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Swedish Men Take Parental Leave – What’s the Situation in the U.S.?
In 1974, Sweden became the first country in the world to replace “maternity leave” with “parental leave,” a small change of words that laid the groundwork to make a world of difference for working mothers in Sweden. In 1995, a new law allocated one month of the...
UPCOMING EVENT: Free Dating Violence Conference in Montgomery County, PA
This Thursday, June 24, 2010, a conference about relationship violence, “Everybody’s Business: Preventing Dating Violence and Domestic Abuse in Our Community” will be held at the Montgomery County Community College Science Center Theatre. Registration is free, and...
June is LGBT Pride Month
This month, pride parades are occurring throughout the United States in honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. On June 13th in Philadelphia, floats made their way to Penn’s Landing where retailers, community groups, and entertainers awaited...
What We’re Reading
Welcome to a new feature on the WLP blog, where we share links to articles we’re reading with you. Feel free to add your own in comments! Budget cuts to subsidized child care are taking a toll on single mothers’ ability to work. An outrageous cartoon of Elena Kagan is...
Victories for Female Candidates: Are We Any Closer to Equal Representation?
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...
