NH Voting-Rights Advocates Push for Online Registration (News Clips) 6/19/2023 This article was originally published by Public News Service. Lawmakers in New Hampshire are considering a bill to create an online "election…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support National Paid Sick and Safe Days Standard (Legal Document) 6/15/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Healthy Families Act, which would create…
Reflecting on the UN’s 2023 Commission on the Status of Women (Blog) 6/15/2023 By Connie Sobon Sensor, PhD, RN, CTN-A, Chief UN Observer for LWVUS The United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the…, Gender-based violence has been a long-standing challenge, but psychological violence is more difficult to document. The consequences of gender-based…, There was some discussion of CEDAW at CSW67. I was particularly impressed with presentations from the Nordic countries, with an example of the…, As we reflect on this year’s CSW, we’re also looking forwards toward CSW 68. At the next CSW, LWVUS UN Observers plan to raise awareness about the…
Another Voice: Participation by candidates essential to democratic process (News Clips) 6/15/2023 This opinion was originally published by The Buffalo News. More than 100 people came to the Buffalo & Erie County Central Library to ask…
TSU, League of Women Voters partner to reach young voters (News Clips) 6/14/2023 This story was originally published in Defender. Texas Southern University’s Executive Master of Public Administration Program (eMPA) and the League…
Indiana Democracy Advocates File Local Redistricting Lawsuit (Press Release) 6/13/2023 ANDERSON, IN — Today, the League of Women Voters of Indiana, Common Cause Indiana, Anderson-Madison County NAACP, and two individual voters, filed a…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Alabama's Congressional Maps (News Clips) 6/9/2023 This story was originally published by Public News Service. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower-court ruling on a 5-to-4 vote Thursday,…
Food Waste: Why it Matters & What We Can Do (Blog) 6/8/2023 This blog was written by Diz Swift and Mary O'Kicki of the LWV Climate Interest Group; the Food Waste Toolkit was created by the Group's Soil and…, At the federal level, the US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Agriculture have partnered to create tools and incentives to help…