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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.

My Take

"Fake" Pregnancy Reveals Enduring Stigma Against Pregnant and Parenting Teens – But Fellow Students Aren't the Only Source

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: April 26, 2011 at 11:02 am

"It was bound to happen," said one student.

"Her attitude is changing, and it might be because of the baby – or she was always this annoying and I never realized it," said another.

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Wage Gap Fails to "Magically Disappear", Carrots Still Don't Taste Like Chocolate

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: April 12, 2011 at 01:36 pm

When I was a little girl, I once asked my mother why she ate salads everyday instead of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with ice cream — which, I was sure, is what I would eat everyday if I were an independent adult.

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Administration Releases Guidance Re: Sexual Assault to Schools

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: April 04, 2011 at 01:26 pm

Today, the Department of Education released critical guidance for secondary and post-secondary schools regarding how they should respond to allegations of sexual assault.

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The Joys of Fatherhood - Narrowing the Wage Gap?

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: March 17, 2011 at 11:33 am

A group of economists may have recently uncovered an effect of fatherhood not addressed in the vast literature available to new parents: the tendency to narrow the wage gap between genders.

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Anti-Bullying Movement Has Partners in the White House and Congress

Posted by Elizabeth Yates, Program Assistant | Posted on: March 11, 2011 at 06:07 pm

At the launch of a day-long anti-bullying conference at the White House yesterday, President Obama told advocates "I want you to know that you have a partner in the White House."

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