{"id":1055987,"date":"2025-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055987"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:12:43","slug":"dnc-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-the-violence-against-women-act-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-the-violence-against-women-act-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on the Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>On the anniversary of the signing of the Violence Against Women Act, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmerican women are safer from sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence because of the Violence Against Women Act. For over three decades, Democrats have fought to strengthen and expand this critical law \u2014 from closing dangerous loopholes to launching a national plan to end gender-based violence. In 2021, Democrats secured record funding to support survivors and invest in prevention programs across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmid ongoing threats to this progress, Democrats will continue to protect VAWA \u2014 because every survivor deserves safety, support, and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the anniversary of the signing of the Violence Against Women Act, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cAmerican women are safer from sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence because of the Violence Against Women Act. For over three decades, Democrats have fought to strengthen and expand this critical law \u2014 from closing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on the Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-the-violence-against-women-act-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T13:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T14:12:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-the-violence-against-women-act-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-the-violence-against-women-act-2\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on the Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act - 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