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AAUW in the News

Posted in 2011 AAUW Convention, AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2011, | 2 Comments »

The excitement from the 2011 AAUW National Convention hasn’t died down just yet. The office is still all abuzz, especially after Monday’s disappointing Supreme Court decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. But even when we face letdowns, we make waves by simply being in the fight. I want to draw attention to something most people overlook [...]

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Happy Birthday, Title IX!

Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Today, June 23, marks the 39th anniversary of the signing of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the federal statute prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. This short provision, which is only one sentence long, has had a dramatic effect on all areas of education, opening [...]

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Feds Reveal New Title IX Compliance Test

Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , on June 15, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

At the May meeting of the NCAA Gender Equity Forum, sports officials from across the country gathered to discuss how their schools comply with Title IX, which requires that institutions receiving federal money offer equitable athletic opportunities to male and female students. At that meeting, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights unveiled [...]

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Commission Holds Bullying and Harassment Hearing

Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 26, 2011, | 3 Comments »

On Friday, May 13, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response, a daylong public hearing. Participants looked at bullying and other types of violence in which students are targeted due to their race, national origin, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or perceived orientation. AAUW is pleased that [...]

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Title IX Wrestling Case Goes to Trial

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , on May 24, 2011, | 2 Comments »

  Yesterday marked the first day of a three-week trial for the AAUW-supported lawsuit Mansourian v. Regents of the University of California. In this case, Arezou Mansourian, Lauren Mancuso, Nancy Chiang, and Christine Ng — former students at the University of California, Davis, and former members of the university’s wrestling team — alleged sex discrimination [...]

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Cheering for Your Rapist?

Posted in Educational Programs, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 19, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

As an expatriate Texan, I can’t tell you how angry I am at what’s happening in Silsbee, Texas. In short, the school district kicked a high school cheerleader off the cheerleading team when she refused to cheer for the football player who is accused of raping her. When she and her family sued the school [...]

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Federal Court Rules on AAUW-Supported Sexual Harassment Case

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , on May 12, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Recently, the Fourth Circuit federal court ruled in favor of Lynette Harris, an electrician with the city of Baltimore, who had sued the city for sexual harassment and discrimination after being subjected to a hostile work environment with sexually explicit pictures and offensive language. Harris was also repeatedly passed over for promotion. AAUW signed an [...]

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Title IX Protects Students from Sexual Violence, Too

Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Last week, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a “Dear Colleague” letter to the nation’s schools, colleges, and universities clarifying that sexual harassment of students, including acts of sexual violence, are prohibited under Title IX. Although commonly associated with athletics, Title IX forbids all sex discrimination in educational programs or activities [...]

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Not Just Yale: The Wake-up Call Our Schools Need

Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 5, 2011, | 1 Comment »

The media has turned to AAUW’s top public policy adviser, Lisa Maatz, for perspective into a sexual misconduct complaint at Yale University, a story that has dominated the news cycle in these first days of April. The allegations portray the Ivy League school as having a “hostile sexual environment.” The complaint filed by both men [...]

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Voucher Scheme Spells Bad News for Students

Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Voter Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 30, 2011, | 1 Comment »

It’s a sad day for D.C. and for public education all across the country. Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed a bill to continue the controversial D.C. school voucher scheme. This spells bad news for students in D.C., as study after study has proven that vouchers don’t work for students. In 2010, the U.S. [...]

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