MISSING: ATTENTION TO GENDER IN HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS

Women's eNews today featured this report on missing rape reporting procedures in New Orleans. Women's organizations, like NCRW member center Ms. Foundation, have also been working to set up relief funds targeting women, and specifically low-income women of color.

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UPDATE: Loretta Ross offers a feminist perspective on Katrina. To read her article, click here.

MISSING: Department of Education Support for Women and Girls in Sports

Late in the afternoon Friday, March 18, new regulations weakening Title IX were posted on the Department of Education’s website. The new regulations require a much lower standard for colleges and universities to prove that they are meeting Title IX policy guidelines than was previously required.

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