[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
April 27, 2022
Right now, we face critical challenges to women's equality, both in the U.S. and around the world—but it can be hard to keep up. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
For 50 Years, Title IX Has Transformed Girls’ and Women’s Education. The Job Is Not Yet Done. [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]]
Lisa Napper, a student leader at Howard University who co-produced a documentary on the experiences of Black women survivors of sexual assault on campus, speaks at the White House on Jan. 19, 2016, with other campus leaders and then-Vice President Joe Biden. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities, including sexual harassment or sexual violence. (Cheriss May / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
BY MARTHA BURK | “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
This year marks the 50th anniversary of those few words that have drastically changed the landscape for girls’ and women’s educational opportunities over the last half century.
Title IX flatly prohibits institutions that receive federal funding from practicing gender discrimination in educational programs or activities. Because almost all schools receive federal funds, the law applies in nearly every educational context.
Even though it covers all educational programs, most people associate Title IX with athletics, where it has indeed had a profound effect on girls and women. Before Title IX, women and girls were virtually excluded from most athletic opportunities in schools. Just 7 percent of all high school athletes were girls, and females received a paltry two percent of school athletic budgets. Athletic scholarships for women were simply nonexistent.
There’s no question the law changed school athletic programs and practices, but did it change people’s minds about gender and equal opportunities in sports? To find out, The Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. did a national survey to gauge awareness and attitudes about Title IX 50 years after its passage.
While much of the survey is encouraging, it also shows there is still a ways to go when it comes to full public support of equal athletic opportunities for women and girls. For starters, many are just not paying attention. Of the original sample of 9,388 people chosen for polling, only 50 percent had “heard of or read” about Title IX (37 percent said “a little” and only 13 percent said “a lot”).
(Click here to read more) [[link removed]]
Read more
[link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
#MeToo’s Influence Paying Off in Congress [[link removed]] The U.S. Could Learn From Argentina’s Groundbreaking Plan to Reduce Maternal and Childhood Mortality [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Kentucky’s Complete Abortion Ban [[link removed]] ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bills Groom Children for Sexual Abuse, and May Even Violate Title IX [[link removed]]
What we're reading:
We know it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. That's why going forward, we'll provide a weekly roundup of the stories we think are important that Ms. may not have covered. Here's what we're reading this week:
*
"The
Florida
Teen
Activists
Leading
the
Fight
Against
'Don’t
Say
Gay'"
—
Them
[[link removed]]
*
"As
anti-abortion
laws
pop
up
across
the
US,
Mexican
activists
are
helping
Americans
access
free
abortions"
—
Insider
[[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]] Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .
In March, we tuned in to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, what were Republican senators signaling? What’s ahead for the First Amendment? Criminal Justice? LGBTQ equality? Are senators signaling the desire to do away with fundamental constitutional protections and why? What issues should we be concerned about?
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!
READ THE REST [[link removed]] | GET THE MAGAZINE [[link removed]] | SUPPORT MS. [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
Enjoy this newsletter? Forward to a friend!
Was this email forwarded to you by a friend? Subscribe [[link removed]] .

Ms. Magazine
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 801
Arlington, VA 22209
United States
If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please
unsubscribe: [link removed] .