Biden to announce new efforts to curb gender-based violence
President Joe Biden on Thursday will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act by announcing new efforts to curb gender-based violence, senior administration officials said.
President Joe Biden on Thursday will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act by announcing new efforts to curb gender-based violence, senior administration officials said.
Biden will address survivors, advocates and allies on the South Lawn at an event commemorating the law, senior administration officials said on a call with reporters.
Jennifer Klein, a Biden aide and director of the White House's Gender Policy Council, which Biden established in 2021 to advance gender equality, said the Justice Department will announce a series of efforts to support survivors of gender-based violence, including $690 million in grant funding for this year, and plans for a new national resource center to tackle cyber crimes.
The resource center will be aimed at helping law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and victim services groups tackle cybercrimes against people, including cyber stalking and the sharing of intimate images without consent, Klein said.
The Justice Department also plans to bolster federal funding for state and local law enforcement agencies, said Klein, who said it will expand funding opportunities to strengthen programs that remove firearms from people who face misdemeanor convictions for domestic abuse or are subject to protective orders.
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