Monday, March 5, 2012

How a Student Run Database is Changing the Way Universities Respond to Rape

How a Student Run Database is Changing the Way Universities Respond to Rape: "Justice for survivors of campus rape is often hard to come by. Now, an online database compiled by students is pushing universities to shift their policies on sexual violence.

Is there at least one full-time person working on campus sex-assault? May rape survivors report their attack confidentially and-or anonymously? Does the school's policy cover the sex assault of a man? Is emergency contraception available in the school health center?

These are the questions that students across the country are answering through the Campus Accountability Project, an open-access database designed for students, applicants and parents...."

3 comments:

MotivatedinOhio said...

They need to do something, rape is never acceptable.

Underground Politics said...

It really isn't. I hate the fact that we live in a rape culture.

MotivatedinOhio said...

Me too.