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Statement of Solidarity

The Journal of Law and Gender stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. We are appalled by the senseless murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, Nina Pop, Tony McDade, George Floyd, Elijah McClain, and so many more. We implore both Harvard University and Harvard Law School to commit their abundant resources […]

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Title IX Comments: Spotlight on Survivors of Sexual Assault

Title IX states that no person should be discriminated against on the basis of sex in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding. Betsy DeVos, the current Secretary of Education, has proposed rules redefining several aspects of Title IX. The Harvard Journal of Law and Gender has collected comments on this significant rule

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Title IX Comments: Spotlight on Students in Higher Education

Title IX states that no person should be discriminated against on the basis of sex in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding. Betsy DeVos, the current Secretary of Education, has proposed rules redefining several aspects of Title IX. The Harvard Journal of Law and Gender has collected comments on this significant rule

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Title IX Comments: Spotlight on Transgender Students

Title IX states that no person should be discriminated against on the basis of sex in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding. Betsy DeVos, the current Secretary of Education, has proposed rules redefining several aspects of Title IX. The Harvard Journal of Law and Gender has collected comments on this significant rule

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Title IX Comments: Spotlight on K-12 Students

Title IX states that no person should be discriminated against on the basis of sex in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding. Betsy DeVos, the current Secretary of Education, has proposed rules redefining several aspects of Title IX. The Harvard Journal of Law and Gender has collected comments on this significant rule

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Safe Sport Poses Legal and Ethical Questions for American Equestrians

Charlotte Anrig* In 2017, the American public learned that the USA Gymnastics national team doctor, Larry Nassar, had sexually abused hundreds of his young female patients over the course of at least a decade. In response to this scandal and comparable incidents within other US Olympic sports, Congress enacted the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual

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Gender-Based Pay Gaps in the Gig Economy

By Jacki Silbermann* A number of years ago, Uber claimed its business model was “driv[ing] another wave of women’s empowerment . . . For women around the world, Uber offers something unique: work on demand, whenever you want it.” Uber was not the only business predicted to increase women’s access to work. A 2017 study

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The 19th Amendment at 100: Modern Challenges

By Nicole Williamson* August 2020 marks one hundred years since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote in the United States. As stated quite simply in the Amendment’s text, “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or

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