News and Resources
May 8 2022
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Title IX Special Report
Unlevel Playing Fields
Unlevel Playing Fields is a four month investigation into Title IX and high school sports. The reporting reveals a system that is failing countless girls.
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Unlevel Playing Fields
As Title IX turns 50, equity is still elusive for 3.4 million girls playing high school sports.
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cnsmaryland.org
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The Faces of Title IX
This series of videos highlights the impact of Title IX on girls and women in sports. By design, it's a diverse group. The youngest subject is a high school athlete, the oldest a 94-year-old great grandmother.
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cnsmaryland.org
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When women weren't allowed, Sara Mae Berman ran Boston...
Commentary This year marks the 50th year that women are allowed to officially run the Boston Marathon. I should know - I ran the race, and won it - three times before women were granted official entry.
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www.wbur.org
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Most Americans who are familiar with Title IX say it's...
Fifty years after the passage of Title IX, which prohibits high schools and colleges that receive federal funding from discriminating based on sex, most Americans who have heard about the law say it's had a positive impact on gender equality in...
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www.pewresearch.org
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Mental Health Services for Students
Over 40% of college students experience depression. Over a third experience anxiety. These trends paint a challenging picture for young adults.
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OPINION: Mental health services are crucially important...
Many high school seniors are anxiously awaiting admissions decisions from their dream colleges. Some will have hard choices to make about where to spend the next phase of their education. Much has been written about how to choose the right...
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hechingerreport.org
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As Teen Mental Health Worsens, Schools Learn How to Help
Stateline Daily Daily update - original reporting on state policy, plus the day's five top reads from around the web. Stateline Weekly Weekly newsletter-our best original reporting and analysis every Monday.
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www.pewtrusts.org
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Social Media and Mental Health - HelpGuide.org
teen issues Human beings are social creatures. We need the companionship of others to thrive in life, and the strength of our connections has a huge impact on our mental health and happiness. Being socially connected to others can ease stress,...
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www.helpguide.org
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Stanford collaborates with local school districts to...
The Stanford Redwood City Sequoia School Mental Health Collaborative was established in 2020 as a research-practice partnership to support the Redwood City and Sequoia Union High School Districts in building capacity to understand and address the ...
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news.stanford.edu
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NNEDV: Bipartisan Congressional Briefing
Join NNEDV on Facebook Live Tuesday, May 10 to launch the DVCounts Report.
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Domestic Violence Counts: 16th Annual Report - NNEDV
Join us on Facebook Live on Tuesday, May 10, at 2:00 PM ET for a bipartisan Congressional briefing to launch the #DVCounts Report! We will be joined by Members of Congress and those impacted by domestic violence to share why the report is such a...
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nnedv.org
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Frequently Asked Questions about Domestic Violence - NNEDV
What is domestic violence? What are resources available for victims? Why do victims sometimes return to or stay with abusers? Do abusers show any potential warning signs? Is it possible for abusers to change? Are men victims of domestic violence? ...
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nnedv.org
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The Accountability Dialogues - Futures Without Violence
Domestic Violence Survivors and Policymakers Co-designing Child Welfare Practices and Policies People of color who live the problems we aim to solve have the most important information and the most unobstructed point of view. They see and...
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www.futureswithoutviolence.org
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Monopsony of U. S. Labor Markets
What are the implications of monopsony for our understanding of how labor markets work.
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Understanding the economics of monopsony: How labor...
Contrary to what many of us were taught in Introduction to Economics courses in college and graduate school, markets are rarely perfectly competitive. In the case of the market for labor-a market that, it is worth noting, is fundamentally...
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equitablegrowth.org
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Walmart is a monopsonist that depresses earnings and...
Labor income inequality is a major cause for concern in the U.S. economy. For 35 years beginning around 1980 the wages of workers steadily grew more and more unequal. This has been variously attributed to several factors-including technological...
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equitablegrowth.org
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FYI: Supreme Court ethics; Latin America's journey to gender parity; growing the global gender parity and its economic effect here and abroad; investing in care leave, and more.
The Conversation: Ethic rules at the Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas and his wife's text messages highlight missing ethics rules at the Supreme Court.
NCOSE: The National Center on Sexual Exploitation commends the nomination of Cindy Dyer as U.S. Ambassador to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking. Plus, read about NCOSE's new law enforcement training for accountability for sex buyers.
Represent Women: Introduces new research on Latin America. The new international report examines legislative trends in Latin America, defined by 19 countries located in Center and South America. The focus is a country's journey to gender parity.
UN: Women, Business and the Law Where and which laws and legislations restrict women's economic inclusion, providing an important resource for achieving their full and equal participation.
CFR: Closing the gender gap Growing gender parity could add a staggering $28 trillion to the global GDP. The U. S. could add $5.3 trillion.
ILO: Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for a more gender equality world of work. Workers with family responsibilities: law and practices across the world.
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What's Happening In Our Corner
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Freedom From - UC Berkeley Cultures of Care interviews Sonya Passi to find out what a system that trusts survivors look like and how to create conditions for people to create the care they need for themselves.
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