Laura L. Dunn: It's time for the law to protect victims of gender violence
Laura L. Dunn: Está na hora da lei proteger vítimas de violência de gênero
TED Fellow Laura L. Dunn advocates for survivors of campus sexual violence through effective legal assistance, policy advocacy, and institutional training. Full bio
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there is growing social awareness
são ocorrências comuns demais
are far too common occurrences
without any accountability.
sem responsabilização.
movement is upon us,
o movimento "Me Too" está aí
are speaking out to demand change.
estão exigindo mudança.
sexual assault on campus.
contra abuso sexual no campus.
Congress reform the military,
reestruturasse as forças armadas
Hollywood stars to janitorial staff
de Hollywood até a equipe de limpeza,
no local de trabalho.
in the workplace.
can create lasting legal change.
pode criar uma mudança legal duradoura,
by institution, fighting for reform,
lutando pela reestruturação,
à Constituição.
denies fundamental protections
dos EUA nega proteções fundamentais
such as sexual assault,
violência doméstica e perseguição.
of the Constitution,
Emenda à Constituição,
de abusarem de seus cidadãos,
from abusing its citizens,
estaduais intervenham
governments to intervene
abusam dos cidadãos.
calls the police from her home,
para a polícia da casa dela,
to the state's protection.
pode deixar de atendê-la,
sem nenhuma solução legal
without any legal remedy
ocorrer como consequência.
all citizens collectively,
os cidadãos coletivamente
directly contradicts international law,
diretamente contradiz a lei internacional,
de gênero por entidades privadas
gender violence by private parties
para discriminar sistematicamente,
to discriminate systemically
a inúmeras vítimas.
on "Law & Order: SVU,"
em "Law and Order: UVE",
de violência de gênero.
of gender violence.
where law enforcement has chosen to act,
em que a lei é de fato aplicada,
durante o processo criminal.
during the resulting criminal process.
in a criminal case.
the interests of a victim.
os direitos de uma vítima
the interests of the state.
to dismiss criminal charges,
de rejeitar acusações criminais,
a voz da vítima,
a victim's voice from the process,
os interesses de todos, coletivamente,
the interests of all citizens collectively
encontraram proteção
have found protections
of sex discrimination,
de discriminação sexual,
que recebem verbas federais.
that accept federal funding.
sex discrimination within admissions,
à discriminação sexual em admissões,
intervenham e abordem violência de gênero
to intervene and address gender violence
or campus visitors commit sexual assault
alunos ou visitantes do campus
is that through Title IX,
são protegidos contra violência de gênero
are protected against gender violence
does not exist under the law.
educational institutions
que instituições educacionais
de violência de gênero a sério
of gender violence seriously,
de dar às vítimas direitos iguais
victims equitable rights
representar seus próprios interesses,
their own interests during proceedings,
com as instituições educacionais para tal.
educational institutions to do so.
varrem violência de gênero
historically swept gender violence
de justiça criminal faz hoje.
system does today.
protegem algumas vítimas,
protects some victims,
lutando pela reestruturação
institution by institution,
in the military, in the workplace,
no local de trabalho,
de gênero perante a lei
gender equality under the law,
que os estados interferissem
require states to intervene
de discriminação sexual.
of sex discrimination.
did not pass in the 1970s,
aprovada nos anos 1970,
para a aprovação.
three states of doing so.
ratificou a emenda,
has ratified the amendment,
em tempos políticos diferentes.
in different political times.
to the Me Too movement,
ao movimento Me Too,
vontade política das pessoas,
political will of the people
mudanças legais duradouras.
a perspectiva de justiça
the prospect of justice
"o tempo acabou".
pela violência de gênero.
to become the norm after gender violence.
a Emenda dos Direitos Iguais,
the Equal Rights Amendment,
se torne um sistema de justiça
can become a system of justice,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura L. Dunn - Victims' rights attorneyTED Fellow Laura L. Dunn advocates for survivors of campus sexual violence through effective legal assistance, policy advocacy, and institutional training.
Why you should listen
Laura L. Dunn, Esq., advances victims' rights through legislative and policy efforts, as well as direct representation of survivors in campus, criminal and civil systems. As a nationally-recognized victim-turned-victims’ rights attorney and social entrepreneur, her work has been featured by National Public Radio, PEOPLE Magazine, Forbes, the National Law Journal, the New York Times and many more .
While a law student, Dunn contributed to the 2011 and 2014 Title IX guidance issued by the US Department of Education. She also worked with Congress to pass the 2013 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act and its federal regulations. For this advocacy, Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy have publicly recognized Dunn. Upon graduation from Maryland Law, she founded the survivor-led and DC-based legal organization, SurvJustice. It is still the only national nonprofit representing victims of campus sexual violence in hearings across the country and is currently the lead plaintiff in a pending federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over Title IX.
As an attorney, Dunn is now a published legal scholar, an adjunct law professor, a member of the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence and its Criminal Justice Section's Task Force on College Due Process, a liaison to the American Law Institute’s Model Penal Code on Sexual Assault and its Student Sexual Misconduct Project, an accomplished litigator who helped win the first-ever recognition of a federal victim-advocate privilege in court and an expert legal consultant on various campus sexual assault lawsuits.
For her work, Dunn has received a 2015 Echoing Green Global Fellowship, the 2016 Benjamin Cardin Public Service Award, the 2017 Department of Justice’s Special Courage Award and a 2018 TED Fellowship, along with other honors and recognitions.
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