Last year, Harvard came out and said that they will punish students who are part of single-gendered organizations that are not affiliated with the school. Essentially, students who are part of sororities, fraternities, or final clubs can't hold leadership positions, be captains of sports teams, or get scholarships from the school.
There are so many things wrong with this. First of all, the reasoning behind this is to help stop sexual assault. The issue here is that instead of targeting specific offenders, everyone is punished. Instead of increasing education on campus and actually taking action against sexual assault, they made a huge over-generalization that does not solve anything.
Another issue is that universities should not punish students for being part of organizations outside of the school. It is not the school's job to dictate what groups students should and shouldn't join. Along with this, the only way it can be enforced is the honor code, as these organizations are not affiliated with the university. This just pushes the problems underground, and if something does happen, students may be even more fearful of coming forward if they scared of being scrutinized for being a member of a group.
The main problem here, however, is that we need female spaces. All women spaces are such a great place for support, feminism, and networking in a time where women are still unequal to men. This is the reason we have all-girl schools and we have clubs such as "Women in STEM." Women are discriminated against, are paid less, and are given fewer opportunities than their male counterparts, and having a place to take leadership, to mentor other women, and learn to be confident and feel heard and valuable.
Taking away single-gendered organizations is not a progressive move. It is not a step in the right direction. All it does is strip women of a safe place of support from other women.