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Understanding Your Right to Pay Equity in New York! Today, women in the workforce, especially women of color, continue to face high rates of pay discrimination, which can follow them throughout their lives. 2023 | Resource for Women and Advocates | Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment | Women Valued Initiative

Comment on Title IX rule supporting the rights of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students in school sports On May 15th, 2023, Legal Momentum submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights supporting unequivocally, and without restriction, the right of transgender, nonbinary and intersex students to participate in school sports consistent with their gender... 2023 | Testimony and Public Comments | Equal Educational Opportunities |

Memorandum in Support of AB 1094 (Wicks) Memorandum in Support of AB 1094 (Wicks) Consent and Reproductive Equity (CARE) for Families Act 2023 | Testimony and Public Comments | | Reproductive Rights

Memorandum in Support of A.109 (Rosenthal) / S.320 (Salazar) Relates to prohibiting drug or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns 2023 | Testimony and Public Comments | | Reproductive Rights

Women's Community Letter on Minimum Wage Letter submitted by Legal Momentum with signatures from 39 national and New York State women's community organizations in support of the Raise Up New York minimum wage package (S1978A/A2204). The bill would raise and index the minimum wage across New York State. 2023 | Testimony and Public Comments | Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment | Women Valued Initiative

Legal Momentum Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee February 28, 2023 hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment and SJ Res 4 Legal Momentum submitted written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 2023 in full support of SJ Res 4 and affirmation of the Equal Rights Amendment’s validity. 2023 | Testimony and Public Comments | Equal Educational Opportunities, Violence Against Women and Girls |

Legal Momentum 2023 Action Agenda Our 2023 Action Agenda outlines the six key legislative priorities on which we believe we can achieve progress and on which we will focus our advocacy resources throughout the coming year: • Advancing pay equity through pay transparency • Increasing women’s economic security by increasing the... 2023 | Publication | Equal Educational Opportunities, Fairness in the Courts |

Testimony on Impact of COVID-19 on Women in the Workforce NYS DOL Testimony Before the New York State Department of Labor Seher Khawaja, Deputy Legal Director and Senior Attorney for Economic Empowerment at Legal Momentum, provided expert testimony at the New York Department of Labor panel on the impact of COVID-19 on women in the workforce. 2023 | Testimony and Public Comments | Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment | Women Valued Initiative

State Guide on Employment Rights for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking 2022 | Resource for Women and Advocates | Violence Against Women and Girls, Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment |

Dressed and Ready to Learn: A Resource for Students, Parents and Educators to Identify, Challenge and Change Gendered Dress Codes in K-12 Schools In taking a closer look at the dress codes enforced in K-12 schools, we see that the sort of clothing and grooming standards focused on, and who is being disciplined for violating these policies, demonstrate that most are rooted in and perpetuate biases and stereotypes about gender and race. ... 2022 | Resource for Women and Advocates | Equal Educational Opportunities |

Testimony on New York State’s Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy On September 15, Legal Momentum Senior Attorney for Economic Empowerment, Seher Khawaja, delivered expert testimony at a public hearing held by New York State's Department of Labor about the state's Sexual Harassment Prevention Model Policy. The panel was lead by New York State Department of Labor... 2022 | Testimony and Public Comments | Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment | Women Valued Initiative

Comment on Proposed Changes to the Title IX Rule On September 12, 2022, Legal Momentum submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on proposed changes to the Title IX rule. 2022 | Testimony and Public Comments | Equal Educational Opportunities |

The Working Woman's Bill of Rights A legislative advocacy framework for women's economic equality and a checklist to assess progress at the local, state, and national levels. 2022 | Resource for Women and Advocates | Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment | Women Valued Initiative, Reproductive Rights

The Fetus as Person: Possible Legal Consequences of the Hogan-Helms Amendment The Fetus as Person: Possible Legal Consequences of the Hogan-Helms Amendment Author(s): Harriet F. Pilpel Source: Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter, 1974), pp. 6-7 Published by: Guttmacher Institute 2022 | | |

Drug Testing Pregnant Patients: What You Need to Know Are you a pregnant person seeking medical care from a hospital? 2022 | Resource for Women and Advocates | Fairness in the Courts | Reproductive Rights

Memorandum in Support of A.10477 (Joyner)/S.9427A (Ramos) Memorandum submitted to New York Governor Kathy Hochul to strongly urge her to sign A.10477/S.9427A into law without amendment. 2022 | Testimony and Public Comments | Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment | Women Valued Initiative

Legal Momentum Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Read Legal Momentum's statement on the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. 2022 | | | Reproductive Rights

Legal Momentum Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson 2022 | | |

Title IX at 50 June 23rd, 2022 is the 50th Anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that prohibited sex discrimination in schools that receive public funding. In recognition of this monumental anniversary, the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) released Title IX at 50. 2022 | Resource for Women and Advocates | Equal Educational Opportunities |

2022 Legislative Updates to the Legal Toolkit 2022 | Resource for Women and Advocates | | Women Valued Initiative, Reproductive Rights

A Guide to Defamation for Survivors of Sexual Assault or Harassment The #MeToo movement that rose to prominence in 2017 encouraged many sexual harassment and sexual assault survivors to speak up and share their stories, many for the first time. 2022 | Resource for Women and Advocates | Fairness in the Courts, Violence Against Women and Girls |

Testimony to New York City Council's Committee On Civil and Human Rights December 2nd, 2021, Senior Attorney Seher Khawaja delivered oral and written testimony on Int. No. 1208 and the benefits of pay transparency laws to New York City Council's Committee on Civil and Human Rights. 2021 | Testimony and Public Comments | Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment | Women Valued Initiative

Teen Dating Abuse & Violence Full Suite of Materials Teen Dating Abuse & Violence is a scourge as epidemic, harmful, and potentially lethal as adult domestic violence. Unchecked, teen dating abuse and violence can entrench a lifetime pattern of perpetration by abusers and acceptance of abuse by victims. 2021 | Curriculum | | National Judicial Education Program, Teen Dating Violence

Teen Dating Abuse & Violence Information Sheets Overview. The Teen Dating Abuse and Violence project Information Sheets and Resource offer insight, research, education and resources on the variety of topics around Teen Dating Abuse & Violence. 2021 | | | National Judicial Education Program, Teen Dating Violence

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