Gender-Based Violence and Preventing Gun Violence GOTV 2022
This one pager explores how women and women of color are threated by gun violence and highlights relevant legislative actions and priorities headed into the 2022 Midterm Election.
National Taskforce to End Sexual and Domestic Violence 2021 Budget Bill Amendments
YWCA USA joined the National Taskforce to End Sexual and Domestic Violence letter urging Congress to vote against amendments Blackburn #141, Fischer #151, Grassley #342, Tillis #174, Marshall #20, Young #54, and Tillis #175, and to affirm the intent and spirit of VAWA by supporting vulnerable survivors in immigrant communities.
Victims of Crime Act Grants Face Dangerous Funding Cuts
YWCA USA joined this letter calling on Congress to take immediate action to prevent expected catastrophic cuts to Victims of Crime Act (“VOCA”) grants which is a primary source of federal funding for thousands of victim service providers across the nation, including programs serving victims of gender-based violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, trafficking, and drunk driving.
YWCA USA CEO's Statement on the Healthy Families Act
YWCA USA CEO, Alejandra Y. Castillo, on the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1784) to emphasize the need for a national paid sick days standard, particularly for working women of color as well as survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
YWCA USA CEO's Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment
YWCA USA CEO, Alejandra Y. Castillo, submits a statement advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment as it would help improve the lives of survivors of domestic and sexual violence around the country by giving Congress the constitutional basis to pass laws that give women victimized by gender-based violence recourse in the courts and providing a constitutional basis for claims of gender-based violence.