On April 19, 2024, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) issued a statement concerning Title IX rule changes announced by the U.S. Department of Education that same day. The DWC states on the mission page of its website:
The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) is composed of all the Democratic women in the House of Representatives. The DWC is dedicated to the advancement of full equal rights, economic opportunity, improved health and safety, and elimination of laws and policies with discriminatory or disparate impacts for women and girls, and works to achieve these goals through legislation, advocacy, and educational efforts.
Women’s Declaration International USA (WDI USA) agrees with this mission statement and is pleased that there is a group of women in the U.S. House of Representatives purporting to stand up for women and girls.
Surprisingly, the DWC’s statement did not mention the fact that the Department’s Title IX rule changes also redefined sex to include the nebulous and sexist concept of “gender identity” for all Title IX purposes. Given that this redefinition will have disastrous consequences for women and girls as a sex class, we thought this omission was significant.
We are asking women all over the world to:
- Bring as much attention to this situation as possible globally by sharing it with women’s groups and members of the media; and
- Contact the DWC to share your concerns about this glaring omission.
Source: (22) Democratic Women’s Caucus Ignores Women Speaking Out About “Gender Identity” Around the World