Fact Sheet

Women’s entry into high-wage, high-skill, nontraditional occupations, such as firefighting, police work or construction, was made possible in large part by challenges to a variety of recruitment, hiring, and promotion practices that adversely affected women and would have otherwise remained unchanged but  Read more »

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Disparate Impact Theory and Employment Opportunities for Women

The President is proposing a groundbreaking plan to support high-quality early learning opportunities for children birth to age five.  The President’s budget calls for significant new investments to expand access to and improve the quality of child care and early education programs that help children enter school ready to succeed and help parents work.  The plan involves a multi-prong Read more »

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President Obama’s Early Learning Proposal

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A Roadmap to the 2013 Federal Budget Debates

April 9, 2013   A new national survey sponsored by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the National Women’s Law Center shows strong support among adults 18 and older for their states to accept federal dollars that have been allocated to cover more uninsured people through Medicaid.  The survey, conducted March 15-19, 2013 among 1,016 adults 18 Read more »

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NWLC CFF Survey Report 4-9-2013

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CPC Disclosure Factsheet 4-2013

Women have a particular stake in raising the minimum wage. Women are the majority of workers in each of the ten largest occupations that typically pay less than $10.10 per hour, and about two-thirds or more of the workers in seven of these occupations. Increasing the minimum wage and tipped minimum wage are key steps toward fair pay for women. Read more »

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The 10 Largest Jobs Paying Under $10.10/Hour Are Majority Women

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What Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Women and Families

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Explaining the Wage Gap

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