Vox Sentences - Russian vaccine disinformation

Biden orders a review of Betsy DeVos’s campus sexual assault policies; Russia tries to undermine Western vaccine confidence.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum.

• On International Women’s Day, President Joe Biden signed two gender-focused executive orders: one to review Title IX guidelines governing campus sexual assault investigations and one to create a Gender Policy Council in the Executive Office of the President. [HuffPost / Alanna Vagianos]
• The Gender Policy Council is intended to collaborate with existing councils on ensuring gender equity is prioritized in domestic and foreign policy and attempt to address issues women face in the workplace. It will also serve as a hub for transgender rights advocacy. [USA Today / Courtney Subramanian]
• The chairs of the council will submit a whole-of-government strategy to Biden in order to integrate a gender perspective into policy, budget, and program discussions. [CNN / Jason Hoffman, Paul LeBlanc, and Kate Sullivan]
• Biden also ordered a review of Trump-era Title IX policy instituted by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Under her stewardship, the Department of Education raised the standard necessary to prove a sexual assault occurred. [AP / Collin Binkley and Aamer Madhani]
• DeVos’s changes also provided greater rights to students accused of sexual assault, including the opportunity to cross-examine their accusers, and reduced liability for colleges and universities in campus assault cases. [AP]
• Now Biden is directing the department to review these policies after pledging to dismantle them. He was a key architect of the Obama-era rules that President Trump rescinded. [NYT / Katie Rogers]
• Biden is expected to propose his own Title IX rule, creating a fresh policy. Rescinding the Trump interpretation will likely necessitate a new rulemaking process. [Washington Post / Laura Meckler]