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NCRW Fact Sheet: Keeping the Doors of Opportunity Open--Women, Minorities and Affirmative Action

Women and girls have made enormous strides since passage of the Educational Amendments and Title IX...

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New York, NY
Ms. Foundation for Women

Brooklyn, NY
Women's Research and Education Institute

Washington, DC

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2012 Mid-Year Legislative Wrap-Up

There's no question that 2011 was a truly seismic year for reproductive rights in the U.S. More...
Third Anniversary of the Recovery Shows Job Growth for Women Slowed by Public Sector Job Losses

The deep recession that began in December 2007 and cost nearly 7.5 million jobs was harder on...
Oceans Apart: The Higher Health Costs of Women in the U.S. Compared to Other Nations, and How Reform Is Helping

An estimated 18.7 million U.S. women ages 19 to 64 were uninsured in 2010, up from 12.8 million...
State of Public School Sex Segregation in the United States (2007-2010)

In connection with Title IX's 40th Anniversary in June 2012, the Feminist Majority Foundation...
Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific

Report from the World Bank.

Blog Posts

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

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...

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...

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...

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Lame-Duck Congress Has Women's Work to Do

November 15, 2010

WeNews: Congress needs to act now to halt any erosion of recent gains and to finish work on pending legislation that would improve...
Supreme Court discusses gender discrimination in immigration case

November 10, 2010

Los Angeles Times: The Supreme Court is debating a law that makes it easier for unwed American mothers than it is for unwed fathers to pass on their citizenship. Lawyers are arguing that fathers are discriminated against based on gender, and the...
Rejection of Iowa judges over gay marriage raises fears of political influence

November 6, 2010

LA Times: Three Iowa judges who supported same-sex marriage were targeted by opposition groups and voted out of office. Many fear that the system of re-election can be used to intimidate judges and gives the impression that justice is for...
Still no justice for civil-rights era rapes

October 15, 2010

Washington Post: During the civil-rights era, black women were routinely attacked and sexually assaulted by white men. These men often were acquitted by all white, male juries. Many of these rape victims never received justice and...
If You Play Fair, They Should Pay Fair: Why the Women's Wage Gap Persists

September 24, 2010

RH Reality Check: Women now make up almost 50% of hte labor force yet still make only 77 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts. The Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) hopes to change all that. The legislation has already passed the...

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