Synopsis: Courtesy of Principal Deputy Director Bea Hanson of the Office on Violence Against Women "The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) was thrilled to participate in the United State of Women Summit [external link] on June 14, 2016. Over 5,000 people traveled to Washington, D.C., from all across the country and around the world; many thousands more attended via livestream, which you can watch on the Summit’s website [external link]. The White House Council on Women and Girls coordinated the event to both celebrate the progress that’s been made over the past seven and a half years and to galvanize action for the work that still lies ahead.“Together we are all stronger” was a theme wov
Synopsis: The Pilot Project period (February, 2014 through March 6, 2015), authorized by VAWA 2013, enabled Indian tribes who received prior approval from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) on an accelerated basis. All five of the approved pilot project tribes participated along with 40 other tribes in an Inter-Tribal Technical- Assistance Working Group on SDVCJ Intertribal Working Group (ITWG), which is composed of tribes who expressed preliminary interest in exploring implementation of SDVCJ to DOJ and agreed to work peer-to-peer to answer questions about implementation of SDVCJ and develop best practices. This