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Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog)

1/10/2023

In November 2022, the League sent delegates in person and virtually to observe the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts highlighted ways in which climate change…

LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on Healthy People 2030 Objectives (Legal Document)

12/2/2022

LWVUS submitted public comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives. The League articulated why the objective to increase the…

Boise's Shiva Rajbhandari debriefs us on COP27 (News Clips)

12/2/2022

As an official representative of the national League of Women Voters, Shiva Rajbhandari talked to Boise State Public Radio about the COP27 Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Native American Activist You Should Know: Naelyn Pike (Blog)

11/29/2022

Naelyn Pike is a 23-year-old Chiricahua Apache. As a lifelong fighter, she continues to follow in her grandfather’s — the Apache Stronghold's founder — footsteps in protecting Apache's…

Who are the Tennesseans who don't vote? (News Clips)

11/22/2022

This episode originally aired on WPLN News. Tennessee has historically had low voter turnout. Today, we're talking about a few of the reasons behind those numbers.

A cleaner campaign: Central Florida volunteers push for more plastic political sign recycling (News Clips)

11/21/2022

This story was originally published by Spectrum News. When Kay Hudson looks at campaign signs, she sees clutter. With Election Day over, the League of Women Voters volunteer has a new task —…

Beyond the Ballot: League of Women Voters of Athens County Defends, Advocates for Democracy (News Clips)

11/9/2022

This profile was originally published by The Post. The League of Women Voters of Athens County had already made its impact on local races prior to voters making their way to the polls and casting…

How The Roe Decision Mobilized a First-Time Voter (News Clips)

11/7/2022

This interview was originally published by TheSkimm. College freshman and League of Women Voters of New York City intern, Cassidy Recio Brenes, is excited to vote for the first time.

VICTORY: Missouri Judge Blocks Restrictions on Voter Registration Activity and Distribution of Absentee Ballot Applications (Press Release)

11/4/2022

Jefferson City, Mo. — This afternoon, a judge for the Cole County Circuit Court granted a preliminary injunction in our LWV MO and Missouri NAACP v. Missouri lawsuit, which blocks enforcement of…

Reproductive Rights Are on the Ballot (Blog)

11/1/2022

In June 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and ending the federal constitutional right to…