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New York City lawmakers have agreed to propose legislation to protect child models. They hope the new law will take effect before fashion week in September. Media advocates have pressed this issue over the past year.
As the Senate prepares to take up the immigration reform bill on June 10, new research turns the headlight on gender bias in existing laws, including the Violence Against Women Act.
Two young women in New York organize nights for lampooning everything from French love songs to “Act Like A Lady: Think Like A Man.” The point is getting a room of people to laugh at what could be upsetting to read alone.
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A grand jury is set to meet on April 15 to investigate whether more people should be charged with crimes in the high-profile rape case. The case has ignited commentary on Twitter and criticism of a portion of CNN’s coverage.
As the trial gets underway in Steubenville, Ohio, the two high school football players who stand accused are facing jail time in a juvenile facility until they reach the age of 21.
Other highlights this month include the opening of a Rosa Parks statue, Pakistani teen hero Malala Yousafzai’s message at the U.N. and WeNews’ own satirical readings of anti-feminist writings on March 8.
A social-media outpouring is planned for Thursday to support the Senate version of VAWA, a federal funding bill for domestic-safety programs, to a vote. House to Take Up Senate’s Anti-violence Act.
Tennessee Republican Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. has sparked a surge of internet outrage after he told reporters this week that men can handle violence “a little better than a lot of women.’
(WOMENSENEWS)— The percentage of U.S women using emergency contraception has almost tripled since 2002, according to a February 2013 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The U.S. Senate is poised to vote next week on passage of the Violence Against Women Act. The act failed to win approval in the GOP-dominated House last year for the first time since it was introduced in 1994.