Data Points: The 30th Anniversary of The Violence Against Women Act (featuring Lenora Claire)

Something Was Wrong

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True Crime, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Resources:

National Domestic Violence Awareness Hotline:

https://www.thehotline.org/

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/

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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0:00.0	Wonderly Plus subscribers can listen to Something Was Wrong early and ad-free right now.
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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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