Via Truthout.org, we found an interesting article that looks at how far we have evolved on the issue of gender discrimination in our courts.
When Legal Momentum, a U.S. advocacy group that works with all aspects of gender in the legal system, started its National Judicial Education Programme in 1980, gender discrimination [...]
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“Legal Momentum” for 30 Years
Pending Legislation News
Here’s some news of pending legislation making rounds:
Introduced in Congress by Representative Barbara Lee (CA) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ), The Responsible Education About Life Act authorizes federal funding for comprehensive, medically accurate sex education for teens.
In Wisconsin. there is proposed legislation that grants judges the discretion to order GPS monitoring on [...]
Good News
The Avon Foundation for Women announced they will be giving money to help fight violence against women worldwide.
Washington, DC (March 3, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — One in three women worldwide experience violence in their lifetime, and in the U.S., a woman is assaulted every nine seconds. Around the world, services for victims are often vastly underfunded [...]
