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Tell Your Members of Congress to Co-sponsor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Courts have created a pregnancy loophole that allows many employers to refuse to accommodate even simple requests to help workers maintain healthy pregnancies. Pregnant women have been fired because they asked to avoid heavy lifting, or to stay off ladders, or to sit on a stool instead of standing at a cash register all day. Please tell your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

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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. 

Thank President Obama for His Early Childhood Education Initiative

An historic investment in early childhood education moved a step closer to reality when President Obama announced the details of his budget. Please join us in thanking President Obama for his early childhood education initiative. 

Tell President Obama: End Retaliatory Pay Secrecy Policies Among Federal Contractors

Equal Pay Day, April 9 in 2013, represents the day that the average woman's wages finally catch up to the average man's earnings from the year before. Thank the President for his leadership on fair pay and ask him to take the next step by signing an executive order on equal pay. 

National Women's Law Center's 2013 Awards Dinner

Date and Time: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
6:00 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. dinner and program
Location: Washington Hilton & Towers
1919 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.

The Center's annual dinner is one of the largest in Washington and attracts a crowd of over 1,400 policy makers and leaders from the women's, civil rights, corporate and legal communities. We are planning another incredible program to celebrate over 40 years of improving the lives of women and their families. Please join us!