President Obama formed a task force Wednesday to lead federal efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault on college campuses — a move applauded by activists at Georgetown.
The task force will...
The university will reevaluate its sexual violence policies in response to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, which will take effect by March 7 of next year.
Specifically, the Campus Sexual...
The GUSA senate voted unanimously Sunday to require annual sexual assault peer educator training for all student government members, while also urging the university to alter its policy regarding sexual...
For a long time, we joined much of the Georgetown community in responding to sexual assault by doing what we thought was best: nothing.
As two men, we believed we had no right to be part of a discussion...
Since 1975, women have been holding Take Back the Night events and combatting sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and sexual abuse. In 2001, Take Back the Night was officially established...
When a freshman girl walks onto campus for the first time, she also immediately enters what is known as the “red zone,” the time period in her life when she faces the greatest risk of being sexually...
Dialogue and awareness on campus regarding sexual assault was a much-discussed topic during the Georgetown University Student Association executive campaign season, and a number of candidates proposed...
Walking around Georgetown’s campus, it’s difficult not to notice that there are women everywhere. With the female population topping 55 percent of the student body, it may seem like issues of women’s...
A student was sexually assaulted in Village A Friday evening, according to the Department of Public Safety.
A public safety alert emailed to students at 12:15 a.m. Saturday termed the incident "forcible...
A female jogger was sexually assaulted in the Georgetown section of the Capital Crescent Trail Wednesday evening, U.S. Park Police reported.
According to a press release on the U.S. Park Police website,...
The last several weeks have seen the topics of human rights and women’s rights explode to the forefront of national discourse. Through clever marketing, the non-governmental organization Invisible Children...
A student was injured in a sexual assault at 36th and N Streets early Sunday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The incident, which occurred at 2:15 a.m., was reported in a public...
