Equality | Women's Law Project

Prowel v. Wise Business Forms

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 24, 2008 | Employment, Equality, LGBT

Just a quick note to let you know that the Women’s Law Project is mentioned in this week’s feature story in the Pittsburgh City Paper, “Gender Gap,” about the work we’re doing in the case of Brian Prowel, a Butler County man who was...

Westinghouse Encourages Girls to Pursue Interest in Engineering

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 19, 2008 | Employment, Equality, Girls

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Westinghouse is presenting a program aimed at increasing girls’ interest in engineering. Just as the demand for nuclear energy specialists is growing, so too is interest in Westinghouse Electric Co.’s...

U.S. Ranks 27th in Gender Equity

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 18, 2008 | Equality

The 2008 Global Gender Gap report was released by the World Economic Forum last week, and the United States is lagging behind countries such as Germany, France, Lesotho and Cuba when it comes to equality between the sexes. Using United Nations data, the report found...

Thousands Rally for Marriage Equality

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 17, 2008 | Equality, LGBT, Philadelphia

Across the country, thousands rallied this past weekend in support of equal marriage rights. The rallies were spurred by the passage of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that overturned a state Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage. In...

LGBT Ballot Measures

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 7, 2008 | Democracy, Equality, LGBT

While Election Day proved to be a happy one for advocates of reproductive justice, it also brought devastating defeats for the LGBT community and their allies. Four states, California, Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas, had measures on the ballot limiting the rights of...

New York Times Editorial Spotlights Inequality in Insurance Premiums

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 3, 2008 | Equality, Health insurance, The New York Times, Women's health

Last week we wrote about a new report that revealed that women pay more for health insurance coverage than men. The New York Times published an editorial today, saying that it’s to take action on the issue and eliminate gender-based premiums. You can read it...

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