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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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Legal Momentum

New York, NY
Ms. Foundation for Women

Brooklyn, NY
Women's Research and Education Institute

Washington, DC

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Monthly State Update: Major Developments in 2012

This monthly update provides information on legislation, as well as relevant executive branch...
The Wage Gap State by State: 2012 Fact Sheets

State by state factsheets from the National Women's Law Center.
At the time of the Equal...
Progress of the World's Women

UN report Progress of the World’s Women outlines ten recommendations to make...
Keeping America's Women Moving Forward: The Key to an Economy Built to Last

Within months of taking office, President Obama created the White House Council on Women and...
New Families, New Friends: Organizations Working With Latina Immigrants, Strategy Forum Report

This report summarizes the presentations from a strategy forum co-hosted by the Institute for...

Blog Posts

New Book on Women in the Trades by Jane LaTour

Kyla Bender-Baird

December 15, 2009 posted by admin

Where Do We Stand After 30 Years of CEDAW?

Kyla Bender-Baird

December 4, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-BairdYesterday, three fabulous NCRW interns* and I journeyed down to the concrete maze that is the United...

Motherhood penalty remains a pervasive problem in the workplace

Kyla Bender-Baird

December 1, 2009 posted by Ruth SchechterOriginally posted November 22, 2009 on Gender News from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research Mothers...

FAST FACT: GENDER EQUITY IN ATHLETICS DURING DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES

Kyla Bender-Baird

November 16, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-BairdAs the economy dips, schools are tightening their belts. Unfortunately—but not surprisingly—...

WOMEN’S EQUALITY FORUM: Looking back and moving forward

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By Terry O’Neill*Today, August 26, marks the anniversary of the end of the 72-year fight for women’s right to vote. That’s right...

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...

News

Federal court strikes down key part of federal law banning same-sex marriage

June 1, 2012

The 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Mont. Regents OK new policy for sexual assaults

May 29, 2012

The Montana University System issued new policies for handling sexual assault claims.
Plans for women's quotas on company boards dropped

May 29, 2012

The Telegraph reports that plans to force British companies to appoint a set proportion of women to their boards are being scrapped.
Single Women Voters Focus of Democrats’ Equal-Pay Appeal

May 25, 2012

Bloomberg explains how the current legislative push for paycheck fairness is designed to appeal to single women voters.
Kleiner Perkins Lawsuit Gives Inside View of Clubby Venture Capital World

May 24, 2012

A gender discrimination suit filed by a female employee of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers has exposed a system to view that allegedly boosted male positions and compensation while excluding the company's female employees, reports ABC News.
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