The Equal Rights Amendment: What You Need To Know
Adopting the long-overdue Equal Rights Amendment could help bolster existing statutory protections under attack, making it a key element in the fight for gender equality.
Women’s Economic Security
The Rising Cost of Inaction on Work-Family Policies
Continued inaction from Congress on work-family policies, including the current lack of access to affordable child care and comprehensive paid family and medical leave, costs workers $31.9 billion in lost wages annually.
The Economics of Caregiving for Working Mothers
Working mothers are important drivers of three essential industries—elementary and secondary education, hospitals, and food services—yet cannot afford child care for their own children.
What Women Need: An Agenda to Move Women and Families Forward
The next president should move quickly to advance key priorities for women and their families.
Fact Sheet: A Design for Workforce Equity
New CAP work details a workforce redesign approach to ensuring quality training and employment.
A Design for Workforce Equity
Redesigning for equity in workforce development would ensure job quality for all workers, increase competitiveness, and drive inclusionary growth.
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Not All Paid Leave Proposals Are Equal
Paid leave proposals which only provide benefits to parents of new children or are funded through cuts to other programs will not meet the needs of working families.
Racism and Sexism Combine to Shortchange Working Black Women
The fight for Black women’s equal pay must address race and gender biases that erode Black women’s wages and undermine their ability to thrive.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Oregon
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Oregon, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Minnesota
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Minnesota, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Maine
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Maine, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Louisiana
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Louisiana, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
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.