{"id":47626,"date":"2016-07-06T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=47626"},"modified":"2019-02-11T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T23:10:53","slug":"new-sexual-harassment-education-law-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/07\/06\/new-sexual-harassment-education-law-signed\/","title":{"rendered":"New sexual harassment education law signed"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Representative Linda Ichiyama, 糖心视频<\/abbr> President David Lassner, Governor David Ige, 糖心视频<\/abbr> Director of the Office of Institutional Equity Jennifer Rose and Representative Isaac Choy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 5, Govenor David Ige signed HB 2772<\/a>, which requires the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span><\/a> to educate employees and students about sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking policies.<\/p>\n

“The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> has made tremendous progress on our Title IX<\/abbr> and Violence Against Women Act compliance initiatives as we work to improve safety across our 糖心视频<\/abbr> System,” said 糖心视频<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In April, 糖心视频<\/abbr> expanded is sexual harassment policies with a new Executive Policy on Consensual Relationships. In 2015, Lassner authorized an updated executive policy on sex discrimination and gender-based violence, and the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> established the Office of Institutional Equity<\/a>, to oversee 糖心视频<\/abbr>’s initiatives on Title IX<\/abbr> and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) across all 10 campuses.<\/p>\n