Fact Sheets

What Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Women and Families

April 04, 2013

Many programs vital to women and their families are being cut.  Yet, at the same time, our nation is spending billions of dollars each year on unfair tax breaks for large corporations and very wealthy individuals.  

Emergency Contraception

April 03, 2013

This factsheet provides important information on Emergency Contraception.

How the Wage Gap Hurts Women and Families

April 03, 2013

American women who work full time, year round are paid only 77 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. This gap in earnings translates into $11,084 less per year in median earnings, leaving women and their families shortchanged. Although enforcement of the Equal Pay Act and civil rights laws has helped narrow the wage gap over time, addressing the significant pay disparities that remain is critical for women and their families.  This fact sheet explains how the wage gap hurts women and families.

Closing the Wage Gap is Crucial for Women of Color and Their Families

April 02, 2013

American women who work full time, year round are paid only 77 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. But the wage gap is even larger for many women of color working full time, year round, as African-American women are paid only 64 cents, and Hispanic women only 55 cents, for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. These gaps translate into a loss of $18,817 for African-American women and $23,298 for Hispanic women every year. Closing the wage gap is, therefore, particularly important for African-American and Hispanic women, who are already more likely to have lower incomes and to be in poverty than any other group.  This fact sheet explores the wage gap for women of color and the particular effect the gap has one them and their families.

The Wage Gap By State for African-American Women

April 02, 2013
Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but the typical woman working full time, year round is paid less than the typical full-time, year-round male worker in every state. For African-American women the wage gap is even larger than for women overall.  This fact sheet provides the state-by-state breakdown of the wage gap for African-American women across the United States.

The Wage Gap By State for Hispanic Women

April 02, 2013

Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but the typical woman working full time, year round is paid less than the typical full-time, year-round male worker in every state. For Hispanic women the wage gap is even larger than for women overall. This fact sheet includes the state-by-state breakdown of the wage gap for Hispanic women.

The Wage Gap By State for Women Overall

April 02, 2013

Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but the typical woman working full time, year round is paid less than the typical full-time, year-round male worker in every state.  This fact sheet includes the state-by-state breakdown of the wage gap.

Fair Pay for Women and People of Color in Illinois Requires Increasing the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wage

March 28, 2013

This fact sheet explains how increasing the minimum wage and the tipped minimum wage in Illinois would especially benefit women and people of color.

The “Fiscal Cliff” Deal: The American Taxpayer Relief Act

March 28, 2013

This fact sheet explains the deal the President and Congress reached in the closing days of 2012 to address tax increases and spending cuts that were scheduled to take effect in January 2013, often referred to as the “fiscal cliff.”

Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor: The Supreme Court Should Presume Laws Discriminating On the Basis of Sexual Orientation are Unconstitutional

March 25, 2013

This term, the Supreme Court will decide United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry. Windsor challenges Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), which prohibits the federal government from recognizing marriages between same-sex couples, and Hollingsworth challenges the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment that revoked same-sex couples’ right to marry in that state.  This fact sheet explains why Section 3 of DOMA and Proposition 8 should be subjected to heightened scrutiny under the Constitution and struck down.