Campuses reopen under Trump administration sexual assault rules critics say protect the accused more than survivors
The National Women’s Law Center, which fights for gender justice, is involved in ongoing legal action to challenge the Trump administration’s rules.
The back-and-forth on Title IX doesn’t exist in a vacuum, Shiwali Patel, a senior director with the center, told CNN.
“This backlash that we saw was very much in tandem with backlash we were seeing around the #MeToo movement, this general outcry against survivors rights, allegations being treated seriously,” she said. “The backlash also emerged in the Title IX context.”
Advocates are drawing on practices that have proven to work for sexual assault survivors in other settings.