Alors que les premières condamnations pour "outrage sexiste" sont tombées, la ministre de la Justice précise dans une circulaire les contours de la nouvelle infraction prévue par la loi du 3 août 2018. Plus...
Colleges change sexual assault practices after survey
By Andy Tsubasa Field, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Three years ago a survey on campus sexual assault drew national attention over its finding that one in four female college student respondents said they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, either by force or after being incapacitated by substances like drugs or alcohol. More...Universities making campuses safer after 47 rapes in 2017
By Edwin Naidu. South African universities are taking steps to make campuses safer for female students, after Higher Education and Training Minister Naledi Pandor named the higher education institutions at which incidents of rape or sexual assault had occurred in 2017. More...Les bonnes pratiques pour prévenir le harcèlement sexuel et le sexisme au travail
Par Christine Naschberger. La fin d’année 2017 a été marquée par le scandale Harvey Weinstein et la déferlante #MeToo, montrant au monde la proportion inimaginable de femmes victimes d’agressions sexuelles ou même de viols. Plus...
Kavanaugh-Ford hearing faced dilemmas familiar on campus
By Sarah Brown, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The extraordinary United States Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday involving Christine Blasey Ford and Brett M Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, was an all-day airing of distant memories, teenage parties, trauma, and the long-term effects of sexual assault. More...Colleges, buffeted by courts and Washington, navigate sexual assault
Colleges and universities are wrestling with a rise in sexual-assault claims, lawsuits brought by those accused of assault and conflicting directions from courts and the federal government on how to handle them. More...
Technology offers LMU students private way to report sexual assault
At Loyola Marymount University, students are getting a new way to report sexual assault, in a way that gives them as much privacy as possible. More...
N.J. lawmakers sponsor bills intended to address campus sexual assault
Hoping to prompt colleges and universities to take more action against sexual assault, state legislators are considering a bill that would fine the institutions for not doing enough. More...
Court backs suspension of Valencia College student in sexual harassment case
Amid a national debate about how colleges and universities should handle allegations of sexual misconduct, a federal appeals court Thursday upheld a decision by Valencia College to suspend a student for a year after he was accused of sexual harassing another student. More...
Why assault cases use low standards of evidence
The controversy of Title IX and college sexual assault proceedings is based on a sort of balancing act: Colleges and universities need to support and protect survivors of assault, but not to the point where it infringes on due process. More...