When I was teaching high school in California five years ago, we took about 90 students on a weekend retreat to address issues of diversity. One night the boys and girls were taken into two separate rooms and asked to list all the negative messages they had ever heard about the opposite sex. After a [...]
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Rape Isn’t a Game
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged diversity, RAINN, rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, video games on June 10, 2009, | 14 Comments »
We Need Male Allies
Posted in NCCWSL, Sexual Harassment, tagged Ben Atherton-Zeman, Byron Hurt, feminism, men, Mentors in Violence Prevention, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, rape, Ritu Sharma, SAAM, sexual assault, sexual assault awareness month, sexual violence, violence against women, Women Thrive Worldwide on April 16, 2009, | 2 Comments »
“Men are essential to feminism and to ending sexual assault. If they weren’t, we’d already have ended it.” — Jerin Alam, president, Hunter Women’s Rights Coalition, Hunter College, New York, during a workshop presentation This week I attended Men Can Stop Rape’s first annual conference, focused on men and women as allies in the primary [...]
“Love Doesn’t Hurt”
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged SAAM, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment, sexual violence, teen dating violence, violence against women on April 15, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
These were Oprah Winfrey’s words of wisdom to singer Rihanna last month. News of alleged physical abuse in her relationship with singer Chris Brown made headlines, leading to increased media attention about sexual assault, domestic violence, and healthy relationships. I find it interesting that usually the media and other groups focus on the symptoms of [...]
New Resources for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Posted in Equity in the News, Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, tagged harassment in the workplace, military, sexual assault, sexual assault awareness month, sexual violence, workplace harassment on April 1, 2009, | 1 Comment »
AAUW is joining advocacy groups and individuals nationwide in recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The first observance of SAAM occurred in 2001, and now each April the National Sexual Violence Resource Center promotes national unity and collective activism among advocacy groups on issues of sexual violence throughout the month, with focuses ranging from prevention [...]
Meet Florence Adong: Ugandan Refugee Camp Protection Officer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Fellowships, Florence Adong, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, ICC, international fellowships, sexual violence, uganda, UNHCR, United Nations on November 21, 2008, | 3 Comments »
In June 2008 the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted into existence a resolution that, according to Marianne Mollmann, women’s rights advocate at Human Rights Watch, sends a message to the international community that “rape is a crime that should be prevented, and when it’s not, it should be systematically reported and effectively prosecuted.” The UNICEF [...]
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