Infographics and Internet Memes

The chained CPI is a different way of calculating the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) Social Security beneficiaries receive each year. The Bowles-Simpson and other deficit reduction plans propose this change.

Some want to change the way the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is calculated by using a new measurement — the chained CPI. This switched would result in significant cuts to Social Security benefits and mean that an eldery woman could afford food for fewer days — and eventually weeks — every month.

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Why should you cast your ballot this year? Because we need your vote and your voice heard on the decisions that affect women and families! Read more »

Congress is about to choose between protecting programs for struggling families and expanding tax cuts for millionaires. That choice should be easy. Read more »

Did you get the memo? Some lawmakers want to allow bosses to decide whether they can deny birth control coverage to their employees. We’re not on board with that. Check out our factsheet to learn more. Read more »

Women can't afford another year of being short-changed -- in 2011, the typical woman working full time, year round was paid only 77 cents for every dollar paid to her male counterpart.

More than one in seven women live in poverty and over half of all poor children live in families headed by women. Every day, parents are forced to choose between rent and utilities, food and medicine. Read more »

Download NWLC's poster to display in your office or classroom. Learn more about Pregnant and Parenting Students by visiting www.nwlc.org/pregnancytestforschools. Read more »