Fact Sheets
A Higher Minimum Wage Would Benefit Working Women, Their Families and All New Jerseyans
May 21, 2012
This fact sheet, produced by NWLC and the Rutgers Center for Women and Work, explains how an increase in the minimum wage and tipped minimum wage would benefit women and their families, help close the wage gap between women and men's earnings, and boost New Jersey's economy.
Give Military Women the Health Care Coverage They Deserve
May 17, 2012
Under current law, women in the military who are survivors of rape and incest are denied coverage for abortion care. This coverage is less than the coverage provided to other women who rely on the federal government for health insurance. Military women sacrifice for our country every day -- we should not thank them by giving them less health care coverage than their civilian counterparts. The ban on health care coverage for abortion care in case of rape and incest should be lifted immediately.
The D.C. Abortion Ban Would Impose an Unconstitutional Abortion Ban on Women Who Have No Representation in Congress
May 17, 2012
The D.C. Abortion Ban, H.R. 3803, introduced by Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ), is an extremely dangerous bill that threatens women’s health and lives, and ignores women’s individual – sometimes dire – circumstances by banning abortions in D.C. at twenty weeks’ post-fertilization. This ban is a direct attack on the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade, and tramples on the rights of D.C. citizens.
Summary of Tax Fairness Provisions in the Rebuild America Act
May 16, 2012
This fact sheet explains the tax and revenue proposals in Sen. Tom Harkin's Rebuild America Act that will help protect women's economic security while ensuring millionaires and corporations pay their fair share.
The Vacancy Crisis in the Federal Judiciary: What's at Stake for Women
May 08, 2012
There are currently 76vacancies on the federal district and appellate courts, a nearly 9 percent vacancy rate. This alarmingly high vacancy rate forces people around the country to wait for justice.
Women in the Federal Judiciary: Still A Long Way to Go
May 08, 2012
Over the past three decades, an increasing number of women have joined the legal profession. For twenty-five years, approximately 45% of law students have been women; in the last decade, women’s representation has approached 50%. But the number of women in the federal judiciary has stagnated. It is of critical importance to increase the representation of women on the federal bench.
Fair Pay for Women and People of Color in Massachusetts Requires Increasing the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wag
May 07, 2012
This fact sheet explains how increasing the minimum wage and the tipped minimum wage in Massachusetts would especially benefit women and people of color.
How the Paycheck Fairness Act Will Strengthen the Equal Pay Act
May 07, 2012
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963 made it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who perform substantially equal work. Yet today, women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The Paycheck Fairness Act would update and strengthen the EPA by improving rememdies for pay discrimination, prohibiting employer retaliation, and facilitating class action suits in equal pay claims, among other strategies.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Making Room for Pregnancy on the Job
May 07, 2012
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) would let pregnant women continue to do their jobs and support their families by requiring employers to make the same sorts of accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions that they do for disabilities. This fact sheet outlines the provisions of the bill and discusses the enormous impact its passage would have for working parents and their families.
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Marcia Greenberger to Receive Award
NWLC Co-President Marcia Greenberger has been chosen to receive the 2012 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award at American Bar Association's annual meeting on Aug. 5 in Chicago. The award honors outstanding women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence and paved the way to success for others, and previous winners include Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.