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Apr 11, 2022 · All provisions in the reauthorized VAWA are effective October 1, 2022, unless otherwise provided. The 2022 VAWA contains several revised and new definitions for key terms—including domestic violence, economic abuse, technological abuse, and restorative practice—that may be included in your institution’s policies and procedures.
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Title IX requires recipients of federal education funding to evaluate their current policies and practices; adopt and publish a policy against sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and violence; and implement grievance procedures providing for prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee discrimination complaints. The law also ...
Title IX has advanced gender equity in schools since 1972, but much work remains: 1. AAUW’s own research revealed that two-thirds of college students experience sexual harassment. Studies have also found that approximately 26% of all female undergraduate students and nearly 7% of all male undergraduate students have experienced sexual assault. Addi...
The Department of Education expanded Title IX enforcement in 2021 to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and on gender identity—an important step to ensure protections for LGBTQ+ students under Title IX. On June 23, 2022—the 50thanniversary of Title IX—the Department of Education released proposed regulationsthat would restore stude...
Title IX requires that every educational institution that receives federal funding designate at least one employee who is responsible for coordinating the school’s compliance. These Title IX coordinators oversee all complaints of sex discrimination and identify and address any patterns or systemic problems at their schools. Unfortunately, Title IX ...
Since 1968, the Department of Education has administered the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), which collects data on key education and civil rights issues in our nation’s public schools. The CRDC has been improved to shed additional light on the pervasiveness of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and violence, in our schools. AAUW ...
AAUW supports federal legislation that strengthens students’ civil rights protections and Title IX enforcement, including comprehensive training and support for Title IX coordinators. The Gender Equity in Education Act (GEEA)would provide educational entities and Title IX coordinators the resources, training, and technical assistance necessary to e...
All public policy actions take direction from the AAUW Public Policy Priorities, voted on by members every two years. AAUW is a nonpartisan organization—but nonpartisan does not mean “non-political.” Since its first meeting in 1881, AAUW has been a catalyst for change. Together, through our coordinated and strategic advocacy, we’ve enacted invaluab...
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Oct 13, 2016 · Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Drama. R. 1h 47m. By A.O. Scott. Oct. 13, 2016. Though not technically a western, Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women” takes place in a region of broad skies, rocky...
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Oct 14, 2016 · There are several “average days” in Kelly Reichardt ’s sublime “Certain Women,” an adaptation of three short stories by Maile Meloy. Working with the most high-profile cast she has to date, Reichardt delivers a multi-faceted character study, a sketch of intersecting lives in a small Montana town.
Jun 22, 2022 · A half century after its enactment, Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination against women in education, has forced a leveling of the playing field on campus, though advocates say its work is still not done.
Jan 10, 2021 · The U.S. Department of Education has released an internal memorandum from its acting general counsel that stakes out the view that “sex” in Title IX refers only to biological sex, and that...
What does the word cisgender mean? In 2015, the word cisgender was added to the Oxford English Dictionary , defined as “denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity conforms with the gender that corresponds to their biological sex; not transgender.”
