Equality | Women's Law Project

One Year Later: Will You Commit to Fighting for a Better Post-Roe PA?

by Tara Murtha | Jun 24, 2023 | Abortion Access, Action Alert, Equality

It’s been one year since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, and Pennsylvania abortion law hasn’t changed. While lots of stories marking the year since this rogue ruling will talk about the post-Dobbs divide, the truth is Pennsylvania is neither an...

Tonight! Philadelphia Premiere of “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry”

by Barbara DiTullio | Mar 6, 2015 | Equality, Gender Discrimination, Pennsylvania, People of Color, Philadelphia, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual orientation, Women's health, women's rights

By Tara Murtha, WLP Staff She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, a new full-length feature documentary that explores the early era of the U.S. feminist movement, premieres in Philadelphia tonight. Following the 7pm screening at the Ritz Bourse, Access Matters...

WLP Attorneys: Penn Professors Are Wrong

by Barbara DiTullio | Feb 27, 2015 | Equality, Rape, Title IX

By Tara Murtha, WLP Staff Women’s Law Project Executive Director Carol E. Tracy, Managing Attorney Terry L. Fromson and Staff Attorney Amal Bass, lawyers with extensive experience working with Title IX, the civil law that prohibits discrimination in educational...

Women's Law Project Calls for UPMC to Stop Its Challenge to Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations

by Barbara DiTullio | Feb 7, 2014 | Allegheny County, Economic Justice, Employment, Equality, Pittsburgh

By Tara R. Pfeifer, WLP Staff Attorney Make sure your voice is heard on this issue, please sign this petition. On February 5, 2014, Susan Frietsche, Senior Staff Attorney at the Women’s Law Project (WLP), spoke at a press conference at Pittsburgh City Council and...

Title IX requirements not burdensome

by Barbara DiTullio | Jul 8, 2013 | Athletic Equity, Education, Equality, Gender Discrimination, Girls, Sex Discrimination, Sports, Title IX

By Terry L. Fromson, WLP Managing Attorney On June 19, 2013, the Northwestern Lehigh School District Board of Directors adopted a resolution that would keep basic information from parents and students about the sports programs their tax dollars support. The resolution...

How Long Will Equal Pay Take to Achieve?

by Barbara DiTullio | Jun 10, 2013 | Allegheny County, Economic Justice, Employment, Equal pay, Equality, Gender Discrimination, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sex Discrimination, Wage Gap, Women's Law Project

By Terry L. Fromson, WLP Managing Attorney and Kate Michelman, President Emeritus of NARAL Pro-Choice America and Co-Chair of WomenVote Pa, an initiative of the WLP The Equal Pay Act became law fifty years ago today. Unfortunately, we remain far from achieving the...

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