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Протягом 2020 року у світі загинули 65 журналістів та працівників медіа – звіт
Найбільше вбивств журналістів відбулося в Мексиці, найбільше ув’язнених – у Туреччині
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By VilneSlovo | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
Березнева погода: Київ засипало мокрим снігом (фоторепортаж)
Снігопади, хуртовини та налипання мокрого снігу приніс до України атмосферний фронт, який прийшов із Західної Європи. Про це повідомляло Радіо Свобода з посиланням на Укргідрометцентр. У деяких областях, де циклон прийшов із сильним вітром, було завдано шкоди електромережам. На Заході країни сніг часто переходить у дощ.
Української столиці циклон дістався орієнтовно опівдні 12 березня. Сніг у Києві іде практично всю другу половину дня п’ятниці – при температурі, близькій до нуля. Який сьогодні Київ у березновому снігу? Про це у фоторепортажі Радіо Свобода
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Укравтодор» не виключає проблем із рухом через негоду, з вечора вантажівки не пускатимуть до Києва
Українцям радять планувати свої поїздки з урахуванням прогнозів синоптиків
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Син Ахметова купив віллу у Швейцарії за 2 млрд гривень – Лещенко
За словами Лещенка, маєток коштує 60 мільйонів франків або два мільярди гривень
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Слідчий у справі Стуса «майор Селюк» звільнився у 2003 році полковником юстиції і мав відомчі відзнаки – СБУ
Слідчий Селюк домігся, що поета Василя Стуса двічі засудили і визнали особливо небезпечним рецидивістом
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Biden Signs Coronavirus Relief Package
U.S. President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package into law Thursday, opening the door for the release of federal aid for financially ailing American households and businesses.Biden, a Democrat, signed the package one day after the House of Representatives approved the bill 220-211 without Republican support and one day earlier than the White House initially had planned.“This historic legislation is about building a backbone in this country and giving people in this country, working people, middle-class folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance,” Biden said as he prepared to sign the bill.Republican lawmakers objected to the package, saying it was too large and did not sufficiently target those who were most in need of economic assistance. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called the bill “costly, corrupt and liberal.”No federal minimum wage hikeThe measure narrowly passed in the Senate on Saturday after the chamber altered some aspects of a bill approved earlier by the House. Among the changes was the removal of an increase in the federal minimum wage.White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks to reporters at the White House, March 11, 2021, in Washington.White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki praised the legislation at a news conference Monday, saying that while there were some changes on the margins as the Senate acted, it represented the “core” of what Biden proposed.On Tuesday, she said Biden and other senior administration officials planned to continue to tout the benefits of the relief plan after it passed.“We certainly recognize that we can’t just sign a bill,” Psaki told reporters. “We will need to do some work and use our best voices, including the president, the vice president and others, to communicate to the American people the benefits of this package.“So, I think you can certainly expect the president to be doing some travel, and we’ll have more details on that in the coming days,” she said.
