Whereas violence against women, and particularly domestic violence, around the world is a violation of human rights and an issue of public health; Whereas the World Health Organization has estimated that about 1 in 3 women worldwide has experienced either physical or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence; Whereas the World Health Organization has estimated that almost one-third, 30 percent, of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their intimate partner in their lifetime; Whereas according to the World Health Organization, as many as 38 percent of murders of women globally are committed by a male intimate partner; Whereas according to a United Nations Global Study on Homicide, of all female victims of homicide around the world in 2012, half were estimated to have been killed by intimate partners or family members; Whereas the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued a report in July of 2014 titled, “Children on the Run,” detailing the violence faced in home countries by children who flee to the United States; Whereas the UNHCR report includes many testimonials of those impacted by gang violence in Central America, including Kevin, a 17-year-old boy from Honduras, who recounted My grandmother … told me: If you don’t join, the gang will shoot you. If you do join, the rival gang will shoot you—or the cops will shoot you. But if you leave, no one will shoot you. ; Whereas Attorney General Sessions, on June 11, 2018, issued a decision in Matter of A-B- overturning the Board of Immigration Appeals decision in Matter of A-R-C-G- ; Whereas Attorney General Sessions’ decision seeks to declare domestic violence and gang violence as invalid grounds for seeking asylum; Whereas Attorney General Sessions’ decision will condemn thousands of domestic violence victims to removal to dangerous situations where they are at significant risk of losing their lives