A press release from the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HARTFORD – A new report released today from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) in Washington, D.C., shows that implementing a paid sick leave bill would actually save Connecticut businesses nearly $73 million each year.

IWPR and the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) are releasing the report in conjunction with Pay Equity Day because paid sick day benefits are considered a critical companion to equal pay in eliminating workplace discrimination and ensuring women’s economic security. Read the full story

Join local Hartford organizers on Saturday, January 23rd at Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave in Hartford at 2pm for a public discussion about Reproductive Freedom. Read the full story

A woman’s right to choose is under attack. Right wing opponents of health care reform are trying to turn a woman’s most basic medical right into a weapon against improved access to care for all.  The administration continues to try to appeal to them by supporting so-called “conscience clauses” that will make abortion less accessible than ever! The murder of Dr. George Tiller may result in even fewer doctors braving  the threats to provide abortion services.  It is time to fight back!  We need to make OUR voices heard.

November 8th
at 2pm

Trinity College Vernon Center
114 Vernon St
Hartford, CT 06106

Speakers:

Gretchen Raffa: Community Organizer for Planned Parenthood
Jillian Gilchrest: Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice CT
Susan Campbell: Journalist for the Hartford Courant and author of the book “Dating Jesus”
Joan Chrisler: CT-NOW Board of Directors and Professor at Connecticut College.
Clair Kaplan: Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor at Yale.
Abbey Willis: CT Workers Solidarity Alliance
Alissa De Rosa: Socialist Action
Regina Dyton: Community activist

Endorsed by:

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
NARAL Pro-Choice CT
CT National Organization of Women
Workers Solidarity Alliance-CT
Queers Without Borders
Socialist Action-CT
Women and Gender Resource Action Center, Trinity College
National Council of Jewish Women, Connecticut
FADGE Fest Committee
Young Women’s Leadership Program—a program of the PCSW
Connecticut Coalition for Choice
UCONN Women’s Center