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Gender

Drivers sit in stand-still traffic in New Jersey.
Politics & Policy

N.J. adds ‘X’ gender option for driver’s licenses, ID cards

The commission said that the option is for residents who identify as nonbinary, as well as for those who do not want to indicate their gender on their ID.

5 years ago

Natasha Cloud appears in the foreground with a basketball; the Philadelphia skyline appears in the background
Community
Billy Penn

Why doesn’t Philly have a WNBA team? The local history of women’s basketball and the case for bringing it back

Best fan base, large media market, plenty of stadium space — it’s a no-brainer.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

Pa. State Police to alter fitness standards that kept out women

The police agency also has agreed to make it a priority to hire as many as 65 women who were affected by the prior fitness standards for entry-level trooper positions.

5 years ago

A sign is displayed at Planned Parenthood of Utah in Salt Lake City
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden administration moves to undo Trump abortion rules for Title X

The Trump administration tried to "defund" Planned Parenthood and other groups through changes to the Title X family planning program.

5 years ago

Panelists at Tuesday's Teal Day Virtual Press Conference marking the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month hosted by WOAR Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence
Community

Philly’s rape crisis center marks 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month

At a virtual forum, WOAR-Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence noted the continuing need to support victims and reduce incidents of assault.

5 years ago

 'Alice Paul' by Harris & Ewing, Inc. (This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division/Licensed under Public Domain via Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alice_paul.jpg#/media/File:Alice_paul.jpg)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 04/05/21

This week; Philadelphians facing higher electricity bills, NJ plans for a massive offshore wind farm, and discovering an early feminist icon's handwritten dissertation.

Air Date: April 5, 2021

Listen 49:42
A doctor holds a stethoscope on a pregnant person's belly.
Health

‘They were dying after they went home’: Black women in Philly represent 73% of pregnancy-related deaths

Chronic diseases, mental health issues, and health insurance were factors, a review of pregnancy-associated deaths from 2013 to 2018 shows.

5 years ago

NPR
Politics & Policy

With more women in state office, family leave policies have not caught up

More women are becoming lawmakers, but many legislatures still don't have family leave policies. That leaves new moms little choice but to miss out on the lawmaking process.

5 years ago

Original 13 general manager Maggie McHale (left) and assistant general manager Petra Manchina (right) (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Women are taking control at Original 13 Ciderworks in Kensington

The cidery and tavern is making changes as it works to bounce back from the pandemic.

5 years ago

Catherine Fortune De Sormeaux is a certified nursing assistant who had her hours cut during the pandemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Essential, unemployed, overstretched: How the COVID economy crashed on women

Some call it the “triple whammy.” In Pennsylvania, as in the rest of the country, working women have faced unique hardship due to the pandemic.

5 years ago

Listen 5:03
An illustration of a woman standing on martini glasses.
NPR
Health

Sharp, ‘off the charts’ rise in alcoholic liver disease among young women

Although liver diseases still affect more men, younger women are driving the increase in deaths, a trend that began several years ago and is now supercharged by the pandemic.

5 years ago

From left: Chief Labor Department economist Janelle Jones, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers nominee Cecilia Rouse and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
(Department of Labor and Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

The women powering Biden’s economy are rewriting the course of American history

President Biden has found several highly accomplished economists who are not just women but are also Black, and has placed them in top posts in his administration.

5 years ago

A sign points toward the women's section of the Huntington Beach jail
NPR
Politics & Policy

#FreeHer campaign wants clemency for 100 women in Biden’s first 100 days

A national council of current and formerly incarcerated women wants the president to grant 100 women clemency by April 30. There's a backlog of 14,000 petitions.

5 years ago

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NPR
Community

Nearly 1 in 3 women experience violence: Landmark report from WHO

According to the report, intimate partner violence was the most prevalent form – and it starts early.

5 years ago

'Fresh Air' host Terry Gross in 1991 (WHYY/Fresh Air Archives)
Community
Billy Penn

‘Fresh Air’ archives have the ~content~ you crave for Women’s History Month

Check out Terry Gross interviews with everyone from Gloria Steinem to Lizzo, Alice Walker to Geena Davis.

5 years ago

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