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The 2024 LGBTQI+ Wage Gap Article
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The 2024 LGBTQI+ Wage Gap

In recognition of LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day, new analysis from the Center for American Progress’ LGBTQI+ Community Survey shows that in 2024, LGBTQI+ households made just 85 cents for every dollar earned by non-LGBTQI+ households, equaling about $12,600 less per year.

Sara Estep, Haley Norris

Sisters in Survival: Stories of the Trump Administration’s Assault on Women’s Rights, Lives, and Liberties Past Event

Sisters in Survival: Stories of the Trump Administration’s Assault on Women’s Rights, Lives, and Liberties

Please join the Center for American Progress for the next in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will feature the stories of American women from across industries, states, and experiences as they navigate the fallout of the Trump administration’s actions, choices, appointments, and policies that are harming women.

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Why Trump’s Pronatalist Agenda Is Actually Anti-Motherhood In the News

Why Trump’s Pronatalist Agenda Is Actually Anti-Motherhood

In an op-ed for Ms. Magazine, Sara Estep discusses how President Trump and Vice President Vance’s pronatalist agenda is actually at odds with what mothers and their families need to thrive.

Ms. Magazine

Sara Estep

Breadwinning Women Are a Lifeline for Their Families and the Economy Report
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Breadwinning Women Are a Lifeline for Their Families and the Economy

A new Center for American Progress analysis shows that large shares of working women—both mothers and married women without cohabitating children—continue to be breadwinners for their families. Policy must support working women to uplift families and the economy overall.

Kennedy Andara, Sara Estep, Isabela Salas-Betsch

5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women Article
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5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women

Analysis from the Center for American Progress and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum finds that AANHPI women, who are often immigrants, have a broad range of intersecting identities that make their labor market experiences unique. Breaking down these aggregates helps break down racial stereotypes too.

Mimla Wardak, Sydelle Barreto, Natalie Baker, 1 More Sara Estep

The ERA Solidifies Women’s Rights in the Constitution as the 28th Amendment Article
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The ERA Solidifies Women’s Rights in the Constitution as the 28th Amendment

The federal government has finally recognized the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ushering in a whole new era for gender parity in this country.

Kate Kelly

How Attorneys Can Support The ERA’s Implementation In the News

How Attorneys Can Support The ERA’s Implementation

In an op-ed published by Law360, Kate Kelly writes about the Equal Rights Amendment and how attorneys can help support it.

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Kate Kelly

What You Should Know About the 2023 Gender Wage Gap Report
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What You Should Know About the 2023 Gender Wage Gap

For the first time in two decades, the gender wage gap widened significantly in 2023—and between 2022 and 2023, the wage gap increased by 1 cent for women working full time, year round, to an average of 83 cents for every dollar men made.

Amina Khalique

What Comes Next for the Equal Rights Amendment? Report
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What Comes Next for the Equal Rights Amendment?

Three-fourths of U.S. states have ratified the amendment, and many argue it is the 28th Amendment to the Constitution; Women’s Equality Day serves as a reminder of the amendment’s importance.

Isabela Salas-Betsch, Kate Kelly

The Economic Status of Single Mothers Report
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The Economic Status of Single Mothers

Original Center for American Progress analysis shows that single mothers in the United States face economic insecurity, including high poverty rates and low incomes, that could be alleviated by strengthening the social safety net and advancing policies to support women in the workforce.

Isabela Salas-Betsch

The State of Safe Leave Report
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The State of Safe Leave

U.S. states are increasingly providing safe leave for workers who need time off to deal with the impacts of sexual and domestic violence.

Fact Sheet: Building an Economy That Delivers for Women Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet: Building an Economy That Delivers for Women

This fact sheet offers a brief summary of CAP’s “Playbook for the Advancement of Women in the Economy,” which provides federal and state policymakers with the tools they need to center women in their economic plans and grow the economy.

Rose Khattar

Rewriting the Playbook: How Women Are Powering the Economy Past Event

Rewriting the Playbook: How Women Are Powering the Economy

Please Join the Center for American Progress for the launch of the "Playbook for the Advancement of Women in the Economy."

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Playbook for the Advancement of Women in the Economy Report

Playbook for the Advancement of Women in the Economy

This collection of policy recommendations reveals how policymakers can grow the economy by centering the changes that women need in their economic platforms.

Rose Khattar, Sara Estep

5 Key Economic Indicators Ahead of the State of the Union Article
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5 Key Economic Indicators Ahead of the State of the Union

In 2023, the U.S. economy once again proved its strength and resilience, creating a strong foundation for the year ahead.

