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31 Violence Against Women Cases
Missouri
Jun 2020
Violence Against Women
Preventing Mass Evictions: Emergency Amicus Briefs in Missouri Eviction Hearings
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Missouri
Jun 2020
Violence Against Women
Preventing Mass Evictions: Emergency Amicus Briefs in Missouri Eviction Hearings
Pennsylvania
Jul 2019
Violence Against Women
E.D. v. Sharkey
On October 30, 2018, the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project, 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Futures Without Violence, Just Detention International, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Tahirih Justice Center, and the Women鈥檚 Law Project submitted an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit supporting an immigrant detainee, E.D., who was fleeing domestic violence and sexual assault in Honduras with her son.
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Pennsylvania
Jul 2019
Violence Against Women
E.D. v. Sharkey
On October 30, 2018, the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project, 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Futures Without Violence, Just Detention International, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Tahirih Justice Center, and the Women鈥檚 Law Project submitted an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit supporting an immigrant detainee, E.D., who was fleeing domestic violence and sexual assault in Honduras with her son.
Court Case
May 2019
Violence Against Women
Boston Housing Authority v. Y.A.
In December of 2018, 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court supporting a domestic violence survivor who asserted the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a defense to her eviction for nonpayment of rent that directly resulted from physical, emotional, and economic abuse. VAWA prohibits covered housing providers, like Boston Housing Authority, from evicting or otherwise discriminating against survivors of domestic violence for reasons caused by their abuse.
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Court Case
May 2019
Violence Against Women
Boston Housing Authority v. Y.A.
In December of 2018, 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court supporting a domestic violence survivor who asserted the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a defense to her eviction for nonpayment of rent that directly resulted from physical, emotional, and economic abuse. VAWA prohibits covered housing providers, like Boston Housing Authority, from evicting or otherwise discriminating against survivors of domestic violence for reasons caused by their abuse.
Court Case
Jan 2019
Violence Against Women
Women's Rights
Grace v. Barr
The 老澳门开奖结果, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas, and the 老澳门开奖结果 of D.C. filed a federal lawsuit in August 2018 challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 gutting of asylum protections for immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality.
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Court Case
Jan 2019
Violence Against Women
Women's Rights
Grace v. Barr
The 老澳门开奖结果, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas, and the 老澳门开奖结果 of D.C. filed a federal lawsuit in August 2018 challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 gutting of asylum protections for immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality.
Court Case
Dec 2018
Violence Against Women
Agan v. Krambeck
In January 2018, WRP and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Iowa filed an amicus brief with the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the National Housing Law Project, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, National Network to End Domestic Violence, and Shriver Center addressing the proper application of Iowa鈥檚 Right to Assistance Law. The law protects people who summon emergency assistance from eviction or other landlord- or city-imposed penalties and preempts local crime nuisance ordinances. It was enacted with the advocacy of the 老澳门开奖结果, Iowa Coalition, and others.
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Court Case
Dec 2018
Violence Against Women
Agan v. Krambeck
In January 2018, WRP and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Iowa filed an amicus brief with the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the National Housing Law Project, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, National Network to End Domestic Violence, and Shriver Center addressing the proper application of Iowa鈥檚 Right to Assistance Law. The law protects people who summon emergency assistance from eviction or other landlord- or city-imposed penalties and preempts local crime nuisance ordinances. It was enacted with the advocacy of the 老澳门开奖结果, Iowa Coalition, and others.