Recent State Wins for Working Families You Might Have Missed
Amid the national debate around the best paid leave strategies, new state laws provide commonsense protections for working families.
Women’s Economic Security
The Exportation of Trump’s Anti-Woman Agenda
As Trump heads into the G20 summit in Germany this week, we reflect on how his anti-woman agenda poses serious harm to women overseas.
Access to Reproductive Health Care for U.S.-Based Refugees
U.S.-based refugees face several threats due to policies proposed by the Trump administration. Not only is their ability to settle free from stigma on the chopping block, but access to comprehensive reproductive health care is also at risk.
5 Questions that the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on Parental Leave
President Trump’s paid parental leave proposal leaves out important details for millions of working families.
This Father’s Day, Let’s Talk About Paid Leave
Fathers and their families deserve a comprehensive paid family and medical leave policy, but Trump’s parental leave plan won’t cut it.
The Trump Budget Is Out of Touch with the Diverse Realities that Working Women Face
The paid parental leave plan outlined in the Trump administration’s recent budget proposal falls far short of the comprehensive changes that would allow today’s working women to participate fully in the nation’s economy.
Trump’s Paid Parental Leave Plan Won’t Work for Women and Families
Trump’s plan to require states to provide six weeks of leave is unfunded, unworkable, and under-inclusive—and will further strain the already-underfunded UI system.
The Women’s Leadership Gap
Using new data, this fact sheet update shows that 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.
Defining Power and Why It Matters: Securing Women’s Equality and Women’s Futures
Women’s progress requires comprehensive solutions that respond to women’s diverse experiences and challenges, create a level playing field, and better position women to determine their own futures.
Women’s Economic Risk Exposure and Savings
Women face more hard-to-avoid risks than men, especially from caregiving, that can lower their savings and leave them economically vulnerable.
Single Women Face the Greatest Risk and Economic Insecurity
Single women face a number of hard-to-avoid risks and large-scale economic insecurity, which requires policymakers to update social protections.
100 Days, 100 Ways the Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families
It has only been 100 days since President Trump took office, and millions of American women and families are already feeling the adverse impacts of his administration’s misguided agenda.
Global Progress on Equal Pay and Paid Leave
Countries around the world have adopted policies to promote women’s economic security and participation and close the gender wage gap. The United States is an extreme outlier in its lack of such policies.
International Approaches to Closing the Gender Wage Gap
While achieving progress on national work-life and anti-discrimination policies has been all but politically impossible in the United States in the past few decades, industrialized and developing countries alike are comprehensively addressing both facets of the gender wage gap.
The Value of Equal Pay to the U.S. Economy
The gender wage gap is also a drag on the U.S. economy; closing the gap should be a top priority of any economic policy agenda that seeks to strengthen and grow the economy.