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1. Economic Security 2. Education 3. Health 4. Immigration 5. Violence

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Reinvesting in Women and Families: Developing an Economy for the Future (Summit October 2010)

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AGENDA Annual Conference 2012 external rev March 30

AGENDA: NCRW Annual Conference 2012 - Agenda-Setting Nationally and Globally: Leveraging Women's...
INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC SECURITY SUMMIT POLICY BRIEFS

In keeping with a long-standing commitment to advancing women’s economic well-being, the...
NCRW Summit Social Supports and Safety Nets Policy Brief (2010)

Participants in the breakout session on social supports and safety nets focused their attention on...
NCRW Background Paper: Reinvesting in Women and Families

Based on available research, it is clear that while the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has...
NCRW Background Paper: Project on the Economic Recovery Act

In the midst of the current economic crisis—which is exacerbating previously existing...
NCRW Summary: Economic Recovery in the Cities

FEBRUARY 1, 2010 Representatives from New York City and surrounding cities gathered at Columbia...
NCRW Policy Brief: Economic Security

To overcome economic hardship, women need opportunities to learn new skills and earn fair wages in...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Women, Homeownership, and Sub-Prime Mortgages--A Need for Fair Lending Practices

Sub-prime mortgages threaten the economic security of women and their families. They also impede...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Women and Poverty

Lifting women and children out of poverty is key to women’s economic security and wellbeing.
NCRW Fact Sheet: Raising the Minimum Wage--Women and Working Families Benefit Most

Failure to adjust the minimum wage with rising inflation has kept women and working families in...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Affordable Child Care Needed as Women's Labor Force Participation Grows

Making childcare affordable is critical to working families and key to women’s economic well-...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Guaranteed Paid Leave--A National Imperative for Women and Families

The lack of guaranteed paid leave creates economic hardship for the U.S. labor force as well as...

News

‘Glass Escalators’ Move Pink-Collar Guys Ahead

June 5, 2012

Men are more likely than ever to join female-dominated professions--and they're also more likely to out-earn their female colleagues.
Do Men Really Earn More Than Women? [infographic]

June 5, 2012

PayScale calculates the gender wage gap in several different fields.
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.
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.
Can Suing for Equal Pay Really Close the Gender Wage Gap?

May 24, 2012

Bryce Covert wonders if lawsuits for equal pay really will push the cultural shift needed to make equal pay a reality.

Member Organizations

Altagracia Dilone Levat

Legal Momentum

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Barnard Center for Research on Women

Barnard College

New York, NY
Center for the Education of Women

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
The Feminist Majority Foundation

Arlington, VA
Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Washington, DC
International Center for Research on Women

Washington, DC

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Housing
Older Women
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Women & Girl Heads of Household
Work - Life Balance

Blog Posts

This Thanksgiving, Help Women Feed the Hungry

Kyla Bender-Baird

As many of us set out to stuff ourselves silly tomorrow, Women Thrive Wolrdwide reminds us of the more than a billion people who lve in less than $1 a day. Ritu Sharma, President of Women...

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 3:04pm

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FAST FACT: Unemployment Insurance Boosts GDP

Kyla Bender-Baird

According to a multi-year Department of Labor study released this morning, unemployment insurance has had a positive impact on economic activity during this latest recession. One key finding:...

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 5:20pm

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Congress to Vote on Paycheck Fairness

Kyla Bender-Baird

The Senate is set to vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act on Wednesday, November 17th. This Act would make it harder for employers to hide pay discrimination. To learn more, check out Equal...

Friday, November 12, 2010 - 5:50pm

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Congress Must Keep Parents Earning, Children Learning

Kyla Bender-Baird

Just in from the National Women's Law Center:

Friday, November 12, 2010 - 5:36pm

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Measuring a Nation’s Wealth Through its People

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Nkiru Uzodi*On the morning of Thursday, November 4, I got to the UN Headquarters in New York after braving the heavy rain and fierce wind that almost blew me and my umbrella off East 42nd Street (...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 4:37pm

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Reports & Publications

Taxes ARE a Woman's Issue: Reframing the Debate

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:43pm

NCRW Economic Recovery and Stimulus Project

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 3:23pm

Supporting State Child Care Efforts with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:31pm

Race-Recovery Index: Is Stimulus Helping Communities in Crisis?

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:16pm

The Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Third Quarterly Report

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:08pm

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