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What We’re Reading: 2011 was a Banner Year for LGBT Rights
Many online publications have been calling attention to the huge gains advocates have made towards equality for LGBT people this year. While we must recognize that we still have awhile to go to reach equality for all United States citizens, it is important to also...
Monica Henry: Women and Girls Still Bear Brunt of Domestic Violence
Recently, Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett wrote a guest post for WeNews which cited Mary Straus’s research findings that women and men tend to instigate violence in roughly an equal number of domestic violence instances. Monica Henry, who holds a master's degree...
Declining Rate of Reproductive Health Services Among Young Women
Data from the National Survey of Family Growth polls show an 8% decline in reproductive health services among young women from 2002 to 2008. Low-income women were shown to be the least likely to have obtained reproductive health services. Researchers identified...
Obamacare Saved Her Life: How the Affordable Care Act Helps Real People
Recently, Spike Dolomite Ward wrote an opinion piece for the LA Times in which she spoke about how health care reform, or the Affordable Care Act (referred to as “Obamacare”), is providing her with the care she needs to fight her third-stage breast cancer. Once an...
Women’s Law Project Leads Call for Review of Penn State University’s Handling of Allegations of Sexual Assault and Violence
In the wake of the recent disturbing reports that Penn State University failed to properly respond to allegations of sexual abuse by a former assistant football coach, the Women’s Law Project (WLP) spearheaded a group of civil rights organizations, including the...
