Girls on Rights
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and this week the ACLU in conjunction with some of our youth clients and V-Girls, a global network of youth activists and advocates empowering themselves and one another to create the change they imagin...
Categories: Combating Gender-Based Violence in Schools, gender-based violence, rape, sexual assault, Title IX, V-Girls, Your School Your Rights Blog Series 2011 Tags:
Bullying Goes Beyond the Fist
December 6th, 2010, was a day in my life I will never understand, and probably never come to grips with. I thought that a school was the safest place to be — it turned out that I was never more wrong in my life. You see, that was the day I was...
Categories: bullying, Combating Gender-Based Violence in Schools, rape, sexual assault, Title IX, Your School Your Rights Blog Series 2011 Tags:
Sexual Assault in the Peace Corps
This month Congress took an important step to address sexual violence in the Peace Corps. The Kate Puzey Peace Corps Protection Act, named after a volunteer who was murdered while serving in Benin, would require the Peace Corps to provide sexual as...
Categories: Barbara Boxer, Howard Berman, John Isakson, Kate Puzey, Peace Corps, rape, Sam Farr, sexual assault, Ted Poe Tags:
Sexual Assault in the Peace Corps
This month Congress took an important step to address sexual violence in the Peace Corps. The Kate Puzey Peace Corps Protection Act, named after a volunteer who was murdered while serving in Benin, would require the Peace Corps to provide sexual as...
Categories: Barbara Boxer, John Isakson, Kate Puzey, Peace Corps, rape, Sam Farr, sexual assault, Ted Poe Tags: