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Sexual Harassment and Schools
General Resources
SEXUAL HARASSMENT: WHAT EVERY WORKING WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW
Maintained by 9 to 5, the advocacy organization for working women,
this site contains valuable information on identifying sexual harassment,
the legal definition of the term, tips on what you can do, and a 1-800
hotline number for help and advice.
BULLY
ONLINE
Bully OnLine is a British site that contains useful information on sexual
harassment, including definitions of harassment (based on gender, race,
or sexual orientation), the profile of the typical harasser, and tips
for harassment victims.
FACTS
ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's page contains
a simple and straightforward definition of sexual harassment.
HALTABUSE.ORG
A site entirely devoted to internet harassment, Haltabuse.org is maintained
by Working to Halt Abuse Online, and is a wonderful resource for anyone
trying to wade through the often complicated territory of internet,
email, and other forms of online abuse and harassment.
SHEVOLUTION
This consulting company is a wonderful resource for employers (from
government organizations to nonprofits to for-profit companies) who
want to establish strategies to ensure equality between male and female
employees.
TITLE VII
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
Text of the US law that prohibits employment discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin, and covers
cases of sexual harassment.
WOMEN'S
RIGHTS AT WORK
Women who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace can find
education, legal advice and support in this New York based organization's
site. Also, look for calendar's of monthly forum's held in New York
City and Long Island.
Sexual Harassment and Schools
FLIRTING
OR HURTING: SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SCHOOLS
This website promotes the video of the same title, produced
with the Wellesley College Centers for Research on Women. It is a training
video that defines sexual harassment in language that speaks to young
people, and also recommends strategies to cope with and to end sexual
harassment.
HOSTILE
HALLWAYS
This is a publication by the American Association of University Women
that studied sexual harassment patterns in American schools in the early
1990s.
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IN SCHOOLS: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
This page presents a scholarly analysis of sexual harassment in schools,
using research released in 1993 by the American Association of University
Women. This page also contains links to other internet resources on
sexual harassment.
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IN SCHOOLS: WELLESLEY CENTERS FOR WOMEN
This site contains information on sexual harassment in all levels of
schooling, from elementary school on.
STOP
STUDENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT NOW
This website, maintained by the National Education Association, defines
sexual harassment, as well as school administrators' responsibilities
to their students, in an easy-to-follow question-and-answer format.
