Laura L. Dunn: It's time for the law to protect victims of gender violence
Laura L.Dunn: Chegou a hora de a lei proteger as vítimas de violência sexual.
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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há uma consciencialização crescente
there is growing social awareness
são ocorrências muito comuns
are far too common occurrences
ninguém é responsabilizado.
without any accountability.
movement is upon us,
surgiu o movimento Me Too
are speaking out to demand change.
estão a apelar por mudanças.
sexual assault on campus.
contra o assédio sexual nos "campus".
Congress reform the military,
que o Congresso reforme as forças armadas
Hollywood stars to janitorial staff
estrelas de Hollywood a porteiros
nos locais de trabalho.
in the workplace.
é capaz de criar mudanças duradouras.
can create lasting legal change.
by institution, fighting for reform,
a lutar por reformas,
dos EUA nega protecção fundamental
denies fundamental protections
como a agressão sexual,
such as sexual assault,
e a perseguição.
of the Constitution,
Emenda da Constituição,
from abusing its citizens,
de violentarem os cidadãos,
governments to intervene
dos governos estaduais
violentam os cidadãos.
chama a polícia a casa,
calls the police from her home,
a possa atacar,
to the state's protection.
without any legal remedy
ficar sem reparação jurídica.
em consequência disso.
enquanto coletivo,
all citizens collectively,
individualmente.
contradiz diretamente a lei internacional,
directly contradicts international law,
intervenham
a violência sexual de entidades privadas,
gender violence by private parties
para sistematicamente discriminarem
to discriminate systemically
on "Law & Order: SVU,"
"Lei e Ordem: Unidade Especial",
of gender violence.
raramente têm justiça.
em que a lei é aplicada,
where law enforcement has chosen to act,
during the resulting criminal process.
durante o processo criminal.
in a criminal case.
nos processos criminais.
the interests of a victim.
os interesses da vítima,
the interests of the state.
acusações criminais,
to dismiss criminal charges,
a victim's voice from the process,
os estados, teoricamente,
the interests of all citizens collectively
de todos os cidadãos, no seu conjunto,
individualmente.
have found protections
conseguem protecção,
dos Direitos Civis,
of sex discrimination,
forma de discriminação sexual,
that accept federal funding.
com fundos federais.
sex discrimination within admissions,
a discriminação nas admissões,
to intervene and address gender violence
a intervir e abordar a violência sexual,
ou visitantes do "campus"
or campus visitors commit sexual assault
is that through Title IX,
segundo o Título IX,
are protected against gender violence
é protegido contra a violência sexual,
does not exist under the law.
não existe na lei.
educational institutions
às instituições de ensino
os relatórios de violência sexual,
of gender violence seriously,
a nível do "campus",
victims equitable rights
direitos equitativos às vítimas,
their own interests during proceedings,
os seus interesses durante os procedimentos
educational institutions to do so.
as instituições educativas a fazê-lo.
as instituições de ensino
historically swept gender violence
para baixo do tapete,
system does today.
no nosso sistema criminal.
protejam algumas vítimas,
protects some victims,
institution by institution,
instituição em instituição,
in the military, in the workplace,
e nos locais de trabalho,
gender equality under the law,
garantiria a igualdade de sexos na lei.
devia exigir que os estados interviessem
require states to intervene
of sex discrimination.
de discriminação sexual.
did not pass in the 1970s,
não foi aprovada nos anos 70,
three states of doing so.
de mais três estados.
has ratified the amendment,
ratificou a emenda,
in different political times.
período político diferente.
até ao movimento Me Too,
to the Me Too movement,
political will of the people
vontade política das pessoas
legal e duradoura.
the prospect of justice
que o tempo acabou.
que chegou a hora.
to become the norm after gender violence.
ser a norma para a violência sexual.
the Equal Rights Amendment,
a Emenda dos Direitos Iguais
se torne num sistema de justiça
can become a system of justice,
se torne finalmente em "Jamais".
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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