Pennsylvania NOW President and Equality & Justice NOW host Caryn Hunt talks with Carol Tracy, Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project about the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health, a new legislative initiative that looks at the intersection between women’s equality status and health impacts.
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Pennsylvania NOW Supports Agenda for Women’s Health Bills
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pennsylvania NOW Supports Agenda for Women’s Health Bills HARRISBURG, May 11, 2015- The Pennsylvania state chapter of the National Organization for Women (PA NOW) is proud to support the bicameral, bipartisan Women’s Health Caucus as they roll out another round of bills as part of the comprehensive Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health,…
Equal Pay Day 2015
Over the past 18 or so months, the gender wage gap in Pennsylvania closed by another penny, to 78%. That is, Pennsylvania women make, on average, 78 cents to every dollar made by their male counterparts. Pay equity in Pennsylvania has been law since 1959, enacted more than five decades ago, when the gap was…
Planned Parenthood Supporters Rally for Women’s Healthcare
Finally A Woman’s Agenda!
After decades (if not centuries!) of playing defense and trying to explain to largely male legislatures the relationships between reproductive justice, physical safety, economic security, worker fairness and women’s health, the pro-choice Women’s Health Caucus in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly broadly redefines the concept of well-being for women. The Agenda for Women’s Health is a comprehensive…
Pennsylvania’s Agenda for Women’s Health
Some Facts about the Pennsylvania Agenda For Women’s Health Inspired by New York State’s Women’s Equality Agenda and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Economic Agenda for Women and Families, the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health connects the dots between workplace, poverty and safety issues and women’s health. The Pennsylvania Agenda, spearheaded by the bicameral, bipartisan,…
Equal Pay Day: Equal Work Deserves Equal Pay
PA Representatives Molchany, Sims & Frankel On Equal Pay
PA Reps Sims and Molchany Introduce Pay Equity Law
PA NOW Agenda for Women’s Health Statement of Support
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pennsylvania NOW Supports the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health HARRISBURG, December 11, 2013- The Pennsylvania state chapter of the National Organization for Women (PA NOW) applauds the work of the House and Senate Women’s Health Caucuses as they roll out a comprehensive plan to address the real issues affecting Pennsylvania women today.…