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Across Indian Country, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) is an important opportunity to listen to and talk with youth and teens about healthy relationships and dating violence. Read More ››

On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, Tribal leaders from across Indian Country and Members of Congress will host “VAWA at 25: Honoring Our Native Women Survivors,” an event to recognize the 25^th  Read More ››

The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HRC), a project of the Futures Without Violence, works to improve health and public health responses to victims of family violence. Read More ››

Today the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (“NIWRC”) files an amicus brief in support of the United States Department of Justice, asking the United States Supreme Court to reverse the  Read More ››

NIWRC, STTARS, and the Los Angeles LGBT Center write this joint statement condemning the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict (Choctaw) following an assault committed while Nex was in a school... Read More ››

Violence against Indigenous women, including domestic violence/intimate partner violence, continues at staggering rates, as is the lack of safe housing for those seeking shelter from abuse. 

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The Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP) consists of two partnering agencies that operate in separate locations. Read More ››

The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) is set to receive future distribution royalties from the feature film Wind River. The Weinstein Company (TWC), although not involved in  Read More ››

On December 12, 2019, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed a package of legislation, S. 2971, inclusive of a bill to reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Read More ››