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Title IX Title IX Equity Project

PR: Widespread Sex Discrimination Found in College Scholarship Programs

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Widespread Sex Discrimination Found in College Scholarship Programs WASHINGTON / May 20, 2019 – An analysis of sex-specific scholarships at 115 of the nation’s largest universities reveals widespread sex discrimination policies. Among 1,161 sex-specific scholarships, 91.6% were reserved for female students, with only 8.4% designated for

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Victim-Centered Investigations

Don’t let the Facebook censors ‘disapprove’ our campaign for justice

SAVE May 17, 2019 One of the ways we promote our campaign to end “victim-centered” investigations is to place Facebook ads. We’ve been doing this since March when we first started the Change.org petition to end these biased methods. You can see the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/congress-stop-sham-believe-the-victim-investigations Four days ago, Facebook approved an ad promoting this

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Campus Due Process E-lert

Has Donna Shalala ever heard of the Constitution?

SAVE May 16, 2019 This past Monday, Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) appeared at the Education Summit that billed itself as “giving every child an equal chance to succeed.” http://educationsummit2019.theatlantic.com/ But instead of talking about a balanced approach that respects the rights of both complainants and the accused, she only found fault with the proposed Title

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Campus Due Process

Rep. Shalala Tells Colleges Not To Change

Scott Greenfield May 15, 2019 When dreaded Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos withdrew the “Dear Colleague Letter” and its ensuing “guidance,” then issued new regs which were put through the rigors of Notice and Comment as required by law, heads exploded. Providing the accused with minimal due process on campus was tantamount to giving rapists

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Uncategorized

The problem with victim-centred justice

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/05/03/the-problem-with-victim-centred-justice/ The problem with victim-centred justice Rape cases must be investigated properly for justice to be done. The police in England and Wales have sparked controversy by rolling out new consent forms asking complainants to give them access to their data – emails, texts, photos etc – for use in prosecution. While the police

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Uncategorized

In Too Many Sexual Assault Cases Colleges Lack A Basic Understanding Of Fair Process

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2019/03/27/in-too-many-sexual-assault-cases-colleges-lack-a-basic-understanding-of-fair-process?fbclid=IwAR0Yeo2dS16WFpheVKP44lMFrKwAgYgxW39IWV6fLq1XRrwF8EmQc6efIXg#56ae41ee68d9 Mar 27, 2019, 05:22pm In Too Many Sexual Assault Cases Colleges Lack A Basic Understanding Of Fair Process Evan Gerstmann Contributor I am a professor and publish on constitutional and educational issues. Colleges must remember to wait until the facts are in before making judgments in sexual assault cases. People disagree over

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Sexual Assault Trauma Informed

Trauma Informed Investigations Stole My Son’s Future

By A. Pebble* May 3, 2019 If you’d have asked me before my son was accused of sexual misconduct, I would have said that trauma-informed investigations were a good idea. Living through the ’90s as a female college student, then as a woman motivated to be successful in a male-dominated field, sexual harassment, inequality, and

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Violence Against Women Act

I Survived Domestic Violence. Here’s Why I’m Voting ‘No’ on Violence Against Women Act.

Debbie Lesko April 3, 2019 Congresswoman Debbie Lesko represents Arizona’s 8th congressional district. I’m Arizona Congresswoman Debbie Lesko. I’m a survivor of domestic violence from my ex-husband, who I left over 25 years ago. I am voting ‘no’ on the Democrats’ version of the Violence Against Women Act because it is a radical bill that

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Domestic Violence Violence Against Women Act

Everything You’ve Heard About Domestic Violence is One-Sided, Misleading, or Completely False

SAVE April 30, 2019 Certain groups in our society like to create a narrative and then run with that narrative, regardless of the facts of the issue. Domestic violence is perfect example of this phenomenon. Practically everything you’ve heard about domestic violence over the past 20 years is one-sided, misleading, or simply false. Here are

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Violence Against Women Act

Growing Consensus that VAWA’s Criminal Justice Approach Isn’t Working

April 25, 2019 For years, the focus of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has been ramping up the criminal justice response — more restraining orders, more arrests, more prosecutors, more incarcerations. But this approach does not address the underlying causes of domestic violence: alcohol abuse, marital discord, and childhood emotional trauma. SAVE has published