{"id":387,"date":"2014-02-07T16:36:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paar.net\/?p=387"},"modified":"2022-02-14T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:36:37","slug":"president-obama-announces-new-task-force-to-combat-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paar.net\/president-obama-announces-new-task-force-to-combat-sexual-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama Announces New Task Force to Combat Sexual Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
On January 22, 2014, the US government made advances in the fight against sexual violence. President Obama and Vice President Biden spoke to the press about the Administration\u2019s newly drafted memorandum that establishes a White House Task Force aiming to protect students from sexual violence and increase prevention efforts in schools.<\/p>\n
Their address touched on some important talking points surrounding sexual violence in order to stress its severity. Here are some excerpts:<\/p>\n
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN<\/p>\n
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA<\/p>\n
The President went on to discuss some of the goals and details of this new initiative. The task force will be led by the Office of the Vice President and the White House Council on Women and Girls, and will place emphasis on developing a response to rape and sexual assault on college campuses. One of the main goals is prevention; therefore the task force will provide institutions with evidence-based, promising practices for preventing and responding to rape and sexual assault. The task force will also hold these institutions accountable for applying these methods.<\/p>\n
We at PAAR want to highlight the feature of the plan that includes \u201cincreasing the transparency of the Federal Government\u2019s enforcement activities concerning rape and sexual assault.\u201d This means that the information regarding the task force\u2019s actions will be more readily available to the public.<\/p>\n
PAAR has high hopes for the White House\u2019s Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. Please stay tuned with us as we track its progress. We have included the video of President Obama\u2019s speech below. Let us know your feelings on it!<\/p>\n