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Newsroom: Gift Supports Diversity Programming 12-15-2016, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Newsroom: Gift Supports Diversity Programming 12-15-2016, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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History And Analysis Of The Fayetteville, Arkansas Human Civil Rights Ordinance, Michaela E. Pecoraro
History And Analysis Of The Fayetteville, Arkansas Human Civil Rights Ordinance, Michaela E. Pecoraro
Accounting Undergraduate Honors Theses
This study is a thorough documentation of the introduction and development of civil rights legislation in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Specifically, the study details local and state-wide civil rights legislation that offers civil right protections to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) community and the discrimination that they face. The state’s progression towards a more LGBT inclusive society began with local municipalities drafting ordinances protecting citizens from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; this study focuses on Fayetteville’s and the legislative process that followed. The discussion of LGBT civil rights is a sensitive and controversial matter, …
Address: The Civil Rights Approach To Campus Sexual Violence, Nancy Chi Cantalupo
Address: The Civil Rights Approach To Campus Sexual Violence, Nancy Chi Cantalupo
Faculty Scholarship
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Crime Logic, Campus Sexual Assault, And Restorative Justice, Donna Coker
Crime Logic, Campus Sexual Assault, And Restorative Justice, Donna Coker
Articles
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Perceiving Orientation: Defining Sexuality After Obergefell, Mary Ziegler
Perceiving Orientation: Defining Sexuality After Obergefell, Mary Ziegler
Scholarly Publications
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, constitutional jurisprudence will have to more clearly define sexual orientation itself. The Obergefell majority describes sexuality as binary and suggests that any sexual orientation is immutable, normal, and constitutive of individual identity. Other scholars have shown how the kind of binary created by Obergefell excludes those with more fluid sexual identities and experiences from legal protection.
This Article illuminates new problems with Obergefell’s approach to sexuality by putting that definition in historical context. While describing sexuality as a matter of orientation may now seem inevitable, …
For The Title Ix Civil Rights Movement: Congratulations And Cautions, Nancy Chi Cantalupo
For The Title Ix Civil Rights Movement: Congratulations And Cautions, Nancy Chi Cantalupo
Faculty Scholarship
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Nurturing Wings Or Clipping Them Off: The Philippine Approach To Female Labor Migration And A Potentially Redeeming Role For The Commission On Human Rights, Emily Sanchez Salcedo
Nurturing Wings Or Clipping Them Off: The Philippine Approach To Female Labor Migration And A Potentially Redeeming Role For The Commission On Human Rights, Emily Sanchez Salcedo
Center for Business Research and Development
The large-scale migration of Filipino workers started in the 1970’s as inadequate local employment and livelihood opportunities pointed to overseas opportunities in the booming economy of oil-rich countries in the Middle East. Though initially dominated by male construction workers and seafarers, female migrant workers, mostly in the health care professions, in domestic services and in the entertainment industry, followed suit and, in the most recent available statistical report, have even slightly outnumbered the men. As of the end of 2014, 50.43% of the 2.32 million overseas Filipino workers are women. Collectively, these overseas workers sent about 27 billion dollars in …