Democracy | Women's Law Project

Spotlight on Conservative Women in Politics

by Barbara DiTullio | Jul 6, 2010 | Democracy, Equality, Government, Politics

The Women’s Law Project is a nonpartisan organization and does not endorse candidates nor affiliate with any political party. However, we are interested in the media coverage of women in politics and the variety of opinions currently being expressed about conservative...

Victories for Female Candidates: Are We Any Closer to Equal Representation?

by Barbara DiTullio | Jun 21, 2010 | Democracy, Equality, Government, Politics

NPR termed it a “Super Tuesday For Women.” The Washington Post called it “a year of the woman,” but noted “the general election in the fall will be the real test of whether the ‘year of the woman’ label is fitting.” After high-profile primaries resulted in numerous...

Remember to Vote Today!

by Barbara DiTullio | May 18, 2010 | Democracy, Government, Voting rights

Although women and men often care about similar issues, women are not adequately represented in federal, state, or local government. As a result, women’s voices and needs are not as integral to the decision-making process, and final decisions about policies that...

Female Judges in the United States Are Few and Far Between

by Barbara DiTullio | Feb 9, 2010 | Democracy, Equality, Government

Update: This blog post originally stated that there were no women on the Mississippi Supreme Court, which came from the executive summary of the report. However, Beverly Pettigrew Kraft, Public Information Officer for the Administrative Office of Courts in...

Analysis: Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage

by Barbara DiTullio | Apr 6, 2009 | Democracy, Equality, LGBT, Sexual orientation

On April 3, 2009, in a unanimous decision, the Iowa Supreme Court recognized that the Iowa statute limiting civil marriage as a union between man and woman violated the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution that ensures that “all persons similarly...

Obama's Choice of anti-LGBT Pastor Draws Fire

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 19, 2008 | Democracy, LGBT

Members of the LGBT community across the nation have been expressing outrage at President-Elect Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. Mr. Warren heads a megachurch in California and has been a strong opponent of equality for gays...

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