Rasna Ekra Sexual Assault on College Campuses About 27% females have accepted that they had experienced some type of sexual assault on their college campus. Most abuses are not reported because the victims felt ashamed or they thought they would not be taken seriously.
Article on Recent Research What is Title IX? Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. What Title IX says about Sexual Assault? Your school must have an established procedure for handling complaints of sex discrimination, sexual harassment or sexual violence. Every school must have a Title IX Coordinator who manages complaints. The Coordinator’s contact information should be publicly accessible on the school’s website. If you decide to file a complaint, your school must promptly investigate it regardless of whether you report to the police (though a police investigation may very briefly delay the school’s investigation if law enforcement is gathering evidence). A school may not wait for the conclusion of a criminal proceeding and should conclude its own investigation within a semester’s time (the 2011 Office for Civil Rights Title IX guidance proposes 60 days as an appropriate time-frame). The school should use a “preponderance of the evidence” standard to determine the outcome of a complaint, meaning discipline should result if it is more likely than not that discrimination, harassment and/or violence occurred. The final decision should be provided to you and the accused in writing. Both of you have the right to appeal the decision. Your school must take immediate action to ensure a victim can continue their education free of ongoing sex discrimination, sexual harassment or sexual violence. Along with issuing a no contact directive to the accused, a schools must ensure that any reasonable changes to your housing, class or sports schedule, campus job, or extracurricular activity and clubs are made to ensure you can continue your education free from ongoing sex discrimination, sexual harassment or sexual violence. These arrangements can occur before a formal complaint, investigation, hearing, or final decision is made regarding your complaint. It also can continue after the entire process since you have a right to an education free of sex-based discrimination, harassment or violence. Additionally, these accommodations should not overburden complainant-victims or limit your educational opportunities; instead, schools can require the accused to likewise change some school activities or classes to ensure there is not ongoing hostile educational environment. Office of Civil Rights Investigation The Department's Office of Civil Rights says it tries to resolve complaints that schools violated Title IX, the federal law that bans educational discrimination on the basis of gender, within 180 days. In 2014, however, the OCR took an average of 1,469 days, the length of a typical undergraduate career, to resolve sexual violence investigations. The number of campus sexual violence complaints the OCR received grew by more than 1,000 percent in five years. More than 100 schools are on an ever-growing list of institutions under investigation for failing to meet Title IX standards for sexual assault investigations. Because of the investigations, schools on the list are stuck with the stigma of a government investigation, unable to be cleared or implement recommendations for improvement in a timely way. The delays also make individual cases harder to investigate, as memories of alleged incidents fade and students implicated in cases graduate and move away. Abortion LawsRasna Ekra
Abortion Laws (Planned Parenthood) Abortion has been a topic of heated discussion in this presidential election. Where most of the democratic candidates defend Planned Parenthood, the republicans want to defund the program. This raises a big question on women’s rights, do they have the right to decide for their body and health? Most republican candidates wants to make abortion illegal unless it is the matter of life or death for a woman. Well, what about the women that is raped and gets pregnant, will the law still force her to give birth to a child? The important question is would she be in a mental state for motherhood? If a woman is not ready to be a mother, would it be a fair to her child? If Planned Parenthood is defund, people will go to private clinics to have abortion, which will cost the government more money through the medical insurance than if they invest in planned parenthood. Influence of Religious Beliefs Some Republican candidates have put their faith front and center like Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum all speak about how their religion has shaped their character and their choice to run for president. Other Republican candidates speak less personally about their religious practice, but still prominently include on their websites religion-linked issues such as restrictions on abortion; cutting funding for Planned Parenthood; and allowing businesses and individuals to opt out of providing services for abortion, contraception or gay marriage. Jeb Bush, Donald Trump and Chris Christie have no religion-related positions listed prominently on the issues sections of their websites, but they also support the banishment of planned parenthood. Comments are closed.
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