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Human Rights for Women and People with Disabilities
Kyla Bender-Baird
By Alexandra Mazzeo*Yesterday, The Opportunity Agenda and the U.S. Human Rights Network hosted a telebriefing on two key human rights treaties and...
Ask A Working Woman Survey 2010: Working America and AFL-CIO
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 Working America and the AFL-CIO recently launched the 2010 Ask a Working Woman survey. A similar survey has been done every 2 years, and in...
FAST FACT: A New Way to Rank Women’s Economic Opportunity
Kyla Bender-Baird
By Kyla Bender-BairdLast week, the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) launched a new global index and ranking of women’s economic opportunity....
CEDAW FORUM: Lighting a Fire for the Women’s Rights Treaty
Kyla Bender-Baird
By Allie Bohm*As a colleague recently reminded me, our system of government was developed not to pass laws, but to make change slowly. Take, for...
Policy Is About Priority: Where Do Moms Fit in?
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By Rylee Sommers-Flanagan*This post originally appeared on the Health Justice Blog associated with the Health Justice Division of the New York...

Member Experts

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Pamela Shifman
Since May 2008, Pamela Shifman has served as the Director of Initiatives for Women and Girls at the NoVo Foundation, where she directs its work on...
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Juhu Thukral
Juhu Thukral is the Director of Law and Advocacy at The Opportunity Agenda. She has been an advocate for the rights of low-income and immigrant women...
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Lesley E. Orloff
Leslye E. Orloff is vice president and director of Legal Momentum's Immigrant Women Program. She joined Legal Momentum's Washington, D.C. office in...

News

  • At big firms, equity gender gap continues
    July 25, 2012

    Data collected from The National Law Journal's NLJ 250 survey, which ranks the largest firms in the United States by headcount, show that women represent 15.1 percent of equity partners. Among all partners — equity and nonequity...
  • SB 1070 opponents blast Pearce e-mails
    July 24, 2012

    The Arizona Republic reports that opponents of Arizona's controversial immigration law, Senate Bill 1070, are using dozens of e-mails sent by Russell Pearce over the past six years to allege that the law was racially motivated and that the former...
  • Why men get bigger pay hikes than women do
    July 23, 2012

    A study published in the journal Organization Science finds that when managers have to explain their pay-raise decisions to employees, they tend to give more money to men than they do to women -- even if the workers' performance is equal.

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  • Women police officers think about quitting - survey
    July 16, 2012

    Four out of 10 female police officers in the UK have considered leaving the force.
  • Saudi Arabia Not Sending Female Athletes To London Olympics: REPORT
    July 11, 2012

    Saudi Arabia says that no Saudi women have qualified for the Olympics, as no female athlete has taken part in the country's qualifying events. Saudi Arabia severely restricts women in public life.