Sexual Assault in the Mililtary
Current and former military officials testified before the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee on the role of commanders in sexual assault prosecutions within the armed serv…
2,846 viewsCurrent and former military officials testified before the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee on the role of commanders in sexual assault prosecutions within the armed serv…
2,846 viewsThe House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on combating sexual assault at military service academies. The hearing focused on an annual Defense Department repo…
1,876 viewsThe Bipartisan Women’s Caucus, chaired by Representatives Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Lois Frankel (D-FL), hosted a panel to discuss issues of sexual harassment in the workplace. Witnesses inclu…
889 viewsSurvivors of sexual assault and harassment in military academies testified before the House Armed Service Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Former and current attendees of the U.S. Militar…
2,355 viewsWitnesses testified on allegations of sexual misconduct by basic training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. General Mark Welsh, Air Force chief of staff, said the…
1,670 viewsMembers of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) received the Congressional Gold Medal for their service in World War II. The corps of female pilots was created in 1942 to fly military p…
4,436 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Niki Tsongas, Susan Davis, Madeleine Bordallo, and Donna Edwards spoke to reporters about their congressional delegation to Afghanistan, the Mi…
197 viewsWitnesses testified about equal pay for women. Among the topics they addressed were the amount of time a woman works to earn the equivalent of a man for one year, proposed legislation to str…
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