Equality
Court Watchers Changing Courthouse Rules
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Volunteers across the country are monitoring sexual assault and domestic violence cases in court. These court watch programs are helping to change the ways judges and prosecutors treat such cases.
Equal Pay
‘Willmar 8’ Earn Rank as Equal-Pay Pioneers
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The ‘Willmar 8’ made a courageous contribution to the women’s equal-pay movement when they conducted one of the first gender-discrimination strikes 25 years ago in Minnesota.
Crime & Law
New Anti-Violence Campaigns Aim at Boys, Young Men
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A banner hanging in the San Francisco Giant’s ballpark is part of a new trend in anti-domestic violence awareness campaigns: coaching boys in middle and high schools to unlearn bullying and abusive behaviors.
Politics
College Students Lobby for Birth Control Coverage
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A federal court ruled that employers must cover contraceptive pills if they cover other prescription drugs. Now some ambitious students are arguing the same ruling should apply to college and university health plans.
Arts & Culture
Moms at Home Now Rock Cradles, Business Strategies
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More mothers who want to enjoy the benefits of paid work and motherhood are doing it their way–through creating home-based businesses. Along the way, they create career moves for themselves, wealth for their families and jobs for others.
Equal Pay
Colleges Train Students to Press for Equal Wages
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A new crop of programs for college women aims to teach young women negotiating skills so they start out on an even playing field with men. Otherwise, even a small difference in first-job salary could dramatically reduce lifetime earnings.
The Nation
Real (Outdoors) Women Fish, Hunt, Teach
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A Wisconsin program, quickly spreading across the nation and to Canada, teaches and inspires women to hunt, fish, canoe, camp and otherwise fall in love with and become stewards of the great outdoors.