Rose Khattar, David Ballard, Jessica Vela

Disabled Workers Saw Record Employment Gains in 2023, But Gaps Remain Article
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Disabled Workers Saw Record Employment Gains in 2023, But Gaps Remain

New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that in 2023, disabled people made record-breaking employment gains in a tight labor market; policymakers, however, must do more to close persistent gaps.

Kennedy Andara, Anona Neal, Rose Khattar

Why Self-Employed Workers Need Paid Leave Report
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Why Self-Employed Workers Need Paid Leave

For many self-employed Americans, the cost of taking leave for illness or family needs is too high without support, shaping both what self-employment looks like and who has access to it.

5 Facts From the 2022 Wage Gap Data Article
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5 Facts From the 2022 Wage Gap Data

New data show that in 2022, women working full time, year-round typically earned 84 cents for every dollar men made, and when comparing among all workers, including those who work part time and for part of the year, women typically made 78 cents.

Isabela Salas-Betsch

Will AI Benefit or Harm Workers? Article
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Will AI Benefit or Harm Workers?

The Biden administration and Congress must adopt a worker-centered approach in its response to the development and use of artificial intelligence.

Rose Khattar

Women’s Financial Well-Being in 2022 Article
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Women’s Financial Well-Being in 2022

Disaggregating new Federal Reserve data by gender shows that women were less likely than men to be financially secure in 2022, and that women of color were particularly at risk.

Sara Estep

Barbie and the Gender Wage Gap Video

Barbie and the Gender Wage Gap

Despite decades of efforts to boost women’s representation throughout the U.S. economy, women still face a pay gap in nearly every single occupation—even high-paying ones.

Sara Estep, Rose Khattar, Charlie Schuyler, 3 More Hai-Lam Phan, Matthew Gossage, Toni Pandolfo

How Bidenomics Is Delivering for Women In the News

How Bidenomics Is Delivering for Women

In The Messenger, Rose Khattar and Sara Estep make the case for how the Biden administration's plan to grow the economy by growing the middle class is helping more women find jobs.

The Messenger

Rose Khattar, Sara Estep

Why Federal Pay Data Collection Is Critical to Equity Article
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Why Federal Pay Data Collection Is Critical to Equity

Kalpana Kotagal’s confirmation to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offers promise for the reinstatement of federal pay data collection, a critical pay equity tool discontinued in 2019.

Isabela Salas-Betsch, Lauren Hoffman

Shining a Light on Older Women Past Event

Shining a Light on Older Women

Please join the Center for American Progress to discuss the multitude of issues faced by older women and to explore solutions to improve their lives.

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Five Facts on Older Women in the Labor Market Fact Sheet
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Five Facts on Older Women in the Labor Market

Older women have made significant recoveries from their disproportionate labor force declines due to the pandemic and will become a larger share of the labor force in the coming decade, but there are many women in this age group who face barriers to enter and stay in the labor force.

Beth Almeida, Sara Estep

Universal Paid Sick Time Would Strengthen Public Health and Benefit Businesses Report
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Universal Paid Sick Time Would Strengthen Public Health and Benefit Businesses

A national, guaranteed right to paid sick time is essential for the well-being of workers and their families and would have profound positive impacts on public health and businesses.

Isabela Salas-Betsch

Biden’s job creation efforts are helping women get higher pay and better work In the News

Biden’s job creation efforts are helping women get higher pay and better work

Rose Khattar and Lauren Hoffman explain how President Biden’s historic economic investments offer an opportunity to bring women more good-paying jobs in fields where they have been underrepresented.

MarketWatch

Rose Khattar, Lauren Hoffman

Advancing Access to Contraception in States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Report
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Advancing Access to Contraception in States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling

The fourth and final report in this Center for American Progress series highlighting best practices to improve and expand access to contraception at the state level focuses on the importance of contraceptive quality measures.

Kierra B. Jones

Quick Facts About State Salary Range Transparency Laws Article
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Quick Facts About State Salary Range Transparency Laws

Over the past few years, an increasing number of states have passed, or are considering passing, salary range transparency laws as one measure to help close the gender pay gap.

Becca Damante, Lauren Hoffman, Rose Khattar

How historic infrastructure investments can benefit women workers In the News

How historic infrastructure investments can benefit women workers

Karla Walter partnered with Sharita Gruberg to break down the potential long-lasting benefits for women in manufacturing due to President Joe Biden's historic economic legislation.

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Sharita Gruberg, Karla Walter

State Momentum for Paid Leave Past Event

State Momentum for Paid Leave

Please join the Center for American Progress and the National Partnership for Women & Families to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act and to discuss momentum for paid leave at the state level.

