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How DEI Impacts Us — And Democracy (Blog)

With attacks from the recent administration, DEI has been a hot topic recently. In a recent blog, I broke down what DEI really is — and isn’t. In this piece, I’ll describe just a few of the ways DEI…

Why We Will Remain the League of WOMEN Voters (Blog)

Over a century after our founding — and the passage of the 19th amendment that granted many women the right to vote — some people question why the League of Women Voters keeps the word ‘women’ in our…

President Biden: Why Are Women Waiting for Equality? (Blog)

It’s 2024. 101 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed, and women’s equal rights are still not enshrined in the US Constitution.

5 Ways to Empower Women Voters in 2024 (Blog)

The 2024 federal election is a critical moment in the fight for our equality, as the people we elect in November will be in charge of our rights for the next four yearsWe've identified five unique…

One Year After Dobbs: The Emotional Impact of Anti-Abortion Laws (Blog)

Last year’s SCOTUS decision repealing the right to abortion continues to affect millions of people nationwide. Yet while most of us are familiar with its impact on family planning, I wonder if we all…

Anti-LGBTQIA+ State Legislative Trends (Blog)

In the past couple of years, we have seen unprecedented numbers of legislative attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender…

Reflecting on the UN’s 2023 Commission on the Status of Women (Blog)

The United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. The…

Contemporary Women Activists You Should Know (Blog)

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating trailblazing women who advocate for equal rights and power our democracy.   These include Byllye Y. Avery, America Ferrera, Jane Fonda,…

Ketanji Brown Jackson Brings Needed Public Defense Experience to SCOTUS (Blog)

In June 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson — the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) — was sworn in as an associate justice. Justice Jackson is the first former public defender to…

What's Going On With Reproductive Rights? (Blog)

The recently leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization threatens to overturn the constitutional protection of abortion. If this decision is published,…