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By Polityk | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Понад 34 тисячі сімей із початку року отримали монетизований «пакунок малюка» – уряд
Трохи більше ніж 16 тисяч сімей отримали цю допомогу у натуральній формі
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By Gromada | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
СБУ з 2014-го порушила понад 16,6 тисячі проваджень щодо держзради і тероризму – Баканов
Іван Баканов зазначив, що практично весь масив подібних злочинів пов’язаний з окупацією та агресією Росії
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By Gromada | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
МЗС підтвердило інформацію про загибель двох українців через аварію судна в Чорному морі
«Консули вирушили в порт Констанца для координації рятувальної операції та надання консульської допомоги»
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By Gromada | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Винесли попередження»: УАФ відзвітувала омбудсмену про інцидент з жовтою карткою тренеру через мову
Інцидент стався під час футбольного матчу 15-го туру Української прем’єр-ліги «Львів» – «Колос» 20 лютого
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By Gromada | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
To Stem Migration, Biden Proposes Foreign Aid
Facing a surge of migrants flocking to the border, the Biden administration is fine-tuning requirements to its proposed $4 billion aid package to Central American countries to address what it calls the “root cause of migration.”President Joe Biden’s national security adviser and coordinator for the southern border, Roberta Jacobson, said the aid would be subject to strict requirements based on anti-corruption efforts and good governance measures.”I want to emphasize that the funds we’re asking for from Congress don’t go to government leaders,” Jacobson said during a briefing to reporters at the White House on Wednesday. “They go to communities, to training, to climate mitigation, to violence prevention, to anti-gang programs. In other words, they go to the people who otherwise migrate in search of hope.”Responding to VOA’s question, Jacobson would not specify the details of those requirements.“I think that’s something that we would want to discuss with the countries involved before we discuss it publicly,” she said.Push factorsJacobson said some of the money is slated for immediate humanitarian aid, but much of it is designed to mitigate the so-called push factors of migration — conditions that make people leave their home countries for a better life.However, she acknowledged that ultimately, the U.S. may not be able to change conditions on the ground.FILE – A Honduran man seeking asylum in the United States wears a shirt that reads, “Biden please let us in,” as he stands among tents that line an entrance to the border crossing, March 1, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico.“We can encourage them. We can help support them with resources, technical assistance and funding. But we can’t make those changes,” Jacobson said.The Biden administration has been facing increasing pressure from Republican lawmakers and anti-immigration activists to stem the thousands of migrants rushing to the U.S.-Mexico border to escape violence and poverty.“The Biden administration’s claims on U.S. foreign assistance to Central America are purposefully disingenuous,” said Ana Quintana, the Heritage Foundation’s senior policy analyst on Latin American affairs.Quintana added that as the former chief diplomat to the region, Jacobson is well aware that only a small percentage of funds reaches the governments of those countries in the form of training and equipment.Central American Minors programThe Biden administration is also reinstating an Obama-era program that would allow qualified Central American children to seek asylum in the U.S. from their home countries.Established in 2014, the Central American Minors (CAM) program would allow certain minors from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to reunite with parents who are already in the U.S. legally.“I want to be clear: Neither this announcement or any of the other measures suggest that anyone, especially children and families with young children, should make the dangerous trip to try and enter the U.S. in an irregular fashion,” Jacobson said. “The border is not open.”FILE – Tents used by migrants seeking asylum in the United States line an entrance to the border crossing, March 1, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico.The State Department said it would first process applications that were closed in 2017 after the Trump administration terminated the program. The administration will begin accepting new applications once those are processed.Immigration activists welcomed the announcement as a means toward expanding pathways for legal migration in the region.“We hope that it can be the first step in finding ways for children with family in the United States to come here safely, rather than have to make the dangerous journey to the border,” said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy counsel at the American Immigration Council.System floodedUnaccompanied minors and other asylum-seekers from Central America are overwhelming the U.S. immigration system at the border. Multiple media reports show that children are detained in border facilities meant for adults for longer periods than U.S. regulations allow.Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has accused the Biden administration of downplaying a growing “border crisis.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki and other administration officials have rejected the characterization.Psaki said Biden had been briefed on the situation by officials who visited facilities where minors are held. She said the president discussed ways to speed up getting minors out of U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities, into shelters with better accommodations and eventually into family homes that have been vetted.She declined to say whether Biden himself would visit the border.
