As part of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, the White House on Thursday is announcing new efforts to address online harassment and abuse, and to help ease housing issues that many survivors of domestic violence face when they are trying to escape abusers.
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During a hearing on domestic violence in 1990, Biden told the committee that"for too long, we have ignored the right of women to be free from the fear of attack based on their gender. For too long, we have kept silent about the obvious.” Biden is expected to speak on Thursday during a celebration marking the anniversary, where he'll detail ongoing efforts to strengthen the law including the Justice Department is announcing more than $690 million in grant funding, including efforts to serve orders of protection electronically and strategies that seek to address online gender-based violence, a growing problem that law enforcement struggles to combat.
Jen Klein, the White House gender policy adviser, said the measures are meant to keep pushing efforts to help survivors of domestic violence.
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