Tell Congress to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

In some rural communities, Native women face a murder rate that is ten times higher than the national average. Ninety-six percent of violence against Native women is committed by non-Native men, and these cases have gone unprosecuted because tribal courts lacked jurisdiction over these crimes.

Tell Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act and expand protections for Native American women.

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Please support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

Native American women face disproportionately high rates of violence. Most of these violent acts involve non-Indians. Prior to the reauthorization of VAWA in 2013, tribal courts did not have jurisdiction over non-Indians. The Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction returned this jurisdiction, but it offers limited protections.

The Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction is only for domestic violence involving non-Native perpetrators. It does not give tribes jurisdiction over crimes involving sexual assault, stalking, sex trafficking. It also does not protect children who are often victims of domestic violence and abuse.

The Violence Against Women Act must be reauthorized and should expand tribal jurisdiction to include sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, child violence and violence against tribal law enforcement attempting to execute these provisions.

Please support tribal provisions in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Tribes need the jurisdictional authority to protect their people from all forms of violence.

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