Reports & Toolkits

When Girls Don’t Graduate, We All Fail: A Call to Improve High School Graduation Rates for Girls

October 29, 2007

When Girls Don’t Graduate, We All Fail: A Call to Improve High School Graduation Rates for Girls demonstrates that there is a dropout crisis for girls in our nation’s schools. One of every four girls fails to complete her high school diploma in four years, and the numbers are worse for girls of color. These dropout patterns result in severe economic consequences for girls and their families.

Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care Initiative Business Plan

August 15, 2007

Improving Latina Health through Medicaid Advocacy: A Toolkit

July 15, 2007

Latinos currently have the highest number of uninsured of any racial or ethnic group and Medicaid is vital to ensuring health coverage for many low-income Latinos. Expanding and protecting access to Medicaid is a critical strategy for reducing health disparities and ensuring broader access to health care for low-income Latino families. This toolkit emphasizes the role that Medicaid expansions can play in reducing health disparities in the Latina community.

Reaching New Heights: Promising Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Students in Career and Technical Education Programs That Are Nontraditional for Their Gender

July 15, 2007

Memo from Planned Parenthood and NWLC: Application of Research Findings

July 13, 2007

On behalf of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and NWLC Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc., has undertaken a comprehensive multi-stage research project focused on issues surrounding reproductive health and abortion. The research was driven by several core objectives, including identifying policy opportunities to advance a pro-family planning, pro-reproductive rights agenda. This research differs from other recent research efforts in at least two regards.

Barriers to Fair Play

June 15, 2007

With the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination in all aspects of education, there is much to applaud. Women and girls have opened doors to institutions, programs, and careers that were previously closed to them. In sports, the rise in participation by female athletes has not only attracted national attention, but has been a source of national pride.Despite substantial progress, discrimination against and barriers to progress by women and girls remain all too prevalent across educational programs and activities.

National Survey Shows Broad Public Support for Title IX

June 14, 2007

Thirty-eight years after its enactment, Title IX remains extremely popular legislation with overwhelming, bipartisan support. Americans not only support the law in vast numbers; they also support those who would take action to remedy cases of inequality. However, ignorance remains a major obstacle—most Americans simply do not know what steps to take in such cases.

Breaking Down Barriers: A Legal Guide to Title IX and Athletic Opportunities

May 12, 2007

Limited opportunities to participate, fewer scholarship dollars, inferior athletic equipment and facilities: these enduring problems mean that Title IX remains as important as ever to removing the barriers women and girls face in sports.

Women and Health Coverage: A Framework for Moving Forward

April 15, 2007

Women and Health Coverage: A Framework for Moving Forward evaluates efforts to expand health insurance in terms of their potential to address the particular challenges women face.

Women and Health Coverage: The Affordability Gap

April 01, 2007

Although men and women have some similar challenges with regard to health insurance, women face unique barriers to becoming insured. More significantly, women have greater difficulty affording health care services even once they are insured. On average, women have lower incomes than men and therefore have greater difficulty paying premiums.Women also are less likely than men to have coverage through their own employer and more likely to obtain coverage through their spouses; are more likely than men to have higher out-of-pocket health care expenses; and use more health care services than men and consequently are in greater need of comprehensive coverage. Proposals for improving health policy need to address these disparities.