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By Polityk | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Garland Confirmed as US Attorney General, Faces Major Challenges
Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge and former Justice Department official whose 2016 nomination to the Supreme Court was blocked by Republicans, was confirmed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate as the nation’s top law enforcement official. Garland, 68, a seasoned jurist and criminal investigator, was easily confirmed as the next attorney general – one of President Joe Biden’s most important cabinet appointments – on a bipartisan vote of 70 to 30. All the “no” votes were cast by Republican senators, including presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. Garland’s elevation to the top of the Justice Department is expected to lead to significant criminal justice policy changes under the Biden administration, from a potential moratorium on federal executions that resumed under former President Donald Trump, to closer scrutiny of police departments accused of violating civil rights. Garland is inheriting a massive law enforcement agency rife with controversy and morale problems after four tumultuous years under Trump at a time the Justice Department is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. FILE – Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, January 6, 2021.During his confirmation hearing last month, Garland said the investigation of the bloody insurrection, which has led to charges against more than 300 people, would be his top priority. The bipartisan support for Garland is in sharp contrast to the strictly partisan votes Trump’s two attorneys general – Jeff Sessions and William Barr – received. FILE – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks from the Senate floor to his office on Capitol Hill, Jan. 6, 2021.Prominent Republicans praised Garland’s appointment, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who blocked former President Barack Obama’s nomination of Garland to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court in 2016, arguing that it was too close to the presidential election. “I’m voting to confirm Judge Garland because of his long reputation as a straight-shooter and legal expert,” McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said before the vote. “His left-of-center perspective has been within the legal mainstream.” As attorney general, Garland will lead a department with more than 100,000 employees and a budget of more than $31 billion. Anti-terrorism experienceWhile Garland has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for nearly a quarter of a century, he comes to the job of attorney general with extensive anti-terrorism experience. That likely will serve him well as he steps into a new role and trains the Justice Department’s focus on fighting domestic terrorism. In the late 1990s, while serving as a top Justice Department official, Garland, a Harvard-educated lawyer, supervised several high-profile domestic terrorism cases. From 1995 to 1997, he led the federal investigation of the truck bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, which left 168 people dead, including 19 children. It was the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. FILE – The Field of Empty Chairs is seen during the 20th Remembrance Ceremony, the anniversary ceremony for victims of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 19, 2015.Former army soldier and right-wing extremist Timothy McVeigh was later convicted and executed, while an accomplice, Terry Nichols, was sentenced to life in prison. In 1996, Garland served as the “supervising attorney” for the prosecution of Theodore Kaczynski, the so-called “Unabomber” who killed three people and injured 24 others over the course of nearly two decades. Kaczynski is serving eight life sentences in prison. Garland’s transition to the judiciary came in 1997 when President Bill Clinton nominated him to the District of Columbia circuit, the second most powerful court in the country and a stepping stone for some Supreme Court justices. But in 2016, when Obama named Garland to the Supreme Court to replace the late conservative icon Antonin Scalia, Republicans killed the nomination, allowing Trump the following year to put his own nominee on the court. Independence from White HouseHistorically, many U.S. presidents have chosen close friends and allies to head the Justice Department; President John F. Kennedy picked his brother Bobby Kennedy for the job. Others, however, have turned to outsiders. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Republican President Gerald Ford tapped Edward Levi, a renowned president of the University of Chicago, to run the Justice Department. Along the way, Levi won accolades for restoring the department’s independence and integrity.In picking Garland as his attorney general, Biden turned to an outsider in a signal that he wants the Justice Department to retain its traditional independence and distance from the White House after a turbulent period during which Trump was accused of trying to turn the agency into a tool of his political machinery. FILE – Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden attend a basketball game in Washington, Jan. 30, 2010.Garland inherits a pair of politically sensitive investigations, which will test his commitment to the Justice Department’s independence: a tax fraud probe of Biden’s son Hunter, and a separate special counsel criminal examination of the origins of the Robert Mueller investigation of Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election on behalf of Trump. During his confirmation hearing, Garland indicated that he intends to allow both to run their course. Garland said that while he enjoys being a judge, “this is an important moment for me to step forward because of my deep respect for the Department of Justice and for its critical role of ensuring the rule of law.” Calling the January 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol the “most heinous” attack on democracy, Garland vowed to pursue investigative leads “wherever they take us.” “I can assure you this will be my main priority [and the subject of] my first briefing” if confirmed, said Garland. Other nomineesWhile Garland was confirmed with a bipartisan vote, Biden’s two other top Justice Department nominations have faced Republican opposition over their alleged partisanship. Nominee to be Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 9, 2021.During her confirmation hearing Tuesday, Vanita Gupta, tapped for the No. 3 position at the Justice Department, was grilled over her past partisan comments on social media aimed at Republican politicians and Trump’s judicial nominees. Gupta, a prominent civil rights lawyer who previously served as an assistant attorney general in the Obama administration, apologized for her “harsh rhetoric.” “I can pledge to you today that if I am confirmed, you won’t be hearing that kind of rhetoric from me,” Gupta, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans sought reassurance from Gupta and other Justice Department nominees that the agency would investigate left-wing violence with the same vigor as the ongoing investigation into the right-wing perpetrators of the Capitol attack. “We were fortunate to have Attorney General Barr, who took seriously the federal government’s role to protect federal property and enforce federal law. Judge Garland must be prepared to do the same,” McConnell said.
