Sen. Biden Introduces Legislation to Recruit Volunteer Lawyers to Represent Victims of Domestic Violence
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issue: Stopping Violence Against Women
NOW Deplores Fetal Homicide Charges in Ocean City Case, “This is a job for social services, not the D.A.”
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is urging its Maryland members to speak out against a rush to judgment in the Ocean City stillbirth case. Christy Freeman is being charged under a 2005 state “fetal homicide” law that makes it illegal to kill “a viable fetus,” despite a provision in the law that was intended to protect pregnant women from prosecution for actions that result in their own fetus’ death, such as abortion.
Angry men get ahead while angry women penalized: study
A man who gets angry at work may well be admired for it but a woman who shows anger in the workplace is liable to be seen as “out of control” and incompetent, according to a new study presented on Friday.
Equal Work, Unequal Pay
Imagine you’ve worked for a company for 20 years. You’re a good performer. But unbeknownst to you, the company puts workers over 50 on a lower salary track. At 60, you learn that for the past 10 years, you have been earning less – tens of thousands of dollars less – than colleagues doing exactly Read more …
From Lifer to Living
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