WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The Violence Against Women Act helped realize a cultural shift in approaching domestic and sexual violence, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said.
ROME, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Delegates to a Group of Eight conference in Rome on violence against women were urged to spark worldwide outrage against a crime against humanity.
WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- The Obama administration Friday further signaled interest in solving social problems, appointing Lynn Rosenthal its adviser on violence against American women.
ERBIL, Iraq, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Kurdish premier and the first lady of Iraq, Hero Talabani, kicked off a ceremony in Erbil to mark a campaign advocating women's rights.
UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (UPI) -- Leaders at the United Nations called for greater efforts to combat wartime sexual violence against women and girls.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 7 (UPI) -- A U.N. expert on violence against women will travel to Afghanistan to collect facts and recommend ways to eliminate gender discrimination and hostility.
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Wednesday called for the criminalization of "honor violence" -- violence committed against women and girls in the name of honor. Those deliberately participating in or threatening violence against women and girls in the
