Groundbreaking legislation to improve the handling of cases of sexual assault cases and the treatment of survivors in the city by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will be heard by the Council of the District of Columbia on Thursday, December 12 at 11:00am ET in Room 412. The legislation, called the Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights […]
In September, my CASS colleagues and I asked you to take a minute to vote for me for the Women’s Media Center’s (WMC) 2013 Social Media Award! WMC’s Social Media Award recognizes “social media gurus and new media makers for gender justice,” or those working “to advance women’s representation in media and advocate for social […]
This Saturday, October 19, over 250 women are expected to participate in “19th Amendment Alleycat,” or what might be the District’s first all-women alleycat. Organized by two women bikers who are active in the city’s cycling community, the grassroots event aims to help women feel comfortable and confident on the DC streets, especially when faced […]
As we explained last week, at the same time that biking can be incredibly empowering, we’ve also learned from the DC community that many women experience public sexual harassment while cycling. According to a study by Stop Street Harassment, 24 percent of women refrain from exercising outdoors in order to avoid public sexual harassment and assault. It’s a problem […]
Last week, we told you about the DC Council’s June 27th hearing to present an independent review of the January 2013 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, “Capitol Offense: Police Mishandling of Sexual Assault Cases in the District of Columbia.” The report alleges that DC police disregarded rape victims in an effort to play down the […]