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Last week Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley pledged to protect the rights of transgendered individuals in the state. His pledge was made in response to the brutal beating of a White trans woman, Chrissy Lee Polis, by two African-American cis women in a Baltimore area McDonalds. Instead of intervening, a McDonalds employee filmed the brutal beating […]
May 13, 2011
by publicinterestdc
The right of freedom against discrimination is expressed in the many human rights treaties and documents – for example Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). […]
May 4, 2011
by publicinterestdc
Join the DC Abortion Fund (DCAF) and the following leaders as they rally for DC women’s rights! Where: Upper Senate Park (200 New Jersey Avenue NW) When: 5:30pm Today Metro: Union Station Currently 17 states use local funds to cover abortion services, and 17 Representatives from those states (along with 77 other members) signed on […]
May 3, 2011
by publicinterestdc
Courtesy of National Partnership for Women and Families Tomorrow, the House will vote on H.R. 3 — a sweeping anti-choice bill that imposes egregious restrictions on insurance coverage of abortion care. We must defeat this outrageous attack on women’s health. We can’t let opponents take away our access to the full range of reproductive health […]
May 3, 2011
by publicinterestdc
Each week, this blog will explain a human right and give examples of this right in DC. This week’s human right is “the right to self-determination.” “All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.” Article 1 […]
April 5, 2011
by publicinterestdc
Courtesy of CASAdeMaryland.org Project Flood Their Inboxes We’re getting close! The House is likely to vote on the MD DREAM ACT SB167/HB470 on Wednesday morning, and we need 71 votes for it to move forward. We are very very close to that magic number, and gaining ground – but not quite there yet. Thanks to […]
April 5, 2011
by publicinterestdc
Combating Human Trafficking: Domestic and International Enforcement When: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Where: Service Employees International Union (1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036) Metro: Dupont Circle, South Exit Please join the Immigration & Human Rights and Public International & Criminal Law Committees of the International Law Section for […]
May 22, 2011
by publicinterestdc
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