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What’s At Stake This November And How You Can Get Out The Vote
What’s At Stake This November And How You Can Get Out The Vote

What’s At Stake This November And How You Can Get Out The Vote

We are constantly being inundated with political ads and told about the important issues. But with all the noise, it can be difficult to understand what is truly at stake. So, what’s really at stake for all of us this November? Here are just a few things.

October 16, 2020|Tags: Center on the Economics of Reproductive Health CERH, Forbes, Reproductive Rights|

What’s at Stake this November: Pay Equity (Show Me the Money!)
What’s at Stake this November: Pay Equity (Show Me the Money!)

What’s at Stake this November: Pay Equity (Show Me the Money!)

The pay gap between working women and men is one of the highest ranking concerns for women. It’s increasingly a priority for men—because when one earner in a family brings in less than she should, the family suffers overall.

October 15, 2020|Tags: Equal Pay / Pay Equity, Ms., Occupational Segregation, Pay Gap, Press EPD|

Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us
Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us

Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us

BY ELIANA DOCKTERMAN When women leave work—even for just a year, as many mothers are considering now—their long-term earning potential plummets. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research conducted a study that found the earnings over time of women [...]

October 15, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Time Magazine, Unemployment|

Can one recession set back years of progress?
Can one recession set back years of progress?

Can one recession set back years of progress?

By Business Casual By the end of April of this year, women’s job losses had erased a decade of employment gains...in a matter of months. The numbers for people of color are no less disheartening. [...]

October 8, 2020|Tags: Business Casual, COVID-19, Morning Brew, Recession|

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year
‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel By 7:45 a.m., A’Ja Ross, 26, helps her son, Ti’Andre Williams, log in to his fourth-grade class at Perrywood Elementary School in Largo, Md. She stays close by in case he has [...]

September 28, 2020|Tags: Access to Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative SPSI, The Washington Post|

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic
Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

Listen to the Radio Interview Due to the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, women are leaving their jobs or scaling back work responsibilities at alarming rates. And in part, it’s because of the still-ingrained [...]

September 24, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Equal Pay / Pay Equity, NPR, Pandemic, Press EPD|

What’s At Stake This November And How You Can Get Out The Vote

What’s at Stake this November: Pay Equity (Show Me the Money!)

Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us

Can one recession set back years of progress?

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

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