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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2/16/2022 by MADISON GUSLER Madison Gusler (bottom center) at the New York City Women’s March for Reproductive Rights on Oct. 2, 2021, along with president and CEO of the ERA Coalition, Carol Jenkins (center top), Vivien Pong (left) and Jennifer Horn (right). The Equal Rights Amendment has been in the works for almost…
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2/18/2022 by FATMA TAWFIK A woman leads singing during a demonstration in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. The group demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. (Monique Jaques / Corbis via Getty Images) Arab countries have made strides increasing women’s representation in government,…
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By Erwin Chemerinsky, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf If the government were to require that only men or only women had to pay a tax of several hundred dollars a year solely because of their sex, that would be an unconstitutional denial of equal protection under the 14th Amendment. Yet that is exactly…
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Aryana Goodarzi On January 27th, 2022, Representative Jackie Speier said, “Two years ago, the final state Virginia ratified the amendment. The amendment says two years…it is law. And that’s today.” According to Article V of the Constitution, to amend it the ERA must get through both houses of Congress (done…
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Director of Women’s Rights Program of Open Society Foundations What would a gender equal world look like? How will we know when we’ve achieved it? "I like to think of our goal as a gender just world, not merely gender equal. For me, equality suggests a world where girls, women…
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“If we could begin to understand why people act or make the decisions they do, then, couldn’t we start to make a positive step forward together?..." To read more visit: Women’s eNews Women’s eNews is a partner of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality. For more stories like…
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Today, on #LesbianVisibilityDay, I recall how I collected the courage to become authentic. It had been six years since I delicately disclosed to my teenage son that I was dating a woman for the very first time. But my surprise announcement was quickly eclipsed by his sardonic response. “Mom, I…
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The feeling of separation hurt me; I saw myself as capable, intelligent and equal, and that this odd leg should be a characteristic that was overlooked… To read more visit: Women’s eNews Women’s eNews is a partner of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality. For more stories like…
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When we hear “women’s health,” we should picture everything from the food labels that warn us about the hidden, unhealthy. When you hear “women’s health,” your mind is likely drawn to maternal, sexual and reproductive health. But women’s health is shaped by so much more. It’s shaped by the environment they live in, the food…
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