- Children & Youth, Gender-Based Violence, Girls
A call for urgent action, fueled by persistent hope and driven by the power of girls’ voices and vision for the future.
Resources
- Domestic Violence, Economic Opportunity
Gender-based violence is prevalent in the United States and it often has direct consequences fort survivors’ economic security. When survivors are not economically secure, it hurts their ability to recover, provide for their families, and find safety and independence. The SAFE for Survivors Act will take critical steps to ensure economic security for survivors of gender-based violence because no survivor should have to choose between their safety and their paycheck, job, or ability to support their family.
- Children & Youth, Coaching Boys Into Men, Sports for Development
As the world prepares for the dire impacts of climate change, we need proven models that protect girls.
- Children & Youth, Coaching Boys Into Men, Sports for Development
As the world prepares for the dire impacts of climate change, we need proven models that protect girls.
- Economic Opportunity, Funding
Paid Safe leave is a ground-breaking policy that allows survivors to take paid time away from work to heal, recover, and seek safety for themselves and their families. As a member of the Safe Leave Working Group, FUTURES and partners released “The Need for Paid Safe Leave & Model Legislative Language.” Read here.
- Children & Youth, Coaching Boys Into Men, Sports for Development
As the world prepares for the dire impacts of climate change, we need proven models that protect girls.
- Economic Opportunity, Funding
President Biden released his budget on March 11 officially launching the process for Fiscal Year ‘25 appropriations. While it provides an important insight into the priorities of the White House and includes new initiatives that reflect his commitment to preventing violence and abuse, Congress has also agreed to constrain overall spending. We break down in this blog what the budget means in terms of violence prevention.
- Economic Opportunity, Funding
Strengthening families through economic support is smart and good public policy! When parents can meet their children’s basic needs and provide food, shelter, and medical care, while also maintaining financial security through emergencies, children are better off.
- Emergency Response, Gender-Based Violence
Recent headlines have reported on the issue of sexual violence during war time. FUTURES condemns all forms of violence against women and girls, everywhere.
- Children & Youth, Children and Families, Immigrant Survivors
Kids should not be separated from their families. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Protection of Kids in Detention (PROKID) Act, which would improve and enforce transparency, protection, and accountability for all immigrant children in government custody. The PROKID Act would ensure that the rights afforded to children by the Flores Settlement Agreement, the 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), and other relevant statutes and standards are properly enforced.
- Funding, Gender-Based Violence
Read here our funding requests that advocate for important programs and initiatives within the President’s Budget and appropriations that help reduce and prevent violence against women, girls and children globally.
- Children & Youth, Gender-Based Violence
Every seven minutes a child dies as a result of violence and half of all children globally (1 billion) are victims of violence each year. The Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act (SEEVAC) will update and strengthen existing U.S. Government efforts to end violence against children, improve interagency coordination in addressing violence, and promote the use of evidence-based strategies and information gathering capabilities.
