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Women around the world will be watching Capitol Hill today. After multiple postponements, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is again scheduled to vote on the International Violence Against Women Act Tuesday afternoon, deciding the fate of a bill that would lay out a new strategy for U.S. engagement in the global fight to end violence against women. A House version is pending before the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Women will be watching to see if senators will seize this opportunity to partner with them in helping to overcome the epidemic of violence that touches at least one out of every three women around the world.

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