Watch - Colorado Rocky Mountain PBS highlights findings from the IWPR Status of Women and Girls in Colorado report. 6/14/2013

The  Equal Pay Act (EPA) was passed 50 years ago, discrimination was, in many ways, openly accepted in the workplace and women were expected to earn less than men in the same jobs. The EPA signed by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963, [...]

  Monday marks 50 years since the Equal Pay Act was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The law stipulates that women must be paid equal wages for equal work. Yet a half century [...]

Despite making great strides in the past 50 years, the gender wage gap in the United States has stagnated for almost a decade. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women who work full time still earn, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar men [...]

Despite making great strides in the past 50 years, the gender wage gap in the United States has stagnated for almost a decade. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women who work full time still earn, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar men [...]

President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of Equal Pay Act that was supposed to abolish wage disparity based on sex by saying the gains made by women haven’t completely closed the gap on wages. As more women become the main earner in households, the [...]