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First-Year Students Attend Virginia Law Audit Project Announcement

Originally published by Hollins University on January 26, 2023.

(Left to right) Jay Garcia ’26; Lisa Sales, president of the Virginia Chapter of NOW; and Elizabeth Barker ’26.

Hollins University students Elizabeth Barker ’26 and Jay Garcia ’26 visited the State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, for the launch of the Virginia Law Audit Project (VLAP) by the Virginia Chapter of the National

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Former Fox News anchors support Filler-Corn workplace protection bill

Written by Charlotte Rene Woods. Originally published in The Richmond Times-Dispatch on January 24, 2023.

Former Fox News anchors Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky support a workplace protection bill filed by Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax.

House Bill 1895 would prohibit non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts or settlement agreements that would bar

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Virginia can lead nation in protecting survivors of workplace abuse

Originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on January 23, 2023. 

By Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky

It is all too common to know someone who has experienced discrimination, harassment or other toxicity at work — or to have experienced it ourselves. 

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Sugar and Spice and Not So Nice: The Roar for Little Girls

Try trying to explain to a first-grader why a bunch of conservative old white men are denying women their equal rights.

Written by Lisa Sales. 

equal rights amendmentAs appears in Ms. Magazine and originally published in Women’s eNews on December 26, 2022.

It was at first quiet and misty in Lafayette Park across from the White House where several hundred from various groups were gathering—namely Virginia National

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Ignoring Precedent: Stop Making Women’s Equality a Political Question Mark

Correct the record, and publish the 28th Amendment once and for all!

Written by  and , December 15, 2022
As appears in Ms. Magazine and originally published on Women's eNews.

On January 27, 2022, standing before the White House in below freezing temperatures just as the suffragists had done in 1917, Americans marked the two-year anniversary of ratification of the ERA, which

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Kaine Leads Virginia Delegation In Urging Senate Vote To Remove Time Limit For Ratification Of Equal Rights Amendment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2022
CONTACT: Katie Stuntz, 202-355-3761 or Janine Kritschgau, 202-365-2176

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led Senator Mark R. Warner and Representatives Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Don Beyer (VA-08), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) in calling for a vote by the full Senate before the end of the 117th Congress

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Official Abortion Resolutions

The following are links to official abortion resolutions from around the state of Virginia.

 

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Contact Schumer Daily!

Our actions are solely focused on the U.S. Senate and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) until the midterm elections.

Schumer Call to Action Still Graphic

Advocates need to:

SHOW UP

RSVP for the September 28 rally: https://vanow.org/legislative-priorities/action-alerts/rally-for-equal-rights-repro-rights

  1. Call and write Senators Warner and Kaine through October to have them pressure Schumer to bring ERA to the floor for a vote BEFORE the midterms
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RALLY FOR EQUAL RIGHTS = REPRO RIGHTS

Rally on 9-28 for the 28th Amendment

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Join us to rally on the 28th for the 28th Amendment (the ERA) and help Virginia DEFEND its 38th State status as the historic and final, requisite state needed to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. The ERA saves Abortion and other repro rights! So, now we need to take our respective state fights to the national level. On 9/28, oral

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The Gender Pay Gap for College Women

Bestcolleges.com has an article that looks at the gender pay gap for college-educated women, which hasn't budged in almost 20 years. Check out these statistics:

  • Today, the average woman earns 80-84 cents for every dollar earned by a man.
  • Women with college degrees make 74 cents for every dollar earned by equally educated men.
  • The choice of major and occupation explains only part of the gender pay
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