Access to Contraception for Women Serving in the Armed Forces
Fact Sheet
The Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act and other policy changes are critical to address the reproductive health care inequities that women serving in the armed forces face.
Infographic: How Many Women Are Benefiting from the Affordable Care Act?
This infographic is a compilation of data from multiple sources to highlight how women are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act. It will be updated at least monthly to reflect the most recent data available.
Infographic: To Promote Women’s Leadership, We Need Public Policy
Public policy is an essential tool for promoting women’s workforce participation and leadership.
Can Public Policy Break the Glass Ceiling?
Report
There are lessons to learn from other countries, such as Canada and Norway, where public policy has been used to help women stay in the workforce and succeed.
For Women to Lead, They Have to Stay in the Game
Report
If women can’t work, they can’t rise. Only public policy can ensure that all women have the chance to participate fully and thrive.
Key Features of a Paid Family and Medical Leave Program that Meets the Needs of Working Families
Fact Sheet
To update the nation’s public policies to effectively meet the needs of workers and their families, the United States should adopt a paid family and medical leave policy that covers all workers and is comprehensive, affordable, accessible, and inclusive.
Ensuring Access to Sexually Transmitted Infection Care for All
Issue Brief
Increased funding and a wide variety of health care facilities and providers that can prevent, detect, and treat sexually transmitted infections are keys to reducing this underappreciated public health problem.
A Quick Guide on the Human Rights of Women
Fact Sheet
Health, rights, and justice promote gender equality.
7 Actions that Could Shrink the Gender Wage Gap
Fact Sheet
The gender wage gap has not seen real movement since 2007, but seven actions could help change that.
Times Have Changed For American Families. It's Time For Policies To Change, Too.
Judith Warner writes on the increasing support for family-friendly policies in the United States.
Women in Leadership: An Interview with Ella Bell
We need to do more to include women from all backgrounds in discussions about work and leadership.
The Economic Importance of Women’s Rising Hours of Work
Report
The importance of women’s added work hours to families’ economic well-being lends a new urgency to rethinking U.S. labor standards for the 21st century.
Fact Sheet: The Women’s Leadership Gap
Fact Sheet
Women make up a majority of the U.S. population, but they lag substantially behind men when it comes to their representation in leadership positions.
Women’s Leadership
Report
There is a silver lining to exclusion: Women, long outsiders, have had no choice but to think, act, and lead in out-of-the-box ways. That is why they are now poised to change our institutions for the better.
Why We Need a Political Leadership Pipeline for Women of Color
As women of color grow in number, we need more of them in elected office.