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By Polityk | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
В ОПУ розповіли, скільки звернень щодо домашнього насильства надходить до дитячого омбудсмена
В Офісі президента зазначили, що у 2020 році до дитячого омбудсмена надійшло 44 звернення щодо домашнього насильства
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By Gromada | 03/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Київське метро повідомляє про можливі обмеження на деяких станціях 11 березня
У зв’язку із проведенням на НСК «Олімпійський» футбольного матчу між командами «Динамо» (Київ) та «Вільяреал» (Іспанія) можливі обмеження на вхід до трьох станцій
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By Gromada | 03/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Вибухівку під дверима рідних Шабуніна у Києві та Рівному розслідують як один злочин – Офіс генпрокурора
В Офісі генпрокурора додали, що Святошинський районний суд Києва зобов’язав ОГП розглянути клопотання Шабуніна щодо об’єднання двох кримінальних проваджень
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By Gromada | 03/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Уряд виділив 16,5 млн грн постраждалим через бойові дії на Донбасі
Йдеться про допомогу членам сімей 5 осіб, які загинули під час бойових дій, та 21 особи, які отримали інвалідність
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By Gromada | 03/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Historic COVID Relief Bill Projected to Slash US Child Poverty
The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill awaiting final passage in the House of Representatives would bring the United States in line with many other advanced democracies around the world by providing regular, unrestricted federal payments to families with children that would cut the rate of child poverty in half.In all, 13.1 million children and adults would be lifted out of poverty, including 5.7 million under the age of 18, according to one analysis. It would be an historic byproduct of President Joe Biden’s massive economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Democrats’ pent-up demands for addressing income inequality in the U.S. through direct government action.What remains to be seen is whether the change is temporary or signals a permanent adjustment to U.S. social policy.Almost unprecedented An analysis by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center found that the bill would increase the after-tax income of the poorest quintile of Americans by 20.1% and the second-lowest quintile by 9.3%. (Those figures include a one-time federal payment of $1,400 for most Americans as well as elements tailored to benefit families and the poor.)FILE – U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with governors and mayors on his COVID-19 relief plan, in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 12, 2021.An analysis by the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University found that the bill would cut the overall poverty rate in the United States from 12.3% to 8.2%. The impact on children under 18 would be even more dramatic, dropping their poverty rate from 13.5% to 5.7%.Supporters of more generous government benefits for low-income Americans struggled to find a parallel in U.S. history. “It’s a huge change,” said Sarah Halpern-Meekin, a professor in the LaFollette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She said the nearest historical comparison in terms of impact on society would be the Social Security Act of 1935, which set up a system of guaranteed income for most retirees in America.Details of legislation In addition to direct stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 would create a refundable tax credit worth $3,600 per year for children under 6 years of age, and $3,000 for children between 6 and 18.Beginning in July, the funds would be delivered in monthly payments, creating a predictable income stream for families. The bill would also expand existing tax credits to care for children and dependents.FILE – People on low incomes and retirees choose food at the World Harvest Food Bank in Los Angeles, July 24, 