Hey GOP – We’re Not Fooled!
Even as conservatives tone down their anti-woman rhetoric to the public, their harmful policy positions stay in place.
issue: Stopping Violence Against Women
Rape Settlement at Occidental College: Victims Barred from Campus Activism
Jon Wiener writes for The Nation: “Occidental College, the Los Angeles school where thirty-seven students and alumni filed a federal complaint last spring about rape on campus, has quietly settled with at least ten of the complainants. Under the settleme…
Naval Academy case exposes a backward America
Petula Dvorak writes for The Washington Post (TRIGGER WARNING): “You know how you can get all wrapped up in a good summer novel and have to remind yourself where you are when you put it down?
Well, America has made it pretty hard this past week to rem…
Could Cups and Straws Prevent Date Rape?
Natasha Turner writes for Ms. Blog: “The company DrinkSavvy is trying to change these statistics. By developing cups, glasses and straws that change color at the detection of invisible drugs, it hopes to make bars and clubs a safe space for all.”
Factsheet on CEDAW
In the U.S. and around the globe, women continue to be targets of sexual and domestic violence. Women are discriminated against in the workplace, and disproportionately suffer from poverty, less access to health care, less access to a livable wage, and barriers to higher education.