Diane Stewart, director of the Office on Violence Against Women for the Department of Justice, elaborates on the value of the Violence Against Women Act at a hearing to discuss the Act’s reauthorization.
Stewart cites the success of VAWA in the past as reason for its renewal. She cites over 120,000 services provided to 50,000 victims of domestic violence under just one VAWA grant. (:34)
July 19, 2005
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