Arts & Culture
Pediatricians Support Plan B; Mexican Mayor Killed
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Credit: VixyView on Flickr, under Creative Commons 2.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
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Angola
Schools Just Don’t Have ‘Zero’ Sex Harassment
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Penn State has raised the national volume on school silence about sex harassment. But the AAUW’s Linda Hallman says many administrators still seem clueless about their legal responsibility to protect under Title IX.
Crime & Law
DSK Has Credibility Problems Too; Let Jury Decide
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Win or lose, Wendy Murphy says justice demands that a jury consider a hotel worker’s charges of sex assault against Strauss Khan and that Manhattan District Attoney Vance finish what he started.
Crime & Law
Time to Count Street Harassment as Hostile Acts
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The community around fighting street harassment is growing stronger and has pointed to its pervasiveness. K.C. Wagner and Emily May say more research is needed to lay the groundwork necessary to end this type of harassment.
Arts & Culture
Schoolgirls Can Find Protection in Title IX
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In this intro from “Hey, Shorty!” Joanne Smith recalls how the rape of an 8-year-old catalyzed the co-authors’ work to end violence against girls in public schools. The book offers a manual on applying Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in education.
Egypt
Egypt Puts Tougher Sex-Harassment Law on Agenda
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Egypt’s parliament is expected to pass new sexual harassment legislation this year after two high-profile court cases and two studies in 2008 shined a spotlight on the problem.
Commentary
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Court Groping Case Revives Jr. High Memories
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Few reporters showed up for the Supreme Court’s hearing of a sexual harassment case involving a kindergartner. But Allison Stevens sat in the front row, finding the case a reminder of harassment.
Crime & Law
Stalking Case Could Expand Harassment Protections
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A case linking gender violence and workplace stalking is under Supreme Court review and could determine if stalking by a non-employee qualifies as sexual harassment. Advocates say the case also highlights a lack of protection for victims.
Crime & Law
Bhutto Protegee Tackles Sex Harassment in Pakistan
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A second-term member of the Sindh provincial assembly is pushing Pakistan’s first effort to outlaw sexual harassment in the workplace. Two years ago her draft bill fizzled, but this time she thinks it could become law within a month.