Dear Colleague: When Due Process Matters More Than Equal Rights
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“We are dealing with a system that is innately blaming and shaming women for something that happened to them.”
Teen Voices
Massachusetts School Club Takes Aim at Assaults in Boarding Schools
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Boarding schools don’t have to comply with Title IX regulations that protect students from an unsafe school environment. One student said victims at boarding schools deal with sexual assault “any way they can, but the administration makes that hard when it’s such a taboo subject.”
Teen Voices
Winning Girls Soccer Team Feels Sidelined by Football in Oregon
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While there may be plenty of opportunities for girls to participate in athletics at this Oregon high school, the fan base can’t compare to that of boys football.
Teen Voices
Sex Harassment and Teens: Title IX Moving Into High Schools
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As it switches to high schools, Know Your IX is running workshops aimed at turning victims of sexual harassment into advocates of reform. One student says a stigma of fear and shame surround discussions of the problem.
campus rape
What Stand Will Hillary Take on Campus Rape Law?
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Some safety activists hail CASA, the bipartisan bill currently knocking around the Senate, as a means of curbing campus rape. But others see it as a dangerous threat to the rising and stronger protections of Title IX in this area. Will Clinton’s proposal take sides?
Teen Voices
NCAA Blocks Cheerleading Jump to Sports Status
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Cheerleaders will be showing off their athletic prowess on TV this week but don’t call it a sport. Check with the NCAA, Women’s Sports Foundation, American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators and even some coaches for why not.
Teen Voices
High Schools Clueless about Sex Harassment Rules
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Under Title IX, high schools must have clear definitions of sex harassment but a look at nine schools around Cleveland, Ohio, finds implementation of this and other provisions breaking down.
Abortion
House OKs Peace Corps Abortions; Libyan Activist Slain
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The Republican-controlled House committee approved an extension of abortion coverage to Peace Corp volunteers. Also this week, a human rights activist in Benghazi was assassinated.
Campus safety
Campus ‘SaVE’ Law Does Exact Opposite
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Here is the truckload of reasons why safety activists should be working to stop the Campus Sex Violence Elimination Act from taking effect in March. This law was snuck in under the VAWA authorization, and now it’s time to take a much closer look.
Archdiocese Philadelphia
Teen Wrestler in Philly Pinned by Title IX Clause
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Amanda Leve has run into a problem trying to join her all-male wrestling team at Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia. Title IX still says that a school can keep contact sports single-sex for “intimacy” reasons.