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President Obama is calling to action a fight against U.S. college campus sexual assaults.

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President Obama is calling to action a fight against U.S. college campus sexual assaults.

The president established the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault which targets to fight rape on college campuses.

A report by the White House Council on Women and Girls was released along with the establishment of the new task force. The report found that nearly 1 in 5 women are the victims of sexual assault while in college. In these cases, most victims know their attacker, may be in a "incapacitated" state (eg. drunk, under the influence of drugs or passed out) and are less likely to report the assault.

The report also stated "campus assailants are often serial offenders: one study found that of the men who admitted to committing rape or attempted rape, some 63 percent said they committed an average of six rapes each."

The report also found that multiracial women are more likely to be raped (33.5 percent have been). Women of other races are still victims of this terrible crimes — 27 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women have been raped, while 15 percent of Hispanic, 22 percent of Black, and 19 percent of White women have been raped.

Obama and his administration have been combating sexual assaults since 2010. In 2013, President Obama signed third reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which equips training and funding for the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women. New this year are protections for immigrant, LGBT and Native American victims, as well as victims who live in low-income or subsidized housing.

 

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