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Women Legislators Lead on Pay Equity - The Ascend Fund

Women Legislators Lead on Pay Equity ... At The Ascend Fund, we are committed to gender parity in U.S. politics not only because it's what's right, but because ...

Democratic Women's Caucus Calls for Congress to Close the Wage ...

"I am proud to cosponsor this resolution with Representatives Alma Adams and Lois Frankel, and pave the way for a future where equality in the ...

Fighting for Equality: Esther Peterson Leads the Way on Equal Pay

Peterson led the effort to pass the Equal Pay Act. She worked with women's organizations, labor unions, legislators, and citizens -- some of whom are pictured ...

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: State and Local Legislative Efforts to ...

A January 2022 report from the National Partnership for Women & Families found that women in the United States are paid 83 cents for every ...

Closing the Gap: An Analysis of Women's Representation in State ...

Our results suggest that an increase in women state lawmakers corresponds to a smaller wage gap between men and women within the state.

US Department of Labor roundtable marks Equal Pay Act, Title IX ...

This kind of occupational segregation is one of the biggest barriers to economic equity for women. ... leading more women to pursue opportunities ...

Progress in the States for Equal Pay - National Women's Law Center

The wage gap hits women of color the hardest—if today's gaps do ... State advocates and legislators are leading the charge to ensure ...

Readout of White House State Legislative Convening on Equal Pay

For today's convening, the White House brought together state legislators who have worked for years to eliminate the gender pay gap, including ...

Where We Stand: Equal Pay - AAUW

A pay gap persists across all racial and ethnic groups. Women of color experience wider pay gaps—among full-time workers in 2022, Black and Latina women made, ...

Examining the Equal Pay Act of 1963 - JFK Library

In 1870, Congress passed an amendment to an appropriations bill that would give equal pay to female clerks hired by the federal government. In order to pass the ...

Understanding Pay Equity, The Human Right - Trusaic

Later, in 1945, Congress made history by introducing the Women's Equal Pay Act. While that bill did not become law, it sought to prohibit employers from paying ...

State Policy Strategies for Narrowing the Gender Wage Gap

Women are less aggressive in negotiating over pay (or women's assertiveness is less likely to be successful). ... This brief focuses on policies ...

Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The EPA prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill ...

Facts and figures: Women's leadership and political participation

Data compiled data by UN Women show that women represent 23.3 per cent of Cabinet members heading Ministries, leading a policy area as of 1 ...

time is now for republicans to take back the lead on pay equity (the ...

Republicans included equal rights for women in each of our party platforms since 1944 and then led the charge to include a prohibition on sex discrimination as ...

Equal Pay in the United States: Salary History Bans

... pay since its founding in 1920, the Women's Bureau contributed to the major legislative ... gender wage gap, largely by increasing women's ...

CONGRESS MUST ACT TO CLOSE THE WAGE GAP FOR WOMEN

To reverse the Supreme Court's harmful decision, in 2007 the House of Representatives passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Lead sponsor Senator Edward ...

Progress in the States for Equal Pay - National Women's Law Center

Ensuring that equal pay laws provide for adequate damages or penalties is essential to incentivizing employers to lead the way in tackling the wage gap and ...

Equal Pay Act

Esther Peterson, head of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor, was a vocal supporter of the proposed legislation, as was former First ...

The Gender Wage Gap as it Relates to State Partisan Control and ...

for the wage gap, leading to its narrowing or continuation. ... Also interesting is the finding that the percentage of women in the legislature ...