Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant

Elizabeth Yates joined NWLC in 2010 as the Program Assistant in the Education and Employment Program. Previously, Liz was as a Legal Assistant in the Family Law/Domestic Violence Unit at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, where she worked directly with low-income women in the District.  Liz graduated from Tufts University with a major in International Relations and a minor in Latin American Studies in May of 2008. As a student, Liz completed internships at the Economic Opportunity Institute and at the Inter American Foundation.

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Pharmaceutical Giant Celebrates 48th Anniversary of Equal Pay Act by Beginning to Pay Equally

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: June 13, 2011 at 09:48 am

Last week, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca, settled a wage discrimination lawsuit by agreeing to pay $250,000 to 124 current and former female employees who, the Department of Labor claimed, were paid an average of $1,700 less than their male counterparts.

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Forever 1921: Teen Clothing Retailer Tells "Pretty" Girls to Avoid Math

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: June 03, 2011 at 03:56 pm

A few weeks ago, I was killing some time downtown and found myself at Forever 21. I had just begun to casually peruse the accessories aisle when something stopped me dead in my tracks: shark tooth necklaces. Seriously. Welcome back, 1989. Baywatch may be over, but the movement to bring beach accessories to the street is resurrected.

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DREAMS Revived

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: May 13, 2011 at 09:27 am

When this blog last discussed the DREAM Act, (a bill that would provide unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the U.S.

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National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Enters Early Adolescence

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: May 04, 2011 at 05:24 pm

Today is the tenth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Can you believe it's been ten years?

I can't. In fact, it seems like just yesterday that I was a shy fifteen-year-old, trapped between two friends in the backseat of my mother's Volvo, on the way to track practice, listening in stunned silence to the voice of an aging nun describe the importance of sexual abstinence.

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New York Times Calls Out Colleges for Foul Play with Title IX

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: April 28, 2011 at 04:40 pm

As this blog and others have noted, the New York Times recently released a series of articles describing research and polling around Title IX athletics compliance in colleges and universities.

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