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Latinas Aren’t the Problem. Stop Putting the Pay Gap Problem on Us.

By MÓNICA RAMÍREZ WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Monica Ramirez, Founder and President, Justice for Migrant Women, joins advocates, legislators, and pregnant workers at a rally on Capitol Hill in support of The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act on December 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for…

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Abortion and Equal Rights Are Driving Young Women Voters in Battleground States—and High Turnout Is Expected

Turnout among young voters in the midterms is expected to match or exceed the record set in 2018, according to new polling from the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School. The poll showed 40 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds say they will “definitely” vote in the Nov. 8 midterms. A woman puts…

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A Generation Left Unheard: How Teen Girls Have Lost Their Rights

7/27/2022 by KAITLYN DONATO In the time following the Supreme Court’s official overturn of Roe v. Wade, I have reflected on what it means to be a teenage girl in a nation that fails to respect women’s rights. Pro-choice demonstrators gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on May…

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Young Women Vow to Carry the Equal Rights Amendment Across the Finish Line

by FAITH HANSON As a freshman in high school, Rosie Couture checked in on proposed legislation for the Virginia Assembly regularly. In November of 2019, she was shocked to see the Equal Rights Amendment on the list. She knew about the gender gap in school, pay and healthcare, but she…

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Women Carry An Undue Mental Health Burden. They Shouldn’t Have To

6/12/2021 by RAWAN HAMADEH Like so many other global health issues, the burdens of mental health fall hardest on women. Building a more equitable world means acknowledging—and addressing—that gap. In 2020, Project HOPE began delivering mental health and resiliency trainings for health care workers around the world — the majority of whom…

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How Texas’s S.B. 8 Restricts Sexual Abuse Survivor Advocacy

4/4/2022 by MICHELLE SIMPSON TUEGEL We as attorneys have a right to do our jobs, which includes giving our clients candid, truthful advice, in their best interest, free of coercion. AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 02: Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion and voter suppression laws at the Texas State Capitol on October 2, 2021…

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Women’s Rights and Democracy Are Inextricably Linked

3/24/2022 by JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF We cannot expect to meas­ure the ebb and flow of a truly inclus­ive demo­cracy without first look­ing to gender equity. Women’s rights have been the canary in the coal mine all along. AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 02: Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion and voter suppression laws at…

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With a Powerhouse All-Women Cast, ‘Suffs’ Explores Activists Who Made Women’s Voting Rights Happen

3/25/2022 by JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF How little the general public has absorbed about the suffrage movement and its myriad players is not an accident. Live theater has returned and among the blockbusters launching this season is Suffs, which opens on April 6 at the venerable Public Theater in New York City.…

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Survivors Need VAWA—But the ERA Would Make It Even More Powerful

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 9: Actress Angelina Jolie joins U.S. Senators during their press conference announcing a bipartisan modernized Violence Against Women Act in the Capitol on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images). After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of senators announced Wednesday that…

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