LWVUS Urges US Senate to Support Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (Legal Document) 4/18/2023 LWVUS sent a memo to members of the US Senate urging them to support S.J. Res. 4, a resolution to affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
LWVUS Joins Comments on Nondiscrimination Protections in HHS Grant-Funded Services (Legal Document) 9/11/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States signed onto comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its proposed updates to nondiscrimination protections in HHS…
Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO, League of Women Voters: Women's (IN)Equality Day 2023 (News Clips) 8/23/2023 LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón joined the Madam Policy podcast to discuss our #WID23 campaign.
Is a Barbie World possible? (News Clips) 8/25/2023 This opinion was originally published in The Fulcrum. LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón discusses women's equality in a post-Dobbs world and our #WID23 campaign.
Voting Rights Heroes in the Disability Community (Blog) 9/12/2023 Our history is replete with people with disabilities who paved the way for a stronger, more representative democracy — like Judy Heumann, Sojourner Truth, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Claudia Gordan…
Women's (In)Equality Day With Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of League of Women Voters (News Clips) 8/26/2023 This episode originally aired on The Electorette Podcast. LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón spoke to The Electorette about our #WID23 Women's Inequality Day campaign.
League of Women Voters teach young women how to run campaign (News Clips) 9/7/2023 This story was originally published by News 4 Tucson, KVOA. The 18th annual ‘Running and Winning’ workshop took place Thursday. It’s an all-day event that gives high school girls the opportunity to…
LWV Responds to Supreme Court Decision Legalizing Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples (Press Release) 6/30/2023 WASHINGTON — Today, League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner issued the following statement after the Supreme Court held that a Colorado website designer may…
Anti-LGBTQIA+ State Legislative Trends (Blog) 7/13/2023 Throughout 2023, we have seen an unprecedented number of legislative attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender minority (…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support Paid Family and Medical Leave (Legal Document) 5/17/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would create a …