2019.A separate element of the bill, expanding federal benefits to low-income working households through a program known as the Earned Income Tax Credit, would further reduce poverty in the U.S.Analysts say financial improvements can trigger other positive outcomes for struggling Americans and their families.”With these kinds of increases in income there are concrete health benefits,” said Halpern-Meekin, who is also affiliated with the Institute for Research on Poverty. “The family being less likely to experience material hardship and run short of what they need has a short-term effect on children’s or infants’ health outcomes, and those spill over into long term effects … on health, school and employment outcomes.”Unintended consequences While progressives celebrate the bill as a major victory, conservatives say they fear that providing regular, no-strings-attached income to parents will have unintended consequences that do more harm than good.Scott Winship, the director of poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute, released a research paper titled, “The Conservative Case Against Child Allowances” as lawmakers were debating the bill.”Child allowances run a very real risk of encouraging more single parenthood and more no-worker families, both of which could worsen entrenched poverty in the long run — an overreliance on government transfers, poverty over longer stretches of childhood, intergenerational poverty, and geographically concentrated poverty,” he wrote.”And the concern is about not only material poverty but also the social poverty that comes from growing up in non-intact families or communities with limited social capital and a dearth of meaningful roles for members to fill.”FILE – A volunteer moves a pallet of food for low-income families at the Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2013.Noting that the United States has already seen a significant decrease in child poverty in recent decades, Winship called on lawmakers to reject the bill and to instead continue with existing policies that, he said, have been proven to work.”Policymakers should reject child allowances in favor of other policies to reduce child poverty that would build on the lessons of welfare reform, run lower risks of unintended consequences, address stubbornly low rates of intergenerational mobility, and attempt to reverse pervasive declines in family and associational life,” he wrote. “They must resist the allure of a family policy that — only apparently — has no downsides.”Permanent or temporary? As currently written, the changes to tax policy in the bill would expire at the end of the year.However, even if law reverts to its current form next year, taxpayers can expect an additional infusion of cash in 2022, when the benefits for the first six months of this year are refunded to them after they file their 2021 taxes.Advocates say that lifting children out of poverty, even temporarily, would have positive long-term effects on their development, but that the ideal outcome is creating a permanent child benefit similar to those offered in many European countries.Those calling for a permanent child benefit, such as Indivar Dutta-Gupta, the co-executive director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law School, say they are optimistic that will be the ultimate result.”By passing such a consequential provision for one year, a provision that is of historic magnitude, the president and those who have supported expanding the child tax credit are putting Congress in the position of either allowing that temporary provision to expire at the end of this year — and if they do, child poverty rates will roughly double on their watch because of a decision they’re making — or they can find a way to extend the provision,” he said.Dutta-Gupta pointed out that scholars who study poverty have been advocating for a child benefit for years, not just as a response to the economic distress caused by the pandemic.”This is a provision that will be useful throughout the business cycle,” he said. “And there’s every reason to expect a full-court press to make the provision expanding the child tax credit permanent before the end of this calendar year.”
