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May 19, 2024

Women's Representation

Why it matters

Voting Laws Roundup: May 2024

Restrictions, election interference, AI-generated content

AI-Backed Voter Suppression

How to prepare for 2024 and beyond

States News

Minnesota Voting Rights Act

Status of Women and Girls in California

Medicaid Expansion Failed in Mississippi

Women's Representation

Why it matters

"We can't just keep pushing women into broken systems" Melinda French Gates

"Ongoing challenges for women in politics" Cosmopolitan

"Sexism is very much still here" Cosmopolitan/Pivotal Ventures Poll

"Election Watch" CAWP

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation May 17th 2024

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

Voting Laws Roundup: May 2024

New laws include restrictive legislation, election interference and AI-generated content in elections

A significant trend this year is the introduction of bills that would regulate the use of deepfake and AI-generated content in elections.

Voting Laws Roundup: May 2024

Voters in almost half the country will face new voting restrictions in the upcoming general election.

AI-Backed Voter Suppression

The history of attempted voter suppression and the compounding threat of AI

What are the solutions? The Brennan Center offers eight recommendations.

Preparing to Fight AI-Backed Voter Suppression

AI tools could make it easier than ever for bad actors to wage campaigns aimed at suppressing votes.

State News

Minnesota Voting Rights Act passes state legislature, heads to governor's desk CLC

Why can governors appoint based on ideology, but voters can't GeorgiaRecorder

The Report of the Status of Women and Girls in California MSMU

Kansas issues new Medicaid contracts with emphasis on expanding care, maternal needs. KansasReflector

Anti-abortion group is behind calls labeled a 'scam' by state election officials SDakotaSearchlight

Why Medicaid expansion failed in Mississippi and other southern states NPR

Sununu signs bill giving tenant rights to domestic violence victims, part of a national trend NewHampshireBulletin

Louisiana, Mississippi sue over workplace pregnancy protection law that covers abortion LaIlluminator

State by State abortion access status StatesNews

Global News

Gender inequality in family laws in Africa: An overview of key trends in select countries EqualityNow

Trial of ex-minister for wife's murder trigger much-needed reckoning on domestic violence in Kazakhstan EqualityNow

For Your Information

Let's reinvent the rape kit. The "unsung hero" of forensics is stuck in the '70s HarvardPubHealth

Have you had intimate images of you shared without your consent? Know your rights. Justice.gov

What is a living wage and how is it different from the minimum wage. Weforum

What is a geopolitical recession and how could we avoid one WeForum

What's Happening In Our Corner

These organizations listed on our website are offering workshops, virtual classrooms, new programs, updates on their initiatives, valuable resources, and news you can use.

Campaign Legal Center reacts to Congressional Hearing on false claims of purported noncitizen voting CLC

The League of Women Voters responds to House hearing on noncitizen voting LWV

Proactive Location Tracking alerts are coming to Android. The Safety Net focuses on the intersection of technology and abuse TechSafety.org

AI and Jobs: How to make AI work with us, not against us CenterHumaneTech

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