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Shout Out: “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds”
By Kaitlin Leskovac, WLP Summer Intern Last Friday, a group of congresswomen gathered on the steps of the Capitol to announce a new economic agenda titled “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds.” The agenda addresses three areas of continued inequality and obstacles...
Major League Baseball Includes Sexual Orientation in its Anti-Discrimination Policy
By Molly Duerig, WLP Intern It’s no mystery why the Major League Baseball Players Association has announced a new component to its anti-discrimination policy that specifically denounces discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Many professional athletes are...
Rainbow Alliance Victory Against Gender Discrimination
Tara R. Pfeifer, WLP Staff Attorney The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations recently issued a ‘probable cause’ finding against the University of Pittsburgh in connection with a gender discrimination complaint filed by Rainbow Alliance, University of Pittsburgh’s...
Stop Sexual Assault in the Military
By Hillary Scrivani, WLP Law Intern When a woman signs up to serve her country in the U.S. military, she should expect to be honored and thanked for her service. What she should not expect is to become part of the enormous group of women who are sexually assaulted in...
California Female Inmate Sterilizations: Why We’re Appalled, But Not Surprised.
By Rebecca Ryan, WLP Law Intern Earlier this week, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) released a report finding that California prisons had coercively sterilized at least 148 women between 2006 and 2010. According to the report, doctors contracted by the...