by Esther Warkov This article originally appeared in Huffington Post on October 18, 2016. National gender equity organizations, legal and education experts, informed elected officials, and education journalists have identified an epidemic of sexual harassment and violence that extends to K-12
By SSAIS Co-founder and Executive Director Esther Warkov, Ph.D Originally appeared in the Huffington Post. U.S. Department of Education (Office for Civil Rights) investigations of K-12 schools for mishandling reported sexual assault are rapidly rising, yet parents rarely know when
By SSAIS Co-founder and Executive Director Esther Warkov, Ph.D To raise awareness about students’ rights under Title IX, SSAIS.org spotlights the efforts of education advocates across the country. Earlier we looked at education activists in Berkeley, CA. Here we look
by Esther Warkov This article originally appeared in Huffington Post on April 14, 2016. The White House VP’s office last month invited four organizations to participate in a discussion of K-12 sexual violence. Everyone present (Stop Sexual Assault in Schools,
By SSAIS Co-founder and Executive Director Esther Warkov, Ph.D There’s a hidden epidemic of sexual harassment and sexual violence in our K-12 schools. Like countless families, we didn’t know about this threat until our tenth grader was raped on a
Students are sick of sexual harassment, unwelcome touching, and sexual assault that infect what should be a safe learning environment. Sex-based harassment causes real emotional, psychological, and economic damage to students. Victims are often forced to attend classes with perpetrators
Originally appeared in The Huffington Post. Sure, we’re all about consent. That’s because we know–firsthand–the indelible nightmare of sexual assault. Maybe if the tenth-grade football player who raped our daughter on a high school field trip had consent education he might
Originally appeared in The Huffington Post Lady Gaga is rightly applauded for her brave efforts to support sexual assault victims. Her performance of ‘Till It Happens to You is an integral part of The Hunting Ground film documenting campus assault,
University of La Verne professor of journalism Elizabeth Zwerling interviewed SSAIS co-founder Esther Warkov for an article titled Lawmakers Shift Campus Rape Conversation to High Schools. It appeared in the December 7, 2015 edition of Women’s eNews. From the article:
Jules Irvin-Rooney discusses why effective post-secondary programs should be tailored to middle and high schools to create culture change. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in education. In fact, the language of Title IX reads: “No person in the United States
It is Not Your Fault When you are raped, sexually assaulted, or sexually harassed by one of your peers or teachers, it can be hard to know what to do. Your first instinct may be to withdraw from family and
Stop Sexual Assault in Schools launched its website on September 28th. Within 24 hours a grandmother contacted SSAIS seeking help after her school district showed deliberate indifference to reports of sexual assault upon her five-year-old granddaughter. A Title IX complaint
