
Women reflect on the female pioneers who changed the way we work
From daycare to birth control to the right to vote, these trailblazing women made our contemporary work lives possible. As a woman who has made a career out of doing what she loves, I'm compelled to pay my gratitude to the influential women I’ve known who don’t have Wikipedia pages dedicated to them. I think of my mother, Janis Zavala, one of the first women to run a music publishing department in a 1970's male-dominated industry. I think of my great grandmother, Juanita Zava
Legislature Passes Plan to Help Domestic Violence Victims
The Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill that would make it easier for domestic violence victims to get off the cellphone plans of their abusers and have rights transferred to them. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill that would make it easier for domestic violence victims to get off the cellphone plans of their abusers and have rights transferred to themselves. The House unanimously passed a bill that allows abuse victims to ask a court to

SOCIETY : Funding boost for human trafficking support groups
Charities which support victims of human trafficking are to receive more than £3m from the Scottish government. Migrant Help and the Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance (Tara) will share the funds over three years, as part of efforts to improve services. The announcement follows new figures showing a marked rise in reports to police in Scotland of suspected human trafficking. In 2017, there were 213 referrals to police - up by 42% on 2016. The most significant rise was in