Education rights

Law 731 of 2002 establishing rules to benefit rural women. Modified by Law 2462 of 2025.

Law to Prevent and Eradicate Violence Against Women (2018)

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The Equal Treatment Act defined and expanded protection against any discrimination and harassment to include, in addition to gender, “race, nationality, citizenship, language, origin, social status, belief, convictions or views, age, sexual orientation, disability, ethnic origin or religion.” It also established a duty of state and municipal institutions, educational institutions, and employers to actively prevent discrimination on the previously mentioned grounds. Under Article 13, a person who has suffered such discrimination has the right to claim material and non-material damages.

The case Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S. 522 (2025), reached the U.S. Supreme Court after a group of religiously-diverse parents challenged the Montgomery County Board of Education’s adoption of “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks for kindergarten through fifth grade, and its elimination of a pre-existing parental opt-out option for that instruction. Initially the parents sought a preliminary injunction in the U.S.

In Mathis v. Wayne County Board of Education, 496 F. App'x 513, the plaintiff-appellants’ sons were victims of sexual harassment by their middle school basketball teammates.The harassment ranged from what was considered "arguably innocent locker room pranks" to sexual violence. The plaintiffs sued the Wayne County Board of Education, alleging that the school board was deliberately indifferent to student-on-student sexual harassment in violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.

In the case McCormick v. School District of Mamaroneck, 370 F.3d 275 (2004), the school district had scheduled their girls’ high school soccer season in the spring and their boys’ high school soccer in the fall. The effect of that schedule was that boys were able to compete in the regional and state championship games, but the girls were not. Parents of the girls team sued the school district pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 and 20 U.S.C.

The purpose of the Equal Opportunities Act is to prohibit any discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment based on gender within employment, education, consumer protection, social security schemes, and involvement in organizations. It also established a duty of state and municipal institutions, educational establishments, and employers to actively implement equal rights for women and men.

In N.C. v. Caldwell, 77 So. 3d 561 (Ala. 2011), the Supreme Court of Alabama addressed whether a physical education teacher was entitled to State-agent immunity after a student under his supervision was sexually assaulted by another student. N.C., a minor, alleged that her teacher, P.R.

The National Gender Policy is The Gambia’s most recent strategic policy framework for promoting gender equality and women’s rights in The Gambia. The Policy explicitly identifies gender-based violence, harmful traditional practices, limited access to education and health, economic inequality, and the lack of representation in decision-making processes as key obstacles to women’s empowerment and sustainable development in The Gambia.