Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Illinois
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Illinois, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Connecticut
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Connecticut, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in California
In order to advance economic security for women and families in California, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Alabama
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Alabama, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Politicians’ Efforts to Undermine Providers Are Imperiling Women’s Health
Anti-choice politicians are interfering with providers’ ability to give patients quality, medically accurate reproductive health care.
Paid Family and Medical Leave Must Be Comprehensive to Help Workers and Their Children
New CAP analysis of the 2012 FMLA employee survey provides evidence that in 52 percent of all FMLA leaves, workers were also caring for children at home, highlighting the need for comprehensive paid family and medical leave.
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Making Real Progress on Equal Pay
In order to tackle equal pay, policymakers must reject the most common and dangerous myths used to stall much-needed equal pay reforms.
Equal Pay Is Fundamental for Women’s Success in the New Economy
Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals that most new jobs gained by American women in 2018 were in industries with wider-than-average gender wage gaps.
Driving Change in States to Combat Sexual Harassment
Worker leadership and mobilization, state and local policy innovations, and industry commitments must be part of a collective, comprehensive, and holistic strategy to eliminate sex-based, discriminatory workplace practices.
13 Ways States Can Protect and Advance Women’s Health and Rights
As attacks to women’s health and rights ramp up on the federal level, states have an opportunity to advance progressive policies to protect women and their families.