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Women and the Nobel Prize: An Encouraging Trend After Years of Invisibility
Although the Nobel Prize Committee’s decision to award this year’s Peace Prize to President Obama has been the focus of the media’s attention, it’s interesting to note that five women have won Nobel Prizes this year alongside eight men. This marks the most equal...
WLP on CNN’s Situation Room
This week, Terry Fromson, Managing Attorney here at the Women’s Law Project, appeared on CNN to shed light on some health insurers’ practice of denying health coverage to survivors of domestic violence. Health insurance companies can deny coverage to abuse survivors...
Nomination Update: Regina Benjamin and Dawn Johnsen
Senate Democrats are hopeful that the next couple of the weeks will bring advancements in approving President Obama’s executive nominees, 200 of which are stalled in the Senate. Two of these nominees are surgeon general nominee Regina Benjamin, and Office of Legal...
Bethany Christian Services Received $3 Million in Federal Money in 2009
Following up our blog post on crisis pregnancy centers, an American Prospect blogger reports that Bethany Christian Services, one of the centers whose coercive practices were exposed in a Nation article earlier this year, received $3 million in federal money in 2009....
Reading, PA, Passes Nondiscrimination Ordinance
Some good news out of southeastern Pennsylvania: the Reading City Council has passed an ordinance banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The ordinance is similar to the one passed by the Allegheny County Council...
