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San Francisco AG Files Suit Over Discriminatory Health Insurance Policies
The City of San Francisco’s Attorney General has filed suit against state health insurance regulators because of the current regulations’ discriminatory effects on women. The suit contends that insurance commissioner Steve Poizner and director of the Department of...
Congress Passes Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
On Tuesday, Congress passed the final version of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in a 250-177 vote. This comes on the heels of the Senate passing it last week. President Obama signed the bill into law yesterday at the White House. The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act...
Supreme Court Strengthens Protections in Title VII Cases
Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Crawford v. Nashville which strengthened employees' protections against retaliation by their employers during the investigation of employment discrimination cases. Vicky Crawford was an employee of the city...
WNBA Star Candace Parker and Pregnant Athletes
The New York Times reports that Candace Parker, of the Los Angeles Sparks, is pregnant and due in the spring. The article touches on the fact that a high-profile athlete's pregnancy could be a good conduit for talking about the challenges that working mothers face,...
What Do Women Want?
The New York Times Magazine recently published a story outlining different approaches to understanding the different experiences of women and men in sex. The article emphasizes the recent surge in research in the field of female sexuality, which was at least partly...
