Today, Legal Momentum teamed up with top law professors and women’s rights groups to file a “friend of the court” brief supporting a pregnant truck driver in an important case in the United States Supreme Court, explaining that women in traditionally male-dominated occupations are especially susceptible to pregnancy discrimination on the job.
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September 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, so it’s time to put on our party hats and celebrate VAWA’s wonderful accomplishments!
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The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence has honored Legal Momentum’s Vice President and Director of the National Judicial Education Program Lynn Hecht Schafran with the 2014 Sharon L. Corbitt Award.
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Published in The Judges Journal in 2014, this article discusses emerging science on the impact of domestic violence exposure on children's developing brains.
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In the wake of the Senate’s first-ever hearing on the intersection of gun violence and domestic violence on July 30, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords announced the #ProtectAllWomen Leadership Network, a coalition of the gun violence prevention, domestic violence prevention, and women’s advocacy movements that will educate state and federal leaders on the need for so
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At 2 p.m. last Thursday, things came to a halt in Rosebud, South Dakota.
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Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, and Democratic Steering and Outreach
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A recent legal triumph may signal a crack in the proverbial glass ceiling in Wall
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Sexual violence against women is rampant at colleges and universities. Around 10 million1 young women are currently enrolled in college and they are eager to pursue their chosen majors and prepare for their futures.
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New York, NY, May 22, 2014 – Today, Legal Momentum announced
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In a development reminiscent of the well-known schoolyard taunt, the U.S. Marines are seeking to eliminate the so-called “girl pull-up” from the fitness tests they have been using for new female recruits. Under the old standard, formally known as the “flexed arm hang,” female recruits were required to hold their chins above the pull-up bar for at least 15 seconds. Under the new standard, implementation of which is presently delayed, they must do at least three pull-ups in order to pass the Marines’ basic fitness test.
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