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- Committee Vote Sends President Obama’s Secretary of Labor Nominee Tom Perez to Full Senate May 21, 2013
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Tag Archives: women
Equal Pay Day: Gender Wage Gap Means Women Lose $11,000 Per Year
Congratulations ladies, on April 9th, you will have finally earned as much as your male counterparts did last year! April 9th is Equal Pay Day because on average it takes women more than an additional three full months of hard work … Continue reading
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Commonsense Reform for Women and Families
By Gabriella Ramel, a Spring 2013 Education Fund Intern Immigration advocates gave testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Monday, March 18, pushing Congress to develop common sense immigration reform legislation that addresses the needs and priorities of … Continue reading
Gender Equality Panel Highlights Need for CEDAW Ratification
By Emily Van Dusen, a Spring 2013 Education Fund Intern Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) hosted a panel discussion last week about women, peace and national security, which stressed the importance of gender equality in international security and foreign … Continue reading
How can we Close the Persistent Gender Wage Gap?
By Monica We, a Spring 2013 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern The gender wage gap – where women working full-time earn just 77 cents for every dollar that men earn – continues to burden the female workforce. According to a … Continue reading
Civil and Human Rights Advocates Applaud Signing Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization into Law
It seems fitting that today, International Women’s Day, is the day after President Barack Obama signed the Violence Against Women Act into law. The reauthorized version of VAWA features inclusive language that will play a crucial role in protecting the … Continue reading
Victims of Abuse Suffer Each Day an Inclusive VAWA Reauthorization is Delayed or Weakened
By Avril Lighty, The Leadership Conference Communications Associate It is a proven fact that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) saves lives. From the time VAWA was first passed 1994 to 2010, the rate of intimate partner violence decreased by … Continue reading
Stand Against Violence, Join the One Billion Rising Campaign
By Philomena Ogalo, a Spring 2013 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund One Billion Rising (OBR) is more than just a campaign. It is a movement geared towards empowering women and men to bring awareness to the everyday violence … Continue reading
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