Susan Campbell: Connecticut among best states for women @StamAdvocate

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6.29.15 | Susan Campbell

If you’re a woman, Connecticut is not a bad place to be.

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research released a report last month that examined the status of women by state. Overall, Minnesota was named the best place for women because of that state’s policies around issues such as reproductive rights, employment, poverty, and health.

Three states — Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont — tied for second. Even better news? Connecticut has consistently ranked among the best states for women in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004, according to the study.

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Some of the victories, said Treiss, involved getting a conversation going about students giving affirmative consent before sexual encounters, calling attention to the needs of women veterans, and pushing forward a bill that protects interns from sexual harassment.

“That’s a huge group of young women who were unprotected but now will be,” she said. “These are women who were in an incredibly vulnerable situation.”

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