- Economic Opportunity
FUTURES knows that Julie Su is the most qualified and best choice to be our next Secretary of Labor. We urge the Senate to move forward with speedy nominations hearings and confirmation process to confirm Julie Su.
Resources
- Gender-Based Violence
In March, USAID released the Safe from the Start ReVisioned. Futures Without Violence has long advocated for a gender-transformative approach in humanitarian response that promotes women’s leadership, prioritizes support and advocacy for gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and survivor-centered response programming, and shifts funding, influence, and decision-making power to women and girls, in all their diversity, within humanitarian response systems.
- Economic Opportunity
FUTURES has witnessed the limitations of our workforce development system, which impacts the ability of survivors to access and successfully complete job training or education requirements. Survivors of gender-based violence and harassment often face unique barriers to accessing job training, education, and stable employment that our workforce development system fails to adequately address. Read our Workforce Development Recommendations here.
- Emergency Response
The Islamic Republic of Iran is continuing its barrage on human rights, imprisoning and executing protesters, notably the 10 year sentencing of a couple for dancing in the street. Leila Milani, Program Director, Global Policy & Advocacy, details what should be next for those advocating for and fighting with the people of Iran.
- Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Victim Services
Representatives Klobuchar, Dingell, and Fitzpatrick introduce the bipartisan, bicameral Legislation to Strengthen Provisions Closing the Boyfriend Loophole. The evidence is clear: we need to keep firearms out of the hands of those who have a history of domestic violence and stalking. And this lifesaving bill would do just that.
- Children & Youth, Gun Violence
Gun violence has already claimed over 4,000 lives this year – many of them young people. FUTURES’ Tiffany Garner writes, “Gun violence may affect everyone differently, but child after child who I met [as a child counselor] said they were ‘feeling numb’ to the violence they witnessed.” Read Graner’s blog here.
- Emergency Response
The Islamic Republic of Iran is continuing its barrage on human rights, imprisoning and executing protesters, notably the 10 year sentencing of a couple for dancing in the street. Leila Milani, Program Director, Global Policy & Advocacy, details what should be next for those advocating for and fighting with the people of Iran.
- Gender-Based Violence
In December, the U.S. Department of State releases the updated United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally. Futures Without Violence worked hard with partners to heavily influence the strategy to advance equity, support comprehensive approaches to address violence, and strengthen the commitment and work of the U.S. Government.
- Funding
Futures Without Violence and the whole gender-based violence community fought hard to ensure violence prevention programs and strategies were included to be funded in the final legislation passed by the 117th Congress.
- Children and Families, Domestic Violence, Economic Opportunity
CTAP is a working group of national organizations joining together to advance federal policy that prevents and responds to childhood trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
- Domestic Violence, Economic Opportunity
New state guide on employment rights for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking reveals there are few states providing enough and robust workplace protections for survivors of violence.
- Children and Families, Domestic Violence, Economic Opportunity
Advocates for survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, and low-income mothers are deeply concerned that the released proposal that would amend the Child Tax Credit, called the Family Security Act 2.0 (“FAS 2.0”), may do more harm than good, particularly to the most vulnerable mothers and children.
