By MÓNICA RAMÍREZ Let’s be clear: The reason we observe Latina Equal Pay Day every year is because it is imperative to name that employers of all kinds are not… Continue reading Latinas Aren’t the Problem. Stop Putting the Pay Gap Problem on Us.
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… Continue reading Abortion and Equal Rights Are Driving Young Women Voters in Battleground States—and High Turnout Is Expected
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… Continue reading A Generation Left Unheard: How Teen Girls Have Lost Their Rights
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… Continue reading Young Women Vow to Carry the Equal Rights Amendment Across the Finish Line
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. The month of… Continue reading Women Carry An Undue Mental Health Burden. They Shouldn’t Have To
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. The most… Continue reading How Texas’s S.B. 8 Restricts Sexual Abuse Survivor Advocacy
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… Continue reading Women’s Rights and Democracy Are Inextricably Linked
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… Continue reading With a Powerhouse All-Women Cast, ‘Suffs’ Explores Activists Who Made Women’s Voting Rights Happen
After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of senators announced Wednesday that they had reached a deal to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)—which has been expired since December… Continue reading Survivors Need VAWA—But the ERA Would Make It Even More Powerful
