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By Dana Bolger • 8 years ago

Watch: Campus rape costs — and what schools must do about it

Mental healthcare costs. Medical costs. Abortion and child-care costs. Transportation. Housing. Tuition. Lost scholarships. Lost income. The financial repercussions of sexual violence go on and on. UltraViolet has a new PSA out today that highlights these costs for survivors in school. 

Mental healthcare costs. Medical costs. Abortion and child-care costs. Transportation. Housing. Tuition. Lost scholarships. Lost income. The financial repercussions of sexual violence go on and on. UltraViolet has a new PSA out today that highlights these ...
By Dana Bolger • 9 years ago

Over 20 Colleges and Universities Fail to Comply with New Anti-Violence Law

As part of a broader campaign to highlight the reality of dating violence on campus, students and survivors recently took to Twitter to put pressure on their schools to comply with the new Campus SaVE provisions of the Clery Act, passed as part of the 2013 VAWA reauthorization. In addition to older requirements that colleges and universities disclose incidents of sexual assault, the new provisions mandate that schools publicly disclose the number of reports of dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking received each year, beginning with a “good faith effort” this calendar year. Schools were required to publish these reports by October 1st, 2014 but, ...

As part of a broader campaign to highlight the reality of dating violence on campus, students and survivors recently took to Twitter to put pressure on their schools ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Teaching about Ferguson.

Chloe asks: Where are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s women guests?

College guys are worried caring about rape will ruin their sex lives.

Backlash Book Club on the GOP.

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Teaching about Ferguson.

Chloe asks: Where are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s women guests?

College guys are worried caring about rape will ruin their sex lives.

Backlash Book Club on the GOP.

Want to ...
By Suzanna Bobadilla • 9 years ago

New bills to tackle campus sexual violence

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Know Your IX organizer (and Feministing blogger!) Wagatwe Wanjuki speaks at a press conference to introduce the CASAct.

Two bipartisan bills that would empower college students against campus sexual assault were announced this past week in the Senate and House. The Senate’s Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA) and the House’s Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency (HALT) share their focuses on mandating increased support for students on their campuses, increased transparency, and the creation of intermediary fines for schools found violating students’ civil rights. This last provision in particular is a a big ...

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Know Your IX organizer (and Feministing blogger!) Wagatwe Wanjuki ...

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By Alexandra Brodsky • 9 years ago

Here’s why colleges handle sexual violence reports

Editor’s Note: This piece is cross-posted from Know Your IX’s website. Join the campaign here. 

In response to coverage of university mistreatment of sexual assault survivors, many observers have wondered why schools handle these crimes at all: why not just leave it to the police? Here’s the answer in a couple easy bullet points.

Editor’s Note: This piece is cross-posted from Know Your IX’s website. Join the campaign here. 

In response to coverage of university mistreatment of sexual assault survivors, many observers have wondered ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 9 years ago

Here’s how we can give Title IX teeth to combat campus sexual violence

Editor’s Note: This article is cross-posted from The Nation and co-written by Dana Bolger and Alexandra Brodsky, founding co-directors of Know Your IX. Make sure to take action here. 

Last July, members of Know Your IX were busy preparing for our national protest to pressure the Department of Education to hold colleges accountable for how they handle campus sexual assault. As we put the finishing touches on posters and chant sheets, two organizers got to chatting about school administrators. Wagatwe Wanjuki and John Kelly realized that they had both been raped at Tufts University, six years apart. Both had turned to the school for help; in both cases, ...

Editor’s Note: This article is cross-posted from The Nation and co-written by Dana Bolger and Alexandra Brodsky, founding co-directors of Know Your IX. Make sure to take action here. 

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