DNC recognizes Biden's Violence Against Women act as its renewal stalls in Senate

Former Vice President Joe Biden.
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The Democratic National Convention's third night featured plenty of women speakers and a focus on women's rights ahead of its nomination of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as its vice presidential candidate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was among them, pointing out what she called President Trump's "disrespect for women" along the way.

A powerful section on domestic violence and sexual assault followed, highlighting the Violence Against Women Act that Biden authored in 1994 and It's on Us, his college program aimed at combating sexual assault.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.