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Gender

Alice Paul
Courts & Law

Fifty years of equal rights for women in Pennsylvania: A case for the federal Equal Rights Amendment

The success of the Pa. Equal Rights Amendment proves there should be a federal Equal Rights Amendment, writes Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association Lauren P. McKenna.

5 years ago

Nathalie Stutzman conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Groundbreaking conductor Nathalie Stutzmann debuts new role with Philadelphia Orchestra

America’s only woman director of a major orchestra (the Atlanta Symphony), Nathalie Stutzmann debuts as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

5 years ago

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Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Health

N.J.’s abortion bill would do more than codify Roe v. Wade

Gov. Phil Murphy recently expressed hope that he’d sign the bill before the end of the year.

5 years ago

Sinora Allwood, RN and Dr Jillian Lucas Baker have been friends for decades. Neither knew that the other was struggling in silence with infertility. Once they discovered their mutual secret- they started the podcast, ''A Tribe Called Fertility.''
Health

Podcast by Black women medical professionals explores infertility, maternal health

The hosts are Sinora Allwood, RN, a holistic health nurse and health coach, and Dr. Jillian Lucas Baker, executive director of the Center of Parent and Teen Communication.

5 years ago

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Simone Biles smiles on the red carpet
Arts & Entertainment

‘You’re more than medals’: Simone Biles to Pennsylvania women on redefining success

Over 6,000 people tuned in to hear Laverne Cox speak. Later, Olympic gymnast and advocate Simone Biles delivered a keynote speech.

5 years ago

Jaime Arafin is one of 28 women featured in Tattoo Monologues: Indelible Marks on the Body and Soul (book photo by Ken Kauffman)
Radio Times
Health

‘Tattoo Monologues’ and treating trauma

Body art can tell personal stories. For many of these women, tattoos are a way to reclaim the past and take ownership of the future.

Air Date: November 4, 2021 10:00 am

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A sign is pictured outside a bathroom.
Education
Billy Penn

All Philly schools are supposed to have a gender neutral bathroom, but they’re often hard to access

Some buildings place them in the nurse’s office, or down a locked hallway.

5 years ago

A wall of LEGO minifigures is encased inside the lobby of the LEGOLAND New York Hotel
NPR
Money

Lego says it will work to rid its toys of harmful gender bias

The toy company says it will work to make its products and marketing more inclusive, citing new research into how kids and parents gender creativity.

5 years ago

Protesters chant,
Community

Philly Trans March returns to demand justice, equity, and liberation

Violence against trans women of color and housing insecurity are just a few of the issues that organizers hoped to highlight at this year’s march.

5 years ago

People take part in the Women's March ATX rally, Saturday, Oct., 2, 2021 in at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas
NPR
Politics & Policy

Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas’ 6-week abortion ban

The most restrictive abortion law in the country is back in effect in Texas, after a temporary block was lifted.

5 years ago

Katherine Cambareri, a graduate with a masters degree in public health from Jefferson College of Population Health, stands with her photographs of clothes worn by survivors of sexual violence at her exhibit at Eakins Lounge at Jefferson Alumni Hall on October 6, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘Well, What Were You Wearing’ exhibit illustrates stories of sexual assault survivors

The exhibit at Jefferson works to counter the misconception that a person's wardrobe choices imply consent.

5 years ago

A sign is held up as marchers walk from the art museum to Philadelphia City Hall as part of an abortion rights rally held in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Hundreds gather in Philadelphia as part of
Courts & Law

Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

The order Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman freezes for now the strict abortion law known as Senate Bill 8.

5 years ago

This July 18, 2020, file photo, shows the AstraZeneca offices in Cambridge, England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Courts & Law

AstraZeneca agrees to pay for race, gender-based pay discrimination

More than 300 Hispanic and female employees at AstraZeneca were underpaid compared to their white or male counterparts, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor.

5 years ago

Kate Scott, left, and AJ Mleczko stand holding mics in a sports booth
Community
Billy Penn

Kate Scott makes Philly sports history tonight as first woman to call a Sixers game

She’s only the second woman to hold the role across the NBA.

5 years ago

Signs are held up as marchers walk from the art museum to Philadelphia City Hall as part of an abortion rights rally held in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Hundreds gather in Philadelphia as part of
Politics & Policy

About 1,000 march in Philly as part of national day of support for reproductive rights

The rally, one of hundreds Saturday, comes ahead of the new Supreme Court session and amid moves by states to limit abortion access.

5 years ago

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