Womens Policy

p VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

Introduction

It is an established fact that the extent to which human societies are developed today , there are very rare examples of such developments in past . Now there is more awareness about the rights of every segment of the society , including the women - the most neglected segment in past Violence against the women has always been a common menace for many societies . In various period of history , numerous actions have been taken to overcome this issue . One of those measures is to protect the women against

violence through legal reforms . This summarizes the issues with the existing VAWA (Violence against Women Act

About VAWA

Violence against Women Act is the federal law of United States which is aimed to protect the women against violence . It is not just a policy document rather it has variety of measures related to women abuse , like persecution of the abuser , support of victim etc . With the help of various organizations , Senator John Biden drafted it . It was passed in 1994 and It was re-authorized in 2000 and then again in 2005

Problems with VAWA

Despite a great amount of efforts in its drafting , there are several issues with this act as well . These issues are as follows

The first issue is that VAWA has no significant measures to curb the abuse by intimate partner . According to the Bureau of Justice Statistical Report , 40-50 of the women are physically injured , when assaulted by their intimate partner and this accounts for around 200 ,000 visits in the hospital 's emergency rooms , each year

Secondly , it is also often argued that aggressive persuasion policy would place women at greater risk . These laws are defined very broad thus there are rare chances to get the real victim protected , as abuser can manipulate many clauses of the law . The law requires the cops to arrest the alleged abuser even if no signs of abuse are there or the women do not want the abuser to be jailed . This clause prevents the women to report with the fear of future violence on the other hand , it may also be misused by women to settle their petty issues with their partners

It has also been observed that Policies for treatment of offenders no-drop prosecution , and restraining s do not appear to be effective . These laws are often termed by various segments of society especially males as discriminatory against males and various states have implemented it in their own way . In doing so , they have restricted various rights which are usually considered as civil liberty . It is also said in the criticism of this law that female specific treatment for female abusers is almost non-existent . Moreover , the victim houses shelters which are supposed to be provided for female abusers , do not meet the required standards . It is also criticized about VAWA that it in conjunction with the broadened definition of child abuse , provides for a system that removes children from their homes . Above all , an allegation of...