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State and Local Leaders Summit Past Event
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State and Local Leaders Summit

Governors and mayors will have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform their economies in the months and years ahead.

Fact Sheet: The State of Women in the Labor Market in 2023 Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet: The State of Women in the Labor Market in 2023

Thanks to the strong economic recovery, women’s labor force participation is reaching new highs, with prime-age women’s employment back to pre-pandemic levels—although long-standing pay gaps and occupational segregation remain challenges.

Beth Almeida, Isabela Salas-Betsch

5 Facts About the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act Article
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5 Facts About the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

The PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act provides critical protections for women who choose to breastfeed in the workplace and expands protections in the 2010 Break Time for Nursing Mothers Act.

Becca Damante

7 Facts on Racial Equity and the Economic Recovery Article
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7 Facts on Racial Equity and the Economic Recovery

The economic recovery has supported workers of color, but inequities persist, and the Federal Reserve risks undoing the equitable economic gains achieved.

Justin Dorazio

Recent Legislative and Executive Acts Represent Promise for Women’s Economic Security Article
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Recent Legislative and Executive Acts Represent Promise for Women’s Economic Security

Women and their families should find some current financial pressures—fueled partly by the gender wage gap—alleviated by recent policy wins, particularly if policymakers prioritize implementing new pathways to good jobs for women in the years ahead.

Lauren Hoffman, Rose Khattar, Beth Almeida, 1 More Isabela Salas-Betsch

The Wage Gap Persists—But Recent Reforms Are Making a Difference In the News

The Wage Gap Persists—But Recent Reforms Are Making a Difference

Rose Khattar and Lauren Hoffman discuss how, in addition to recent reforms such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the student loan relief plan, more measures are necessary to finally close the pay gap that continues to limit economic opportunity for many women.

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Rose Khattar, Lauren Hoffman

What You Need to Know About the Bill to Ban Abortion Nationwide Article
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What You Need to Know About the Bill to Ban Abortion Nationwide

Graham’s proposed national ban would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks nationwide, with only very narrow exceptions—while still allowing states to ban abortion even more strictly.

Maggie Jo Buchanan

3 things businesses should do to support their workers’ reproductive choices beyond paying for employees’ abortion-related travel expenses In the News

3 things businesses should do to support their workers’ reproductive choices beyond paying for employees’ abortion-related travel expenses

Lauren Hoffman and Rose Khattar discuss how businesses should be supporting their workers' reproductive choices since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

MarketWatch

Lauren Hoffman, Rose Khattar

It’s Long Past Time To Increase the Federal Minimum Wage Article
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It’s Long Past Time To Increase the Federal Minimum Wage

This month marks 13 years since the federal minimum wage was increased. The lack of an increase during this period has disproportionately harmed women and people of color.

Ashfaq Khan, Rose Khattar

Regressing Opportunity Past Event
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Regressing Opportunity

The Economic Consequences of Overturning Roe v. Wade

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Prescription Drug Reform Is a Women’s Economic Security Issue Article
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Prescription Drug Reform Is a Women’s Economic Security Issue

Lowering the cost of prescription drugs would ensure that women and their families are able to access needed health care while also bolstering their economic security.

Maggie Jo Buchanan, Osub Ahmed

Video: How To Ease the U.S. Nursing Shortage Video

Video: How To Ease the U.S. Nursing Shortage

The nursing profession is critical to the health of the country and the economic security of millions of workers. This video shows how the nation can support its nurses.

Marina Zhavoronkova, Bradley D. Custer, Anona Neal, 3 More Ala Al Sadi, Toni Pandolfo, Hai-Lam Phan

Including All Women Workers in Wage Gap Calculations Article

Including All Women Workers in Wage Gap Calculations

Counting part-time and part-year workers in wage gap calculations is essential to painting the full picture of the gender wage gap.

Lauren Hoffman, Isabela Salas-Betsch

How To Ease the Nursing Shortage in America Report
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How To Ease the Nursing Shortage in America

The COVID-19 pandemic worsened a national shortage of registered nurses, making it increasingly urgent that policymakers invest in higher education, coordinate strategies to alleviate the pressures on the nursing workforce, and make the entire health care system more equitable and stable.

Marina Zhavoronkova, Bradley D. Custer, Anona Neal, 2 More Justin Schweitzer, Marcella Bombardieri

Fact Sheet: Easing the American Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet: Easing the American Nursing Shortage

Major investments of federal funding and sustained coordination are needed to mitigate the impact of nursing shortages and improve the nation’s ability to improve the health care system.

