Immigrants | Women's Law Project

Five Ways to Fight Family Separation From Right Here in Pennsylvania

by wlpadmin2018 | Jun 19, 2018 | Immigrants

“On the afternoon of their second day in detention, two male agents entered the cell. “They didn’t say anything,” Rivera told me. “They just walked over and grabbed Jairo. It felt like my son was stuck to me. He clung to me, cried and screamed. They had to pull him...

Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania? It’s here if you look for it.

by Barbara DiTullio | May 3, 2013 | Human Trafficking, Immigrants, Pennsylvania, Sex, Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women

By Judy Hale Reed, Intern, WLP Western Pennsylvania Office In June 2012, the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking released the results of a two-year study entitled, Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania: Policy...

House Passes DHS Spending Bill with Anti-Choice Rider

by Barbara DiTullio | Jun 26, 2012 | Abortion, Abortion Access, Congress, Government, Health Care, Immigrants, Women's health

Elizabeth Wingfield, Former WLP Intern On June 7, the House passed a Homeland Security spending bill which included a provision that would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from providing abortions to undocumented women who are detained. The measure...

Report: Female Farm Workers Face Sexual Violence, Harassment

by Barbara DiTullio | May 21, 2012 | Immigrants, Sexual Assault, Sexual harassment, Uncategorized, Violence Against Women

On May 16, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report detailing the results of interviews with over 160 farmworkers, police, attorneys, and other members of the agricultural industry about sexual violence and harassment endured by female migrant farmworkers. Women...

Urge Your Representative in Congress to Oppose H.R. 4970 to Protect the Safety of Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims

by Barbara DiTullio | May 10, 2012 | Congress, Domestic violence, Immigrants, Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women

As Congress debates the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), domestic and sexual violence victims are in danger of losing important protections under the law. Unlike previous reauthorizations of VAWA, a law originally passed in 1994 and...

Undocumented Women in Custody Forced to Give Birth in Chains

by Barbara DiTullio | Oct 19, 2011 | Childbirth, Immigrants, Reproductive Rights, Shackling, Women's health

The Huffington Post recently published an expose on the barbaric treatment of some undocumented women who are incarcerated while pregnant. Being shackled during childbirth is illegal in 14 states including Pennsylvania (except in cases where it is determined that the...