Today an uncountable number of women and men are participating in the One Billion Rising V-Day Movement, a women’s rights effort organized to highlight the fact that violence against women persists to a saddening degree. Playwright Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues) has called for a revolution today and passionate people worldwide have responded. Flash mobs and interpretive dances abound, choreographed to original... [Read More]
This is a big week for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), legislation that has had a hard time in Congress recently. Originally passed in 1994, VAWA provides critical care, support and shelter for those suffering from domestic violence. Though technically still in place and funded, VAWA legislation has expired and is in need of congressional re-authorization. VAWA has already been expanded twice. It came up against... [Read More]
They call it an “uprising”, a “global strike” and an “invitation to dance”. The One Billion Rising Movement is a creative and participatory way to show your dissent of the status quo. The One Billion Rising campaign was founded by Eve Ensler, the Tony Award winning author of The Vagina Monologues to “empower women and girls and break the cycle of violence.” Ensler has challenged... [Read More]
Calling all young women in politics. Running Start wants you! Our current political system shows an exciting number of women in office, however, the pipeline is running thin. There are fewer women than ever in positions that feed into upper level political offices, a fact that Running Start is working hard to change. The organization was born in 2007 from the non-partisan Women Under Forty Political Action Committee.... [Read More]
On September 22, 2012, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1538, a bill which will require more detailed and specific information to be provided after a patient has a mammogram. For women who have dense breast tissue, a relatively common occurrence, mammogram results can often be inconclusive. This law requires doctors to notify their patients when their mammogram shows that they have dense breast tissue and therefore... [Read More]
You can now read CWLC’s new policy brief, “Educational Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Teens.” This brief details legal requirements under Title IX and California State Law relating to pregnant and parenting students. You can read the full brief here. Look through our other informational briefs on pregnant & parenting students here. [Read More]
Last week, the Senate introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to ensure that pregnant women aren’t forced out of their jobs. Forty years ago, women were expected to quit their jobs when they became pregnant. Back then, pregnancy was widely regarded as a disabling condition. Today, it is now a well-accepted fact that most women remain perfectly healthy and able to work throughout their pregnancies, and since... [Read More]
The 2nd annual Female Veterans Stand Down, held on the USC campus on Friday, July 20, was a great success! Thank you to all who volunteered and provided resources and services. Our legal partners included: Bet Tzedek Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law Homeboy Industries, Inc. Inner City Law Center Law Project of Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center Los Angeles County... [Read More]
Join Us! Enjoy an evening of wine & theatre benefitting the California Women’s Law Center Sunday, September 9, 2012 RED tells the story of abstract visionary artist Mark Rothko as powerful pigments and opinions splatter the canvases of his newly commissioned works for the highly anticipated Four Seasons restaurant. It stars three-time Tony nominee Alfred Molina in his critically acclaimed London ... [Read More]
This year, Planned Parenthood and California Family Health Council are sponsoring Assembly Bill 2348, introduced by Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell, which would increase access to birth control for thousands of women in California. Current law allows registered nurses (RNs) working in primary care clinics to dispense drugs or other devices only upon an order by a physician or a surgeon. This bill would expand the number... [Read More]