houses website a few days after this episode was published. The below sources were added to support the reported information elsewhere.
2013 and 2022 Reauthorizations of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). (2023, April 7). U.S. Department of Justice. https://www.justice.gov/tribal/2013-and-2022-reauthorizations-violence-against-women-act-vawa
Howard, J. (2023, May 25). White House launches national plan to end gender-based violence. CNN. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/25/health/gender-based-violence-white-house-plan
Sullivan, K., & Vazquez, M. (2022, March 16). Biden marks reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/politics/biden-violence-against-women-act-white-house/index.html
University of Southern California, Santa Barbara. (2024, September 12). FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and Strengthens Commitment to Ending Gender-Based Violence. The American Presidency Project. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-commemorates-the-30th-anniversary-the-violence
Lenora Claire:
Lenora’s website: https://lenoraclaire.com/
Lenora Claire Consulting: https://www.lenoraclairellc.com/
Lenora’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lenoraclaire
Special K Investigations, Inc.: https://www.specialkpi.com/
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| 0:13.1 | Hi friends, it's Lenora Claire from the upcoming podcast Credible Threat. |
| 0:18.4 | I'm guest hosting this episode of Broken Cycle Media's new series |
| 0:21.6 | of informational episodes, data points. These special episodes will include educational |
| 0:26.6 | information and support on different topics that are important to our community. |
| 0:31.6 | I recently had the honor of returning to the White House as a guest for the celebration of the 30th |
| 0:36.6 | anniversary of |
| 0:37.8 | VAWA or the Violence Against Women Act. The Broken Cycle Media team and I thought this would be a |
| 0:43.6 | great opportunity to highlight the impact and significance of VAWA as both protections and |
| 0:48.3 | resources for victim survivors of gender-based violence. Thank you so much for listening. |
| 0:56.2 | The Violence Against Women Act, |
| 1:01.6 | VAWA, is a landmark piece of U.S. legislation aimed at addressing and reducing violence against women. Vala was first introduced by then-Senator Joe Biden in 1990 and was signed into law |
| 1:07.5 | by President Bill Clinton in 1994 as part of the Violent Crime, Control, |
| 1:11.7 | and Law Enforcement Act. This groundbreaking legislation was part of the first of its kind |
| 1:16.6 | to specifically draw attention to violence against women as a national crisis, creating new |
| 1:21.2 | opportunities for victims to seek justice and safety. Its history reflects a significant shift |
| 1:26.5 | in how the legal system and government institutions |
| 1:28.9 | treat issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other forms of gender-based |
| 1:33.8 | violence. Prior to VAWA, there was a highly inadequate amount of federal attention geared to |
| 1:39.0 | tackling gender-based violence. Local and state-level response was was inconsistent and victim survivors had very little |
| 1:44.9 | recourse. Calls to action from the feminist and women's rights movements of the 1970s and 80s helped |
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