Currently, two very different competing proposals in Congress could have huge impacts on working women. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also known as the PRO Act, attempts to re-create the workplace of yesteryear, denying many women flexibility and restricting entrepreneurship opportunities. The Employee Rights Act of 2022, also […]
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Lawyer: Abortion bill could subject women to homicide charge
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana House committee voted Wednesday to make abortion a crime of homicide for which a woman ending her pregnancy could be charged, along with anyone helping her. The bill also declares that any federal law, regulation or court ruling that allows abortion is void and […]
What Indonesia’s Historic Sexual Violence Law Means for Women and Girls
Earlier this month, Indonesia’s parliament passed the Sexual Violence Crimes Law, the nation’s first dedicated law for addressing cases of sexual violence against men, women, and children. But what does this law actually mean for the almost 120 million women and girls in the deeply religious country? The Southeast Asian […]
DIVORCE ATTORNEY STEPHANIE BLUM OF REUBEN RAUCHER & BLUM NAMED AMONG MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Boutique Los Angeles law firm Reuben Raucher & Blum announced today that its Partner and head of the firm’s Family Law Practice Stephanie Blum has been selected as an honoree in a Los Angeles Business Journal special supplement recognizing the city’s most influential women […]
‘I don’t feel safe’: Guatemalans denounce anti-abortion law | Women News
Guatemala City, Guatemala – With chants of “this pro-life government doesn’t value our lives”, hundreds of people during the weekend converged on the Guatemalan Congress to show their indignation at a new law they say threatens the rights of women and members of the LGBTQ community. On March 8, while […]
To Solve Violence Against Women, We Need More Than Just Criminal Law Reforms
The 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape saw unprecedented public mobilisation on the issue of violence against women (VAW) in India. Soon after, the Union government enacted the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013, which expanded the definition of rape and introduced mandatory minimum punishments. Subsequent incidents of rape that received a lot […]