1) The VAWA law was enacted in response to research conducted internationally that found, amongst other things that:
"Between 17 per cent and 38 per cent of women have suffered physical assaults by a partner."
Which body conducted that research, and how many nations was it conducted in?
2) Following concerns of gender bias in VAWA, the US enacted an anti discrimination clause which stated that the VAWA was equally applicable, in terms of both funding and legal protection to crimes of domestic violence committed against men.
In what year was this amendment passed?
3) Since the enactment of VAWA, there has been a significant reduction in both domestic violence and fatalities caused by spousal abuse in the US.
How much has the rate of domestic violence perpetrated against women been reduced in the US since VAWA was enacted?
You may find the following sites useful in answering these questions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_Against_Women_Act
http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1772e.htm
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2000pres/20000612.html
1) WHO.
Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Peru, Namibia, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand and the United Republic of Tanzania.
2) 2000
3) 21%
I didn’t use your links so my answers may be different than yours.
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Women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall.
5 year old boys in the USA are twice as likely than girls to be murdered .
Men are one fifth as likely as women to be acquitted of the same crime.
Men are 16% more likely to be imprisoned for the same crime.
Men receive prison sentences almost three times as long as women for the same crime.
Men are half as likely as women to use a knife or to contract to kill their spouse.
Men are one seventh as likely as women to kill their children.
The increase in the male suicide rate killed an additional 573,307 men.
The increase in the male murder rate killed an additional 475,000 men.
One third of men in prison for rape don’t even match the DNA evidence found at the "crime scene".
Men are 5 times more likely to be murdered or commit suicide than women.
Men constitute 96% of workplace fatalities, have a 7 year shorter life expectancy than women
They deserve more than a footnote in a major law, IMO.