Fact Sheets

Attack on Women's Health: The Health Care Refusal Regulation

January 05, 2006

During the final days of the Bush Administration, a harmful regulation was passed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that undermines patients' access to vital health services and information. By greatly expanding existing laws intended to govern the right to refuse to provide abortion care, this HHS regulation poses a serious threat to women's health.

Career & Technical Education Resources

January 05, 2006

Career and Technical Education

Resources

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law barring sex discrimination in education programs, including career and technical education programs such as vocational training, internships, and apprenticeship programs. Title IX requires schools and colleges receiving federal funds to give women and girls an equal chance to succeed in career and technical education and to treat female students equally when it comes to recruiting, counseling and treatment in the classroom.

Career and Technical Education: Petitions for Compliance Reviews

January 05, 2006

Career and Technical Education

Petitions for Compliance Reviews

The National Women's Law Center is committed to ending sex discrimination in career and technical education programs. For the 30th anniversary of Title IX, in 2002, the Center petitioned the Department of Education to perform compliance reviews of CTE programs in selected states to identify systemic barriers that limit young women's access to CTE programs that are nontraditional for their gender.

Career and Technical Education: Programs and Practices that Work: Preparing Students for Nontraditional Careers

January 05, 2006

The National Women's Law Center is pleased to announce, in partnership with the Association for Career and Technical Education, the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, and the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education, the Programs and Practices That Work recognition project.

Coaches, You Can Make a Difference!

January 05, 2006

  • Are you a coach who sees ways in which a girls' team is being treated worse than a boys' team? For example, does your team not have equipment that is equal to what boys' teams have? Are your practice or game facilities not comparable? Are there not enough opportunities for girls to play sports at your school?

  • If so, you can do something. Here are just a few ideas:

Data on Women's Economic Security

January 05, 2006

Poverty is a women's issue. Over 14 million women - one in eight - live in poverty. Single mothers, women of color, and elderly women are especially vulnerable. More than one in three single mothers, more than one in five African American and Latina women, and one in five elderly women living alone are poor.

Fair Pay: Facts & Figures

January 05, 2006

Although the majority of Americans say that they are concerned about the economy, women are more likely than men to be worried and concerned about their economic prospects. Their concerns are certainly valid; women are far more likely to live in poverty than men, and the small gains that some women made in 2007 may already have been wiped out by the job losses and soaring prices for food, energy, child care, and health care seen in 2008.

Fair Pay: Frequently Asked Questions

January 05, 2006

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

Fair Pay: Get Involved

January 05, 2006

Get Involved

Sign the Fair Pay Campaign Pledge!

1. I support fair pay for women.

2. I will urge my Senators to support the Paycheck Fairness Act.

3. I will forward the Fair Pay Campaign Pledge to five friends.

Sign the Pledge

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Fair Pay: In Congress

January 05, 2006

Unfortunately, the way courts have interpreted Title VII and the Equal Pay Act is insufficient to remedy persistent wage disparities and demonstrates the need for stronger laws to ensure that women are paid equal wages for equal work.