Regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would protect 2.8 million pregnant workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 26, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families is calling out the recent partisan lawsuit led by 17 states to...
NEWS: Florida court allows 6-week abortion ban, but voters will get to weigh in
by Repro Health Watch | Apr 4, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
The Florida Supreme Court overturned decades of legal precedent on Monday in ruling that the State Constitution’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion, effectively allowing Florida to ban the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy.
Bridging the Divide: How Businesses are Investing in Equal Pay and Gender Equity
by Jesse Matton | Mar 29, 2024 | Fair Pay
Businesses play a key role in reducing the gender wage gap.
NEWS: Supreme Court skeptical of challenge to mifepristone
by Repro Health Watch | Mar 28, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
In the first abortion-related case before the Supreme Court since its 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a majority of the justices appeared to express skepticism that a coalition of anti-abortion doctors had the right to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s 2016 and 2021 decisions to expand access to mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortion.
Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women Who Advocate for DEI
by Hodan Deria, Anagha Sreevals, Aimee Peoples | Mar 27, 2024 | Other
To commemorate this year’s Women’s History Month theme, which celebrates women who advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), the DEIA team explored their reflections of the significance of this month and its dedicated theme.
113 Years Later, We Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
by Marissa Ditkowsky | Mar 25, 2024 | Fair Pay
Today, we remember one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history – the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Over 100 workers, mostly young, immigrant women and girls, died.
Women’s History Unsung Hero: Celebrating the Advocacy of Florynce Kennedy
by Hodan Deria | Mar 22, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
To commemorate Women’s History Month, Hodan Deria, 2024 Spring DEIA Intern highlights Florynce “Flo” Kennedy for her life-long dedication to advocacy. Through her activism for civil rights, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights, Kennedy’s legacy continues to inspire and inform discussions on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
NEWS: Why abortion in the U.S. is on the rise
by Repro Health Watch | Mar 21, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
To understand the evolving landscape for abortion in the United States, you have to consider two seemingly contradictory things.
The Gender Rage Gap
by Emily Roe | Mar 21, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
Female rage is worthy of celebration and praise – without it women’s history would be radically different from what it is today.
Women of Color Need a Vacation
by Molly Kozlowski | Mar 20, 2024 | Paid Leave
In an economy shaped by white supremacy, the lack of paid vacation time offered to low-wage, service professionals also means that women of color are the most likely to be denied time for leisure, rest, and self-care.
Attack on Abortion Pills Continues at Supreme Court
by Shaina Goodman | Mar 19, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Dobbs, abortion access is once again in the hands of nine Justices. Next week, the Court will hear oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process for mifepristone.
NEWS: Historic abortion clinic visit by Vice President Harris
by Repro Health Watch | Mar 14, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
Vice President Harris is visiting an abortion clinic in Minnesota on Thursday — an extraordinary stop meant to signal the importance the Biden campaign is placing on reproductive rights in the 2024 presidential race.
We analyzed 46 years of consumer sentiment data – and found that today’s ‘vibecession’ is just men starting to feel as bad about the economy as women historically have
by Anwesha Majumder, Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Mar 14, 2024 | Fair Pay
Of the numerous economic trends filling column inches over the last few years, few have gained as much traction as the “vibecession.” But whose feelings have been driving the vibecession in the first place? In a word, men’s.