Lynn Rosenthal, Violence Against Women, and Obama

Did you know this is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, by Obama's proclamation?

From Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women:

Last Friday, President Obama signed the proclamation of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Here at the White House, we’ve already started commemorating this important month, recognizing the remarkable work being done to address domestic violence and the distance we still must travel to end it.

On September 22, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden opened their home for a night dedicated to ending violence against women. It was a night to mark the 16th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and to recommit ourselves to ending sexual and domestic violence. The event brought together groups from national organizations as well as groups of college students working on this issue on their campuses. Many students had the great opportunity to speak with the Vice President and Dr. Biden about what was going on in their lives and the lives of young people across the country.

...We have come a long way since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act and there is no better time to renew our pledge to stand up to those attitudes and end violence against women.

Throughout the month of October we will be updating the White House blog and Facebook page with regular updates on violence against women, so please stay tuned!

The Obama adminstration's policy on women is a disaster, at least from a global citizen's perspective.

Danielle Avel writes an article detailing the inadequacies of Obama's policy and the administration's inexcusable silence when it comes to violence against women, "Sanctioning Violence with Silence: The Obama Administration's Policy on Women."

Does the Obama administration really care about the plight of women?