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From Carol Tracy: Introducing New Leadership at WLP
After 32 years at the helm, I have retired as Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project. I am pleased and proud to announce that WLP Director of Policy & Advocacy Amal Bass, based in the Philadelphia office, and Susan J. Frietsche, founder and director of...
Updated: WLP Statement on Dobbs Ruling & Overturning Roe
[Note: This statement was updated in July 2022 to note reflect legislative changes regarding the No Right to Abortion constitutional amendment.] Abortion is still legal and facilities that provide abortion care are still open in Pennsylvania. Today, the U.S. Supreme...
WLP Applauds New Title IX Guidelines
PENNSYLVANIA - Today, fifty years to the day Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 was passed into law, the U.S. Department of Education issued new proposed rules governing how schools that receive federal funding must respond to sex-based discrimination....
WLP Launches Program to Help Pennsylvanians Facing Pregnancy & Lactation Discrimination
Women’s Law Project, a state-based public interest legal organization focused on gender justice with offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, announces a new program to help pregnant and lactating people in Pennsylvania navigate workplace and school-based...
LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day
June 15 marks LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day. This day is an opportunity to spread awareness about wage gap data on LGBTQIA+ workers, as well as the general disparities that continue to affect the LGBTQIA+ communities. LGBTQ+ workers are paid approximately 90 cents...
