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House Republicans Introduce Partisan VAWA that Fails to Protect ALL Victims
Today, I am presenting a guest blog by my dear friend and colleague Pat Reuss. Pat describes herself as “a longtime women’s rights activist pretending to be retired and currently serving as a policy...
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Rising in Celebration of the Passage of VAWA
Today, the US House of Representatives passed the comprehensive Senate version of the Violence Against Women reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA) by a vote of 286-138. The Senate passed the same bill on...
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US Congress passes Violence Against Women Act: Article via AFP
This article was first posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:12:14 PM. It gives a very good summary of how the Violence Against Women Act passed and why it took so long. US Congress passes Violence...
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The “Unholy Alliance” that May Defeat Comprehensive UN Call to End...
Last week, on International Women’s Day (March 8), I participated in the 24-hour Global Tweet-a-Thon to end gender-based violence. This event was held in conjunction with the 57th session of the...
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Powerful UN CSW57 Document on Ending Gender-Based Violence Created
On March 14, I wrote a blog entitled “The “Unholy Alliance” that May Defeat Comprehensive UN Call to End Gender-Based Violence.” I talked about an alliance between the Vatican, Iran, Russia and a...
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Pittsburgh: Do NOT Backtrack on Domestic Violence Protections
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a debate erupted in the Pittsburgh City Council meeting on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 when Councilman Ricky Burgess presented a proposal to throw out the...
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Update on Pittsburgh’s Domestic Violence Policies
Last week I wrote a blog about an attempt by Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess to backtrack on the city’s domestic violence policies. There has been a week of outrage among advocates for the...
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Civil Rights Denied: PA’s Proposed Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban
“working to win the freedom to marry in more states, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination. ” http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/about-us A couple of days...
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Facebook Guidelines Need to be Changed
Reblogged from Nel's New Day: MySpace was a popular social network several years ago, but it was quickly taken over by Facebook and pretty much disappeared. Now, the most popular social network is...
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When Men Murder Women: The Violence Policy Center 2013 Report
Joanne Tosti-Vasey “Refusing to be Silent” and calling for an end to gender-based violence The following is a guest blog originally published here by Jerin Arifa, with an acknowledgement to Patricia...
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Pennsylvania’s Proposed Women’s Health Agenda
Kate Michelman discussing strategy with women’s health care advocates and members of the General Assembly Health Care Agenda Caucus. Yesterday (Monday, September 30, 2013), I attended a two-hour...
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Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health Initial Roll-Out
Logo for the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health On December 11, the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Health Agenda Caucuses rolled out the first set of bills that are part of the Pennsylvania...
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Roe v Wade Anniversary: Pro-Active Legislative Agendas
Logo for the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health Today is the 41st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision by the US Supreme Court that says that women have a constitutional right of access to safe...
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Sample Letter Opposing Sick Leave Preemption Bill
Help Stop ALEC Yesterday afternoon, the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee forwarded a sick leave preemption bill — HB 1960 — to the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representative...
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Shenanigans in the PA Senate
Stop Violence Against Women NOW Shenanigans in the Senate. Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Senate Local Government committee added an amendment to HB1796. This bill passed unanimously out of the House of...
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PA Senate: Remove Preemptive Language Amendment on Domestic Violence Bill
Stop Violence Against Women NOW On March 12, I wrote a blog about the “Shenanigans in the PA Senate.” The day before my blog, the PA Senate essentially eviscerated a bill that makes it illegal for...
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Action Alert: Help Prevent Domestic Violence Homicides in Pennsylvania
Stop Violence Against Women NOW Women's Law Project Blog We need you to take one minute to help hold domestic abusers accountable. Strangulation is the single most accurate predictor of a future...
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Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Anti-Woman?
Central Oregon Coast NOW Spencer Platt/Getty Images Donald J. Trump’s campaign was dogged by accusations of misogyny. Now his cabinet is shaping up to be one of the most hostile in recent memory to...
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