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Standing Up for Female Athletes & Correcting Myths About Title IX
In our line or work, we often encounter what can politely be called strategic misinformation about women and girls. We hear lies about our bodies, about how our reproductive system works (no, women’s bodies do not come equipped with secret powers to “shut down”...
We Filed a Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States Fighting for Women’s Economic Security
Attorneys at the Women’s Law Project have filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in a case that will have significant impact on American women’s economic security. At issue in the case, Carolyn Lazer v. Mark G....
What Can Be Done About Street Harassment?
Temple University Kayla Watkins calls street harassment a “daily terror.” “I’ve been being street-harassed since I was 12 and it’s been a constant struggle,” Watkins said at a roundtable convened to explore the problem of street harassment in Philadelphia. “I have...
Just in: An Action Plan to Protect Contraception Access in Pennsylvania
This morning, Women’s Law Project director of communications Tara Murtha spoke out at a press conference at Philadelphia City Hall in support of a new action plan designed to mitigate the public health harm of the Trump administration’s rollback of the Affordable Care...
Action Alert: Tell Your State Senator Not to Discriminate Against Trans Youth
We need you to let your state Senator know that you care about protecting transgender kids in Pennsylvania. This vote can happen as early as today. Pennsylvania’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is scheduled to run out of funds the end of the year. CHIP...
