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Tag Archives: PA Campaign for Women’s Health
Calling All Moms (and Mom Supporters)! Join Us to Advocate for Workplace Equality in PA on May 22
In honor of Mother’s Day month, we are joining MomsRising and fellow advocates from across the state and heading to the Capitol to call on lawmakers to pass policies that will help lift Pennsylvania families by fighting discrimination in the … Continue reading
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Tagged MomsRising, PA Campaign for Women's Health, Paid Leave, workplace accommodations for pregnant workers
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Pennsylvania Falls Further Behind While Workplace Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Women Take Effect in Connecticut and Nevada
Starting this month, women in Connecticut and Nevada have stronger legal protections if they need reasonable workplace accommodations while they are pregnant or nursing. These two states, like twenty-one others across the country, have each passed a law that explicitly grants … Continue reading
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Tagged PA Campaign for Women's Health, Pennsylvania Legislature, Pregnancy, pregnancy discrimination, WLP, workplace equality
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Victory: Pennsylvania Strengthens Domestic Violence Laws
Pennsylvania just became the 38th state to enact a law classifying non-lethal strangulation as a stand-alone crime. Strangulation is the single most accurate predictor of a future domestic violence homicide, but has been historically difficult to prosecute. Sometimes victims don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Domestic violence, PA Campaign for Women's Health, PCADV, Pennsylvania, strangulation, victory
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ICYMI: Late Summer 2016 at the Women’s Law Project
“Things slow down in the summer,” they said. “It will be quiet,” they said. They are wrong! Here are some highlights of our recent work. Finding Solutions to “the double pay gap” August 23 was Equal Pay Day for African-American Women, … Continue reading
Posted in ICYMI
Tagged Abortion, All Access, Equality, ICYMI, PA Campaign for Women's Health, Pennsylvania, Women's Law Project
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Equal Pay for Black Women Roundtable at City Hall
Thank you to everyone who attended the roundtable discussion on equal pay co-hosted by Rep. Donna Bullock and the Women’s Law Project, including Rep. Tonyelle Cook-Artis, Rep. Brian Sims, Brenda Shelton-Dunston of the Philadelphia Black Women’s Health Alliance, Samuel Jones of … Continue reading
Roundtable Today at 3PM: Equal Pay for African-American Women
August 23 is recognized by advocates for workplace equality as Equal Pay Day for African-American/Black Women. Please join us at 3PM in the Caucus Room in City Hall, Philadelphia as we engage in a roundtable discussion on equal pay for … Continue reading
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Tagged Equal pay, equal pay for Black women, PA Campaign for Women's Health, Pennsylvania
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Good news: PA Moves Bill to Protect DV Survivors
Money can be one of the biggest obstacles standing between a domestic violence victim and freedom from abuse. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a significant proportion of women who return to an abusive relationship cite financial concerns … Continue reading
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Tagged Domestic violence, House Bill 1051, PA Agenda for Women's Health, PA Campaign for Women's Health, PCADV, Rep. Madeleine Dean
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Pregnant Workers Fired Over a Glass of Water in Pennsylvania
Did you know that a pregnant woman in Pennsylvania can be fired for asking for a stool or water bottle at work? Women make up about half of the workforce, and working women are the primary or sole breadwinners in 40% … Continue reading
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Tagged Discrimination, HB1176, hypocrisy, Mother's Day, PA Agenda for Women's Health, PA Campaign for Women's Health, Pennsylvania, Pregnant Workers
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ACTION ALERT: It’s Time to Fix Pennsylvania’s Equal Pay Law
Today, advocates from all over the state including the Women’s Law Project gathered at the Capitol in Harrisburg to call for lawmakers to fix Pennsylvania’s broken equal pay law. Some of the same lawmakers who have been busy trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2072, Equal pay, PA Campaign for Women's Health, Pennsylvania, Women's Law Project
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Yes, Minimum Wage is a Woman’s Issue
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf signed an executive order ensuring a minimum wage of $10.15 an hour for all employees under his jurisdiction and employees of Pennsylvania state government contractors. In response, the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women’s Health, a coalition of more than … Continue reading
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Tagged executive order, Governor Wolf, minimum wage, PA Campaign for Women's Health, Pennsylvania
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