Jarrod Rudd
October 23, 2009
Human Rights groups are urging members of Congress to pass the International Violence Against Women Act. The Act would require a commitment by the U.S. government to address and end violence against women and girls globally. It would fund a five-year program to reduce violence in countries where the problem is most serious. Advocates are urging for this to be passed and be done quickly so that this problem might be resolved or at least reduced in a timely manner. In August, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged more than $17 million to fight sexual violence in Congo. But human rights groups say the United States must do more. They feel that since the United States has the most power they should do the most work. If passed this act would provide funding for assault victims that include health care. The dollars would also provide training for local police in preventing violence against women.
To me this is a great program to implement. Assaults and violence against woman can never be tolerated and I feel that anyone that does it should have severe consequences. The only problem I have is that even the U.S. pledged more than $17 million to fight sexual violence in the Congo; people are saying we should do more. I don’t know if anyone has realized but in the United States we still have homelessness, children starving to death, and violence of our own, I don’t think we can really help everyone else out and then forget about our own. Maybe this should be a collaborative effort between places so that the job can be more effective and less costly to one group.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-23-voa18.cfm
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