One out of every three women worldwide will be physically, sexually, or otherwise abused during her lifetime. This is unfair, unjust and a violation of basic human rights.

The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) would make ending gender-based violence a priority for U.S. foreign policy and international assistance. So every girl and woman can enjoy a life free of violence and abuse.

PARTNERS

I-VAWA is supported by a coalition of more than 150 organizations which has been working for more than three years to help pass the legislation. The coalition is co-led by Amnesty International USA, the Family Violence Prevention Fund and Women Thrive Worldwide.

Letter in Support of I-VAWA from Faith-Based Organizations

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• Academy for Educational Development
• Advocates for Youth
• American Bar Association
• American Humanist Association
• American Friends Service Committee
• American Jewish World Service
• Amnesty International USA
• American Refugee Committee
• Asian-American Network Against Abuse of Human Rights
• Basic Education Coalition
• Breakthrough: Bringing Human Rights Home
• CARE
• The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
• Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, University of California, Hastings College of Law
• Center for Victims of Torture
• Citizens for Global Solutions
• Chicago Foundation for Women
• ChildFund International
• Church World Serivce
• Concern America
• Creative Associates International, Inc.
• The Episcopal Church
• Equality Now
• FAIR Fund
• Family Violence Prevention Fund
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• Food for the Hungry
• Freedom House
• General Federation of Women's Clubs
• Global AIDS Alliance
• Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA
• Human Rights Watch
• Interfaith Domestic Violence Coalition
• International Center for Research on Women
• International Justice Mission
• International Medical Corps
• International Rescue Committee
• Intersect Worldwide
• The Jewish Institute Supporting an Abuse Free Environment
• Jewish Women International
• League of Women Voters
• Legal Momentum
• Lutheran World Relief
• Men Can Stop Rape
• Men's Resources International
• The Advocates for Human Rights
• Miss Christian International Pageants
• Miss Christian United States Pageants
• Ms. Foundation
• Mujeres Unidas y Activas
• Muslim Public Affairs Council
• NA' AMAT USA
• National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
• National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
• National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of the United States
• National Network to End Domestic Violence
• Opportunity International
• Pact
• PATH
• Peaceful Families Project
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Plan USA
• Presbyterian Church (USA) Washington Office
• Ramsay Merriam Fund
• Refugees International
• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
• Rocky Mountain Reach and Justice Center
• School Girls Unite
• Second Chance Employment Services
• Tahirih Justice Center
• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
• United Methodist Church, General Board of Church & Society
• US National Committee for UNIFEM
• U.S. Fund for UNICEF
• Vital Voices Global Partnership
• Weidemann Foundation
• The White House Project
• Winrock International
• Women's Refugee Commission
• Women's Division Washington Office of Public Policy, General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church
• Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
• Women for Women International
• World Hope International
• Women's Learning Partnership
• Women Thrive Worldwide (formerly known as the Women's Edge Coalition)
• Youth Activism Project
• Nicholas Danforth, Resident Scholar, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
• Janett Forte, MSW, LCSW, Program Director, Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women's Health