April 10 is Equal Pay Day—marking the number of extra days into 2018 the average woman has to work to earn as much as her male counterpart did in 2017. No one who cares about economic justice and the rights of women is celebrating this occasion. Although Congress enacted the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gender pay gap is still pervasive. On…
A few weeks ago, Planned Parenthood reported about Kathy Rapp taking the helm of the House Health Committee. Rapp is an extreme anti-women’s health politician who has made it her mission to deprive women of access to safe, legal abortion. Today, she struck her first blow as Chairman. This afternoon, the Health Committee passed HB2050, an…
Pennsylvania’s minimum wage of $7.25 per hour leaves thousands of minimum wage workers—a group made up of mostly women—struggling to support themselves and their families. Raise the Wage PA, Pennsylvania Campaign for Women’s Health, Women’s Law Project, and the National Women’s Law Center support increasing Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to at least $15 per hour, along…
Today, the National Women’s Law Center released a report highlighting the discrimination health care professionals face for simply supporting or providing abortions. This translates into direct harm for patients who need abortions or care for pregnancy complications. Their report, Diagnosing Discrimination: Barriers Facing Health Care Providers Who Support and Perform Abortion, seeks to highlight the discrimination providers face…
Activists, survivors, advocates, and lawmakers are taking part in a pivotal moment when communities are saying Enough is Enough to sexual harassment and violence. The Enough Is Enough campaign is holding a one-day summit and congressional briefing on April 25, 2018 to bring together activists and allies to discuss strategies and craft initiatives to combat…
With the increased number of women running for office here in Pennsylvania, we need more campaign staff ready to run their campaigns and help them win! We’re excited to announce that Emerge Pennsylvania with America Votes will be holding a training for activist and potential campaign staff May 23-25, 2018 at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA. Applications…
PA NOW Elected New Officers at 2018 State Convention!Pennsylvania NOW’s 2018 State Convention was held on March 24, 2018 in Pittsburgh. At this convention, a new slate of officers was elected to lead PA NOW for the next two years: Samantha Pearson, President Krishna Rami, Vice President Karen Barnosky, Treasurer Jenne Ayers, Secretary At-Large Members…
Follow this link to Feminist Majority’s petition page to PASS THE BAN! Demand that your Senators and Representative pass the Assault Weapons Ban NOW. Since the ban expired in 2004, the Republican-controlled Congress has refused to reauthorize it, despite mass shooting after mass shooting in which assault weapons were the primary cause of carnage, including…
Students in Broward County, FL reeling from the gun assault that killed 17 of their co-students and teachers February 14th, staged the first of a series of walkouts to demonstrate support for gun law reform. Students across the country joined them in solidarity. These young advocates are quickly learning how lawmakers of both parties have…
Join advocates on Thursday, October 8th at the Capitol in Harrisburg (10AM, Irvis building, G50) for a hearing before the House Labor and Industry Committee looking at two important bills to make workplaces more fair for their women workers and more family-friendly. These are two of the Agenda for Women’s Health bills. We’d like to…