Marina Zhavoronkova, Bradley D. Custer, Anona Neal, 2 More Justin Schweitzer, Marcella Bombardieri

Uplifting Women in the Clean Energy Economy Article

Uplifting Women in the Clean Energy Economy

Increasing women’s participation in the clean energy economy will further America’s progress on climate action and improve women's economic security.

Aimee Barnes, Meredith Alexander, Maggie Jo Buchanan, 6 More Osub Ahmed, Marina Zhavoronkova, Elisia Hoffman, Chris Chyung, Hannah Argento-McCurdy, Diana Madson

The Economic, Educational, and Health-Related Costs of Being a Woman Article
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The Economic, Educational, and Health-Related Costs of Being a Woman

From the gender wage gap to gender-based pricing, the cost of being a woman in America is integrated in our economic, health, and education systems and requires a multipronged policy approach to address.

Juli Adhikari, Jessica Milli, Maggie Jo Buchanan

The Costs of Being a Woman Past Event
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The Costs of Being a Woman

Join the Center for American Progress to discuss the complex and multifaceted costs women of all identities and experiences face in managing their households and to lift up the interventions from a variety of policy areas needed to improve women’s economic security in the long run.

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Women of Color and the Wage Gap Article

Women of Color and the Wage Gap

Women of color continue to suffer the most severe gender wage gap in the United States, a reality that reflects the effects of intersecting racial, ethnic, and gender biases that threaten the economic security of them and their families.

Robin Bleiweis, Jocelyn Frye, Rose Khattar

How the Government Can End Poverty for Native American Women Report
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How the Government Can End Poverty for Native American Women

American Indian and Alaska Native women in the United States make just 60 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts, and this wage gap forces too many of them and their families into poverty.

Arohi Pathak

Investing in Home Care and Early Childhood Educators Has Outsize Impacts on Employment Article
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Investing in Home Care and Early Childhood Educators Has Outsize Impacts on Employment

Proposed investments in the Build Back Better agenda would benefit a significant number of workers, particularly women and women of color; transform the home care and early childhood sectors; and lift living standards and employment prospects for millions of Americans.

Marina Zhavoronkova, Rose Khattar

New Poverty and Food Insecurity Data Illustrate Persistent Racial Inequities Article
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New Poverty and Food Insecurity Data Illustrate Persistent Racial Inequities

Data make it clear that policymakers must finally commit to an expansive racial equity agenda to ensure that racial and gender economic disparities do not continue into the future.

Areeba Haider, Lorena Roque

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Texas Fact Sheet
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Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Texas

In order to advance economic security for women and families in Texas, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Diana Boesch, Carolyn Sabini

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Pennsylvania Fact Sheet
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Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Pennsylvania

In order to advance economic security for women and families in Pennsylvania, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Diana Boesch, Carolyn Sabini

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in New Hampshire Fact Sheet
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Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in New Hampshire

In order to advance economic security for women and families in New Hampshire, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Diana Boesch, Carolyn Sabini

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Georgia Fact Sheet
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Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Georgia

In order to advance economic security for women and families in Georgia, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Diana Boesch, Carolyn Sabini

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Florida Fact Sheet
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Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Florida

In order to advance economic security for women and families in Florida, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Diana Boesch, Carolyn Sabini

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Arizona Fact Sheet
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Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Arizona

In order to advance economic security for women and families in Arizona, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Diana Boesch, Carolyn Sabini

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in West Virginia Fact Sheet
A mother spends time with her two daughters at the family's shop in Capon Springs, West Virginia, October 2019. (Getty/The Washington Post/Deb Lindsey)

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in West Virginia

In order to advance economic security for women and families in West Virginia, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Diana Boesch, Carolyn Sabini

These Interconnected Policies Would Sustain Families, Support Women, and Grow the Economy Article
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These Interconnected Policies Would Sustain Families, Support Women, and Grow the Economy


Together, the policies included in the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda would propel families’ and the country’s economic security by prioritizing child care, the child tax credit, paid family and medical leave, and good jobs that get Americans back to work.

Arohi Pathak, Diana Boesch, Laura Dallas McSorley

The U.S. Child Care Crisis Explained Video

The U.S. Child Care Crisis Explained

The lack of affordable and high-quality child care has disproportionately pushed women out of the workforce for decades. It is long past time for the United States to provide adequate, sustained funding and end the child care crisis.

Erin Robinson, Darya Nicol, Jasmine Hardy, 1 More Hai-Lam Phan

Navigating the Road Ahead in the Fight for Women’s Progress Article
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Navigating the Road Ahead in the Fight for Women’s Progress

The Biden-Harris administration took key strides toward gender equity in its first 100 days, but achieving future progress will require an intentional focus on combating systemic barriers, entrenched biases, and a status quo that continues to preserve and perpetuate long-standing disparities.

