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ISSUE ADVISORY: Working Women – Progress Made Towards Pay & Workplace Equity

Posted on September 28, 2015 By Paul Wommack

Analysis from the most recent data released by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the gender wage gap was at 78.6 percent for full-time, year round workers in 2014. The gap has narrowed only a few percentage points over the last 15 years and, as has been pointed out, if the annual earnings ratio (the wage gap) continues at the same snail-paced rate it has maintained since 1960, women’s pay will not reach parity with men’s until 2059

Right on the Money: Making Women on the $20 Bill a Reality

Posted on September 23, 2015 By Jan Erickson

By Hannah Brown, NOW Government Relations Intern Woman on the $20 Bill? – Mark your calendars, folks. In 2020, to note the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States, a woman (gasp!) could be featured on the ten dollar bill. Meanwhile, other advocacy groups strongly believe that honoring a historically-significant woman on the Read more …

Before Looking at Developing World’s Gender-Equality Gap, U.S. Needs to Look at Own Backyard

Posted on September 9, 2015 By Rachel Nims

There are many paths toward gender equality for all women and girls. But before we in the U.S. presume that’s only a problem in the developing world, let’s take a closer look at our own backyard.

ISSUE ADVISORY – Order Seeks Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces for Federal Employees

Posted on September 3, 2015 By Bonnie Grabenhoffer

In July of last year, the Obama administration issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, which seeks to increase transparency about federal contractors’ violations of labor laws and hold contractors accountable by considering past violations.

ISSUE ADVISORY – Happy 50th Birthday Medicare and Medicaid…and Let’s Not Forget the Americans with Disabilities Act at 25 Years!

Posted on July 31, 2015 By Bonnie Grabenhoffer

To celebrate the 50th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid and all great things that these vital programs do for women’s health and economic security, NOW urged activists earlier this week to hold or join a local birthday celebration. Supporters in more than 60 cities were planning to hold parties, flash mobs and discussions, such as in Oakland where they held a rally and march hosted by the Campaign for a Healthy California and, in Boston, MassCARE organized a party with cake, music, and speakers.

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