An overview of research conducted shortly after the 1996 welfare refor. Highlights unique labor market and family care issues faced by women, women of color, and immigrants.

Recent initiatives to expand and enact paid family and medical leave programs have been inspired by the dramatic decline in the proportion of families with a full-time caregiver (wife and mother) at home.

Colorado reflects both the advances and limited progress achieved by women in the United States.

New Hampshire reflects both the advances and limited progress achieved by women in the United States.

Indiana reflects both the advances and limited progress achieved by women in the United States.

Hawaii reflects both the advances and limited progress achieved by women in the United States.

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Social Security reform is a women’s issue. Women make up 60 percent of Social Security beneficiaries, and they depend more heavily on Social Security than men do for their income in retirement.

This report is from the 1999 Working Conference on Women and Social Security. It presents recommendations on how to close Social Security's projected solvency gap as well as options to strengthen Social Security for women and families.

This report is from the 1999 Working Conference on Women and Social Security. It presents recommendations on how to close Social Security’s projected solvency gap as well as options to strengthen Social Security for women and families.