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Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part (Title IX) of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government .
Starting in 2010, OCR brought a number of successful enforcement actions under Title IX on behalf of students who were subject to harassment or discrimination on the basis of their gender identity, gender expression, or failure to conform to gender stereotypes. [7] Eight of the cases were settled in favor of the students. [7]
EEO Sexual Harassment Sub-committee Pamphlet, University of Wollongong, Australia, 1993. National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, (NCWGE) Title IX at 30: Report card on gender equity. Title IX report card. Washington, D.C.: National Women's Law Center, 1997. Patai, Daphne. Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment and the Future of Feminism.
In a memo to education institutions across the nation, the agency clarified that Title IX, a 1972 law barring discrimination based on sex, will be enforced according to a set of rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The rules govern how complaints of misconduct are investigated and how to settle cases where students present ...
Sexual harassment and sexual violence. How does Title IX apply to sports? ... Some scholars argue that, as a “single-axis law,” Title IX has disproportionately benefited white women, because ...
The order directs the Department of Education, which Trump wants to eliminate, to pursue "enforcement actions" under Title IX, the federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in ...
In the late 1990s, some legal scholars began to advocate for more explicitly including gender harassment in sexual harassment law, but this was a minority view. [22] Existing sexual harassment law frequently does cover some instances of gender harassment, but it is often viewed as less severe than other types of sexual harassment in a legal ...
On Friday, the Biden administration unveiled final Title IX regulations, nearly two years after the administration proposed dramatic changes to how colleges handle sexual assault allegations.The ...