GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEUNITED STATES OF AMERICAMEASURES
United States of America
Region: Americas / Population: 336,998M / Female Population: 170,056M
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Start Year End Year Measure Title Type of Measure Form of Violence
1789 Amendment XIII Section 1 of the Constitution Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision Violence against women and girls
1994 National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women Institutional mechanisms Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence; Violence against women and girls
1995 Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Female genital mutilation
1995 Office on Violence Against Women Institutional mechanisms Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence; Stalking
1996 US Code (FGM) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Female genital mutilation
2000 Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Institutional mechanisms Trafficking
2000 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2003 Amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (2003) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Violence against women and girls
2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Sexual violence
2003 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2005 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2009 First White House Advisor on Violence against Women Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2010 10th Trafficking in Persons Report Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data Trafficking
2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey Violence against women and girls
2010 Trafficking in Persons Report Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data Trafficking
2011 Tribal Law and Order Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Violence against women and girls
2011 1 is 2 Many Campaign to Prevent Teen Dating Violence Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Violence against women and girls
2011 Education, Training and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities Prevention > Education > Formal education Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence; Violence against women and girls
2011 Engaging Men Program Prevention > Working with men and boys Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence; Stalking; Violence against women and girls
2011 National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Sexual violence; Trafficking; Violence against women and girls
2011 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence; Stalking
2011 STOP (Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors) Program Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Violence against women and girls
2011 The First-Ever Violence Against Young Women Cabinet Meeting Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2011 Trafficking in Persons Report Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data Trafficking
2012 Federal Working Group on HIV AIDS Violence Against Women and Gender-Related Health Disparities Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2012 Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Domestic Violence Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2012 Modernization of Definitions of Rape Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Justice Sexual violence
2012 National Former Prisoner Survey Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data Sexual violence
2012 Presidents Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Institutional mechanisms Trafficking
2012 Rule to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Prison Rape Services > Police > Protocols and guidelines Sexual violence
2012 Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women Sexual violence; Violence against women and girls
2013 Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Budgets > Government allocation Violence against women and girls
2013 Government Spending to End Violence Against Women Budgets > Government allocation Violence against women and girls
2013 Section 1088 of the One Hundred Twelth Congress of the United States of America (Transport for Female Genital Mutilation) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Female genital mutilation
2013 The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Violence against women and girls
2013 Updated National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations Adult Adolescent Services > Justice > Protocols and guidelines Sexual violence
2014 “It’s On Us” Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Sexual violence
2014 White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault Institutional mechanisms Sexual violence
Encouraging the Development of Comprehensive Sexual Assault Prevention Curriculum at Schools Prevention > Education > Formal education Sexual violence
National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Institutional mechanisms Sexual violence
Preventing Violence against Women and Children on Tribal Lands Laws > Violence against women > Regulations Violence against women and girls
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