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Now Is the Time To Permanently Expand the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Report
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Now Is the Time To Permanently Expand the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit

Permanently expanding the earned income tax credit and child tax credit would make the economy more resilient, improve the social safety net, and dramatically decrease poverty in the United States.

Areeba Haider, Galen Hendricks

10 Essential Actions To Promote Equal Pay Report
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10 Essential Actions To Promote Equal Pay

The Biden administration should restart the collection of employer pay data, convene a new interagency equal pay task force, undertake an initiative to promote greater pay transparency, and designate more funding for enforcement of equal pay protections in order to regain lost ground and make progress for working women.

Jocelyn Frye

Why Salary History Bans Matter To Securing Equal Pay Report

Why Salary History Bans Matter To Securing Equal Pay

A comprehensive effort to secure equal pay must include limiting employers’ reliance on salary history in hiring and compensation decisions, as this practice can result in wage disparities and pay discrimination for women and workers of color.

Robin Bleiweis

A Profile of Immigrant Women in the Workforce Article
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A Profile of Immigrant Women in the Workforce

Immigrant women are integral members of U.S. society, working across industries that serve all communities and spur economic growth. As the pandemic continues to disproportionately affect women in the workforce, future policy must consider the contributions and needs of immigrant women.

Sofia Carratala, Nicole Svajlenka, Sarah Jane Glynn

The Economic Status of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Report
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The Economic Status of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women

Policymakers must closely examine economic data on the experiences of AAPI women, before and during the coronavirus pandemic, in order to surface key barriers and shed light on effective policy solutions.

Robin Bleiweis

Raising the Minimum Wage Would Be Transformative for Women Article
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Raising the Minimum Wage Would Be Transformative for Women

Women make up the majority of workers who would benefit from raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, as they are overrepresented in tipped and low-wage jobs.

Diana Boesch, Robin Bleiweis, Areeba Haider

Quick Facts on Paid Family and Medical Leave Article
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Quick Facts on Paid Family and Medical Leave

The United States urgently needs a comprehensive paid family and medical leave program that will boost the health and economic well-being of American workers and families.

Diana Boesch

When Women Lose All the Jobs: Essential Actions for a Gender-Equitable Recovery Report

When Women Lose All the Jobs: Essential Actions for a Gender-Equitable Recovery

Women, particularly women of color, have borne the brunt of job losses and caregiving challenges during the coronavirus pandemic and need structural policy change to ensure their full recovery and economic security.

Diana Boesch, Shilpa Phadke

The State of Women’s Leadership—And How To Continue Changing the Face of U.S. Politics Article
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The State of Women’s Leadership—And How To Continue Changing the Face of U.S. Politics

Women—particularly women of color—continue to make noteworthy gains at all levels of government, but bold policies and structural changes are still needed to reach gender parity in U.S. politics.

Robin Bleiweis, Shilpa Phadke

How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward Report

How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward

The collapse of the child care sector and drastic reductions in school supervision hours as a result of COVID-19 could drive millions of mothers out of the paid workforce. Inaction could cost billions, undermine family economic security, and set gender equity back a generation.

Julie Kashen, Sarah Jane Glynn, Amanda Novello

Women Have Paid the Price for Trump’s Regulatory Agenda Report

Women Have Paid the Price for Trump’s Regulatory Agenda

The Trump administration has issued dozens of regulations that have threatened women’s progress and cost them billions—revealing a fundamental disregard for women.

Osub Ahmed, Shilpa Phadke, Diana Boesch

The Urgent Case for Permanent Paid Leave Report
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The Urgent Case for Permanent Paid Leave

Policymakers must consider lessons learned from the emergency paid leave laws passed in response to the coronavirus pandemic in order to design national, permanent paid leave policies that ensure racial, gender, and economic equity and meet the needs of families.

Diana Boesch

Ensuring Domestic Violence Survivors’ Safety Report

Ensuring Domestic Violence Survivors’ Safety

Existing support systems for domestic violence survivors are proving inadequate during the pandemic and point to the need for a stronger nationwide infrastructure connecting survivors to vital supports and services.

Robin Bleiweis, Osub Ahmed

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Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice
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Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice

We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.

Restoring Social Trust in Democracy
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Restoring Social Trust in Democracy

Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. We must act to ensure it is accessible to all, accountable, and can serve as a force of good.

Building an Economy for All
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Building an Economy for All

Economic growth must be built on the foundation of a strong and secure middle class so that all Americans benefit from growth.

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