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By Polityk | 03/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US House Set to Advance $1.9 Trillion COVID Aid for Biden Signature
The U.S. House is set to pass a massive COVID-19 relief bill this week that will reshape the American economy and send billions of dollars in global health funding abroad. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports on the U.S. response to the pandemic as vaccinations ramp up around the country.Camera: Adam Greenbaum
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By Polityk | 03/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
МОЗ ухвалило рішення про реєстрацію в Україні вакцини від компанії Sinovac
Це вже третя вакцина, яка отримала схвалення до застосування в Україні
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By Gromada | 03/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У 2020 році надійшло понад 200 тисяч звернень щодо домашнього насильства – Нацсоцслужба
У Нацсоцслужбі зазначили, що у 2020 році надійшло 211 362 звернення щодо насильства в сім’ї, з них – 2756 від дітей, 180 921 – від жінок, 27 676 – від чоловіків
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By Gromada | 03/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Севастополі до пам’ятника Шевченку приносили букети в кольорах українського прапора
У центрі на постаменті поклали жовтий букет, перев’язаний блакитною стрічкою – у кольорах українського прапора
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By Gromada | 03/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В МЗС заявили, що Тарас Шевченко є офіційно «світовим рекордсменом» за кількістю встановлених пам’ятників
«Книга рекордів України» зафіксувала, що у світі встановлено 1167 пам’ятників Тарасу Шевченку. З них 99 – у 44 іноземних країнах і 1068 – в Україні
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By Gromada | 03/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Оголосили лауреатів Шевченківської премії 2021: список
Церемонія нагородження орієнтовно запланована на 22 травня 2021 року, її вирішили перенести через пандемію COVID-19
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By Gromada | 03/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Biden Order Could Change How Colleges Handle Sex Misconduct
In a first step toward reversing a contentious Trump administration policy, President Joe Biden on Monday ordered his administration to review federal rules guiding colleges in their handling of campus sexual assaults. In an executive order, Biden directed the Education Department to examine rules that the Trump administration issued around Title IX, the federal law that forbids sex discrimination in education. Biden directed the agency to “consider suspending, revising or rescinding” any policies that fail to protect students. Biden also signed a second executive order formally establishing the White House Gender Policy Council, which his transition team had announced before he took office. “The policy of this administration is that every individual, every student, is entitled to a fair education — free of sexual violence — and that all involved have access to a fair process,” Jennifer Klein, co-chair and executive director of the Gender Policy Council, told reporters at a White House briefing. The orders were issued on International Women’s Day, a global celebration marking the achievements of women. Trump administrationBoth measures had been expected from Biden, who focused on gender equity during his campaign and previously promised to put an “immediate” end to rules that were finalized last year by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. DeVos’s policy made sweeping changes to the way colleges respond to sexual harassment and assault, with provisions that bolster the rights of the accused and narrow the scope of cases schools are required to address. It was seen as a swing away from Obama-era guidance that focused on protecting victims of sexual misconduct. Among other changes, DeVos’s rules narrowed the definition of sexual harassment, reduced the legal liability of colleges investigating sexual misconduct claims and gave accused students the right to cross-examine their accusers through a representative at live campus hearings. Biden’s order for a review drew praise from civil rights groups that say DeVos’s policy has had a chilling effect on the reporting of sexual assaults, and also from colleges that say the rules are overly prescriptive and burdensome to follow. “This is an important step,” said Shiwali Patel, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. “The Title IX rules changes that took place under the Trump administration are incredibly harmful, and they’re still in effect.” Yearslong processAlthough the order sets the stage for a major policy shift, change is unlikely to come quickly. Any effort to rewrite DeVos’s rules would have to go through a federal rule-making process that can take years to complete. It took three years, for example, for DeVos to reverse the Obama guidance and complete her own set of rules. Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education, said Biden’s announcement was welcome but changes very little immediately. “In the meantime, the Trump regulations will remain in place,” Hartle said. Republicans slammed Biden’s move and defended DeVos’s rules. “The right to due process is bigger than partisan politics — it is a cornerstone of American democracy,” said North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, the ranking Republican on the House Education Committee. “By overturning these stakeholder-vetted, court-supported rules, key protections for victims and the due process rights of the accused would be jeopardized.” Some of the most contentious aspects of DeVos’s rules — including the requirement to allow cross-examinations — are expected to be eliminated in the Biden overhaul. But rather than reverting to Obama’s 2011 policies, some legal experts expect Biden to seek a middle ground that equally protects accused students and their accusers. Part of the solution will likely include greater flexibility for schools as they respond to complaints, said Josh Richards, a lawyer who advises universities on Title IX issues. The scope of cases that colleges must address is also likely to be expanded again under the Biden administration, he said. “I don’t think it’s necessary to go to the extent that the DeVos era rules went in importing court-style legal rules to these processes in order to provide a fair process to everyone involved,” Richards said. A rollback of the existing regulation would be a blow to DeVos, who saw it as one of her signature achievements. In a parting letter to Congress in January, she urged lawmakers to “reject any efforts to undercut this important rule for survivors.” Their approval, however, is not needed to create new agency rules. Legal challengesBiden is starting the process even as DeVos’s policy faces ongoing legal challenges. Multiple lawsuits have been filed asking federal courts to strike down the policy, including a new suit filed Monday by a group of high school students in California. A lawsuit by the National Women’s Law Center is scheduled to go to trial in November. While its suit is pending, the law center is urging the Biden administration to issue a directive suspending parts of the policy that are being challenged in court. Dozens of students and sexual assault survivors issued a separate letter on Monday urging Biden to issue immediate guidance that supports the rights of survivors. Gender equity Biden’s other order establishing the Gender Policy Council was issued after Trump disbanded an office specifically focused on women’s issues created during the Obama administration that was called the White House Council on Women and Girls. The new council is tasked with helping push gender equity on the administration’s domestic and foreign policy efforts. Some of the issues the council will focus on include combating sexual harassment, addressing structural barriers to women’s participation in the workforce, decreasing gender wage and wealth gaps, and addressing caregiving issues that have disproportionately affected women. Biden signed the orders hours before delivering a White House address to mark International Women’s Day. He used his speech to celebrate the recent nominations of Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost and Army Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson to serve as combatant commanders. If confirmed by the Senate, they will become just the second and third women to serve as combatant commanders in the military. Biden also used the speech to make the case that more needed to be done to improve conditions for women who serve, including dealing with the scourge of sexual assault and harassment in the ranks. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has promised to make addressing the issue a top priority as reports of sexual assault have steadily gone up since 2006, according to Pentagon data. Biden called the problem “nothing less than a threat to our national security.” Vice President Kamala Harris Ahead of Biden’s speech Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris marked International Women’s Day with a virtual address to the European Parliament, while first lady Jill Biden honored nearly two dozen women from around the world for demonstrating courage in pursuit of justice during a State Department ceremony. Harris noted that women have been disproportionately impacted by the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Since February 2020, more than 2.3 million have left the workforce, putting women’s labor force participation rate at 57%, the lowest it has been since 1988, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis. “Simply put, our world does not work for women as it should,” Harris said.
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By Polityk | 03/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Чубаров закликав не забувати про жінок, які виступили проти окупації Криму
За його словами, ці жінки свою місію в тих умовах виконали, показавши всьому світу, що «Росія здійснює збройне вторгнення до Криму, всупереч волі його жителів»
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By Gromada | 03/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Biden to Sign Executive Orders on Equity, Campus Sexual Assault Policies on International Women’s Day
President Joe Biden is signing two executive orders Monday to create a Gender Policy Council and review Trump-era changes to college campus sexual assault policies. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Chief of Staff to the First Lady Julissa Reynoso watch as Executive Director of the Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein delivers remarks during a daily press briefing at the White House, March 8, 2021.The office will be co-chaired by Jennifer Klein, who worked on women’s issues going back to the Clinton administration, and Julissa Reynoso, first lady Jill Biden’s chief of staff. The second order will reverse polices on college campus sexual assault and harassment that were issued last year by Trump’s education secretary Betsy DeVos.Biden’s order, directed at the Department of Education, orders it to review all regulations, especially DeVos’ regulation under Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in a school or education program that receives federal money. The administration said the goal is to ensure students are guaranteed an education free from sexual violence.
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By Polityk | 03/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
