Current Actions
Tell Congress Not to Cut Social Security
The House Ways and Means Committee is asking the public to weigh in on two new proposals to cut Social Security — raising the retirement age and changing the benefit formula. Raising the retirement age is simply a benefit cut. Changing the basic benefit formula would further cut benefits, putting the retirement security of millions of Americans at risk. Tell the committee you strongly object to cutting Social Security.
Tell Congress to Pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act
The minimum wage is a women's issue. Two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women — and women are also about two-thirds of tipped workers, for whom the federal minimum cash wage is just $2.13 an hour. Women of color are even more disproportionately represented among minimum wage workers. Join individuals across the country in a petition telling Congress to raise the minimum wage.
Tell Your Senators: Stand Up for Survivors of Military Sexual Assault
When an estimated 26,000 military members were sexually assaulted and victims of unwanted sexual contact last year — though only approximately 3,000 cases were reported — you know that the system is broken. But instead of fixing the problem, Senators on the Armed Services Committee stripped out a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that is critical to addressing this problem. Tell your Senators we want a vote on a real solution — the Military Justice Improvement Act.
Tell Lawmakers to End the Attacks on Reproductive Health Care
In the last two years we've experienced the highest number of state-level attacks on women's reproductive health ever. Opponents have tacked anti-abortion provisions onto unrelated bills and passed restrictions in special secret, last-minute sessions. They’ve mocked pro-choice protesters by handing them cookies. And they continue to tell women we don’t know what’s best when it comes to our own reproductive health care. Tell lawmakers on the state and federal level to end the attacks reproductive health care.
Share Your Health Care Story
Are you uninsured simply because you can't afford it? Have you or a loved one lost or been denied health coverage after you got sick? Has there ever been a time when you or a family member thought you didn't need health coverage, but then got saddled with medical debt after an unforeseen medical emergency? If you have insurance, does it fail to cover services you need such as mental health care, maternity care, or prescription drug coverage? Have high out-of-pocket costs ever kept you from visiting the doctor when you needed to? Has your health insurance plan failed to pay for services you need because you have hit an annual limit? We want to hear from you.
Tell Your Representative to Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Immigration reform should help families reunite and stay together, ensure that immigrant women have fair access to the path to citizenship and green cards, protect against the exploitation of workers, make affordable health care available to lawfully present immigrants, and preserve tax credits and Social Security benefits for lawful immigrants. Tell your Representative to pass comprehensive immigration reform that meets the needs of immigrant women and their families.
Tell Members of Congress to Increase Investments in Early Learning
Congress has an incredible opportunity to expand access to early learning experiences for our youngest and most vulnerable children through investments in three key programs. Tell your Members of Congress that we expect them to increase investments in early learning.
Urge Your Members of Congress to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
The Paycheck Fairness Act would deter wage discrimination by closing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act and barring retaliation against workers who disclose their wages to coworkers. In this tough economy, more and more families are counting on women's earnings. Unfair pay practices make things even harder, especially for those families who rely solely on female earnings. Please voice your support.
Tell Your Members of Congress to Fix the Sequester
Head start, child care assistance, meals on wheels, women's health care services, and services for survivors of domestic violence are facing cuts. Thousands of women's jobs are at risk from cuts to education and other public services. And women who already have lost their jobs and depend on federal emergency unemployment benefits to make ends meet as they search for work are seeing those benefits cut. It's time to stop the sequester. Tell your Members of Congress to fix it NOW!
Support the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act
Only about one-half of teen mothers earn a high school diploma by age 22, compared to 89% of their peers who do not become parents as teens. Nearly 3 in 10 girls in the U.S. get pregnant at least once before age 20. Please improve the odds for teen mothers by asking your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Pregnant and Parenting Student Access to Education Act.
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