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In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, the nonprofit organization Pace Women’s Justice Center (PWJC) starts the new year with an educational social media campaign entitled ‘Love Isn’t’. Starting February 1st thru February...

It is with great sadness that we read today’s Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating a constitutional right for all Americans. Today, we are all...

Emilia Rodriguez, a volunteer attorney for Pace Women’s Justice Center (PWJC), was awarded the Jonathan Lippman Pro Bono Award by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). The award recognizes the dedication of senior attorneys who...

Pace Women’s Justice Center (PWJC) announces the New York State Attorney Emeritus Program’s (NYS AEP) recognition of six PWJC Pro Bono attorneys for their generosity of time and experience. To maintain AE status, attorneys who have...

Cindy Kanusher, PWJC Executive Director, spoke to News 12 on the importance of what has happened with regard to the Gov. Cuomo sexual harassment allegations.

Hearings were held in CT for a proposed bill, Jennifers' Law, which aims to expand the legal definition of domestic violence to include nonphysical forms of abuse, also known as coercive control. A former PWJC client testified and credited PWJC...

Cindy Kanusher was interviewed for and featured in the article Gov. Cuomo scandal: Women often face fraught path in reporting sexual harassment – read here .

PWJC's Cindy Kanusher spoke with News12 about issues of workplace harassment in context of Governor Cuomo’s recent scandal and his vow to stay in office – see here .

Haub Law Dean Horace Anderson, Cindy Kanusher, Executive Director of the Pace Women's Justice Center, Barbara Finkelstein of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, and Kristin Brown of Empire Justice Center jointly authored an article in the...

Pace Women's Justice Center is part of Westchester County's domestic violence program, which is creating an expanded crisis intervention team that will identify families at highest risk of deadly domestic violence and intervene to save lives...