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Only days remain for the 112 th Congress to end partisan politics and do something to protect Native women by reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The 112 th Congress will end on January 3, 2013, and Native nations and women’s advocates across the country are urging Congress to act immediately to send a strong VAWA to the President...
Native women in the United States are suffering horrendous rates of domestic and sexual violence—violence considered one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the United States. Recently, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, presented his report on the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States to the UN Human Rights Council in...
On November 15, the World Bank held its first consultation with civil society organizations as part of a two-year process to review and update its social and environmental policies. The Center participated in the consultation to advocate for stronger protections for indigenous peoples and to urge the Bank to ensure that the experiences and recommendations of indigenous peoples are able...
Mohawk councils welcome a deal with New York State to settle a decades long land claim dispute.
COMMENTARY Robert T. Coulter* by Robert T. Coulter* On December 16, 2010, President Barack Obama announced United States support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. With that pronouncement, there is now no country in the world that opposes the rights of indigenous peoples to exist as distinct peoples and to secure their own future. Today, Native...
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January 23, 2013 ACT NOW! Help build support for an inclusive VAWA. Tell Congress to take immediate action to protect Native women and ALL women against domestic violence! The 113th Congress has made reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) a top priority. On Tuesday, identical bills for VAWA were introduced in both chambers of Congress. In the Senate...
February 19, 2013 Indian and Alaska Native Nations Must Get Involved Now The General Assembly of the United Nations will host a World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, September 22-23, 2014, in New York, NY. This will be a conference of all the countries of the UN, with the participation of indigenous peoples and non-governmental organizations as well. The purpose of...
ACT NOW! Help build support for an inclusive VAWA that Protects Native Women and ALL Women Against Domestic Violence! February 7 | Washington, D.C. -- After a day of debate on S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, the Senate repelled a watered-down substitute offered by Senator Grassley (R-IA) that would have gutted its core provisions and stripped out...
ACT NOW! Thank the Champions in the Senate who Passed a VAWA that Protects Native Women and ALL Women Against Violence! Tell the House to Quickly Do the Same! February 12 | Washington, D.C. -- After several days of heated debate, the Senate has passed S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, by a bipartisan vote of 78-22. The...