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Governor Signs Several Bills to Enhance Victim Safety

Madison—Today,Governor Walker signed a number of bills to improve the safety of domestic violence victims and the public at events in Milwaukee, Eau Claire and Madison. Victim advocates hailed the changes.

One bill allows victims of stalking or abuse to change their names confidentially.  Under current law, all name change petitions must be published in the local newspaper as legal notices on three occasions, meaning new names can be easily accessed by stalkers and abusers.

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State Senate Passes Important Victim Bills

Madison--Today, the state Senate passed the Wisconsin Crime Victim Rights Restoration Act and a bill that permits domestic violence and stalking victims to legally change their names confidentially.  Victim advocates praised the both actions.

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State Senate Passes Two Bills to Improve Criminal Justice System for Victims

Madison—Today, the state Senate approved two bills that victim advocates say will make it easier for domestic violence victims to participate in the criminal justice system and hold perpetrators accountable. While advocates praised the Senate’s actions, they also urged passage of important measures to preserve crime victim rights and to prevent inter-state stalking and abuse.

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Domestic Violence Bill Headed to Governor’s Desk

Madison—The state Senate approved a measure Tuesday that will enhance the safety of domestic violence victims in Wisconsin. The bill, Assembly Bill 269, closes loopholes in no-contact conditions that apply at arrest and after conviction.  Senate passage was the last step for the bill before moving to the Governor’s desk.

Victim advocates praised the legislation’s advancement.

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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

Madison—Victim advocates acrossWisconsin are set to ramp up prevention efforts to curb intimate partner violence among young people.  February marks the third-ever Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

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Stalking Awareness Month Sees Advancement of Legislation to Protect Against Inter-state Abuse and Cyberharrassment

 

Madison—Today, a bill to give Wisconsin courts jurisdiction over inter-state stalking, harassment and domestic abuse restraining order cases was favorably voted out of a state Senate committee.  Advocates praised the committee’s action and expressed hope that the full Senate would pass the measure this month, which is Stalking Awareness Month.

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WCADV Receives Allstate Grant to Continue Work of Economically Empowering Survivors

 

Madison—The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) announced its award of a promising grant from the Allstate Foundation.  The Moving Ahead Financial Empowerment Grant will allow WCADV to continue and expand programs across Wisconsin that are designed to reduce the financial insecurity that keeps many victims tied to abusers.

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First-of-its-Kind, National Report Sheds Light on Domestic and Sexual Violence in Wisconsin

Madison—Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2010 Report from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). The report provides insight into the prevalence and characteristics of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence across the country, and in Wisconsin. NISVS shows that 24 people per minute are victims of physical violence, rape or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States.

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Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence Calls for Restoration to Rape Victim Funding

 

Madison—The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) called on state officials to prevent decimating proposed cuts to services for rape survivors, citing the connections between sexual assault and domestic violence.  Today, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault and a bipartisan group of nearly half of Wisconsin state legislators proposed solutions that would stabilize the availability of crisis services and support for rape victims in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Victim Advocates Support Re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act

 

(Madison)—Yesterday, Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Crapo (R-ID) introduced a bipartisan bill to re-authorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).  VAWA is at the heart of the national effort to reduce and eliminate domestic and sexual violence.  Victim advocates in Wisconsin expressed excitement for the bill’s introduction and hope that Congress would act quickly to renew VAWA.

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