What could happen in 10 years if women who lead PACs and nonprofits on both sides of the political aisle pull together to boost the number of women in higher office? That’s the question of the well-financed Political Parity Project.
Olympia Snowe showed her importance to the Senate’s pro-choice firewall when she voted against the Blunt Amendment. After she retires her most likely GOP successor on this issue is Hawaii’s former governor, Linda Lingle.
GOP women are poised for gains in Congress in 2012, either by leaps or baby steps. ShePAC is optimistic, despite Jean Schmidt’s March 6 upset in Ohio. Judy Biggert’s race to keep her seat in Illinois is a lynchpin race.
After the academic shelter of Title IX, sports women face a tough time in the pro world, where teams struggle for fans, revenue and coverage. Former WNBA star Kym Hampton wants more women and girls in the bleachers and stadiums.
Justice for survivors of campus rape is often weakened by administrators leery of attracting negative press. The Campus Accountability Project confronts this with an online, free, searchable database compiled by students that shows how well a school responds.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s decision this week to cut funding for Planned Parenthood’s breast cancer screenings has pit the two women’s health groups against each other and stirred controversy and concerns over the impact on low-income women.
Female retail workers in the New York area experience hardships common in a sector plagued by low pay, little health insurance, scheduling instability and an abuse of part-time job status, a Retail Action Project report finds today.
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