On August 10, WHRC USA President Kara Dansky spoke outside the Loudoun County Public Schools building to support parents rallying in opposition to policy proposal 8040. The proposal allows students […]
Sen Wiener Dismisses Concerns about Men in Women’s Prisons
by Katherine M Acosta In a town hall meeting Wednesday, California State Senator Scott Wiener blithely dismissed concerns from multiple women’s groups, including Women’s Human Rights Campaign (WHRC) USA, about […]
Texas Gov Affirms: Child Genital Mutilation is “Abuse”
Governor Greg Abbott received a response Wednesday from the Texas Department of Family and Protective services to his request for a determination about child genital mutilation for the purposes of […]
Testify! WHRC USA Women Take It To the States
“When we saw what was happening at the state legislative level,” Kara Dansky says, “we knew we had to act.”
WHRC USA Reports Infringement of Sex-Based Rights to United Nations CSW
WHRC USA today submitted their formal communication to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women cataloging the harms to women and girls of redefining sex to include “gender […]
Women Tell IOC: No Men in Women’s Sports!
Women’s advocates stage a protest coinciding with the arrival of the Olympic Rings Sculpture to tell the IOC: No men in women’s sports!
Texas SB2 – Sports
WHRC USA supports Texas SB2 because provision of single-sex sports is necessary if women and girls are to have opportunities on a par with those of men and boys.
WHRC Responds to Call for “Nonbinary” Crime Designation
On June 28th, twenty-one state Attorneys General wrote to FBI director Christopher Wray to urge the addition of a “non-binary” gender designation to its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR). The WHRC USA steering committee swiftly responded, sending a letter to Director Wray on July 6th, expressing strong opposition
Oregon SB 52 – “Gender Identity” Education
WHRC USA opposed Oregon SB 52 because the bill promotes sex stereotyping, promotion of beliefs that lead to medical harm, and inclusion of the ideological concept of “gender identity.”
North Carolina HB 358 – Sports
WHRC USA supported North Carolina HB 358 because the provision of single-sex sports is necessary if women and girls are to have opportunities that are on a par with those of men and boys.