The order is intended to address a large gender gap in the construction industry and help the state combat a severe workforce shortage.
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Mary J. Blige enlists Taraji P. Henson, Marsai Martin and more for women’s summit in New York
The event starting May 10 will be hosted by comedian Jess Hilarious and podcaster Gia Peppers.
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Women said COVID vaccine affected their periods. Now more than $1.6 million will go to research it.
The five NIH-funded studies will likely incorporate between 400,000 and 500,000 participants, including adolescents and transgender and nonbinary people.
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The state of Maine women
Women in Maine are no longer ‘civilly dead’ on their wedding day, but they’re still earning 28 cents less on the dollar. A look at how Maine women are faring 100 years after the 19th Amendment.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Bill to allow more medical professionals to perform abortions is closer to passage
The bill, which has the support of Gov. Janet Mills but still faces votes in the Senate, comes at a time when other states are restricting access to abortion.
Posted inEncore, sj-web
UMF arts center to hold contemporary Iranian art exhibit
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s Emery Community Arts Center will be presenting “Inner Fragments,” an exhibition of art by 16 Iranian female artists. Curated by Iranian artists Parisa Ghaderi and Mahsa Soroudi, this show is the first time many of these original works have been exhibited in the United States. The exhibit […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Abortion-rights activists brace for new wave of restrictions
NEW YORK (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates are intensifying efforts to make it easier for women to get abortions amid a new wave of state-level bans and restrictions expected to occur under a reconfigured U.S. Supreme Court. The efforts include boosting financial aid for women needing to travel long distances to get an abortion, and raising […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Lewiston High grads credit Olympia Snowe for changing their lives
AUBURN — Three years ago, a couple of rising sophomores at Lewiston High School got an unexpected opportunity. Jenna Burton and Julia Chabot were tapped among an inaugural group of 49 young women at seven Androscoggin County high schools to join a new initiative by former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe. Snowe said her mission was […]
Posted inPerspective, sj-web
Maine labor and the Equal Rights Movement: From resistance to conversion
Against the background of the worldwide Women’s March last year calling for sweeping social reforms —including women’s rights — and the equally global activism of the #MeToo movement, the embers of the long struggle for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution appears to be billowing again. The movement now needs the […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Registration deadline nearing for Totally Trades Conference
Aliah French, left, and Hailey Williams try out their carpentry skills in the Construction Technology Lab at CMMC at last year’s Totally Trades Conference in Auburn. This year’s conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. It will give female students the opportunity […]