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Today at Ms. | December 5, 2023
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A demonstration outside of lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret on Feb. 14, 2020, in New York City, in response to allegations against the company by women claiming a culture of misogyny and sexual harassment persists at the global brand. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images) |
BY WENDY J. FOX | Six years after #MeToo went viral, significant state legislation has gone into law, with 25 states plus D.C. passing over 80 anti-harassment bills. Bipartisan action from the federal government led to President Biden signing both the Speak Out Act, to address predatory nondisclosure agreements; and the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Harassment Act, to restore the ability of workers to take their employers to court—both in 2022.
This legislative progress is welcome, but there is more work to be done. It is laudable that 25 five states have enacted additional protection for workers against abusive NDAs and offer added legal shields when it comes to sexual harassment beyond federal statutes. But that leaves 25 states that have not. (Click here to read more) |
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A Title IX rally at Lafayette Park near the White House on December 5, 2023. Activists and students called on President Joe Biden to finalize a new Title IX rule to help protect victims of sexual assault and LGBTQIA+ students on college campuses. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) |
BY ORION RUMMLER | Democrats in Congress, students and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are growing frustrated with the Biden administration’s slow pace to finalize proposed updates to Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination in schools. More than 60 House Democrats sent a recent letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, calling on the agency to act.
“So for the last three years, and now fourth school year, student survivors have fewer rights. Now it’s getting close to 2024 and we don’t know when a final rule will come out. So students are frustrated, and we’re frustrated as advocates.”
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High school students attend a camp for coding at Georgetown University on Aug. 12, 2015. (Nikki Kahn / The Washington Post via Getty Images) |
BY TARIKA BARRETT | Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down the use of affirmative action in college admissions, conservatives are setting their sights on their next target: corporate America. As the CEO of Girls Who Code, a nonprofit dedicated to diversifying the tech industry, I worry about what this means in the fight to create a more representative and equitable workforce. Rather than staying silent, corporations should follow the lead of companies like Microsoft and Salesforce which have both taken a stand against anti-affirmative action litigation. This is not a question of feel-good altruism—it’s good business, too. (Click here to read more) |
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