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It’s official: Your boss has to give you time off to recover from childbirth or get an abortion
New regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will give millions of workers, many of them low-income women of color, access to unpaid leave for the first time.
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It’s Equal Pay Day — and even the White House has a gender pay gap
The disparity in Biden’s White House is slightly smaller than it was in Trump’s, but women still earn less. The biggest difference, though, is in their policies.
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Less than 1 percent of construction jobs go to women of color in this city
The mayor of Rochester, Minnesota, is piloting an initiative to close the industry's equity gap for women through offering training and child care.
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A new child tax credit could pass this month. Here’s what it would do for low-income families.
About 90 percent of the proposed child tax credit changes are aimed at expanding how much the lowest-income families can receive. But the proposal faces a difficult road to passage.
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Education doesn’t solve the pay gap. Experts say they’re not surprised.
The gap exists across industries but is bigger in higher-paying fields, leading to more calls for policies that aid women in the workforce.
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Millennial women are making more money. They’re also facing bigger health threats.
Despite strides in education and earnings, young women are faring worse in health and safety than their mothers' and grandmothers' generations, a new Population Reference Bureau report shows.
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Solutions to the pay gap for Native American women could be found in their tribes
Much remains unknown about one of the widest pay gaps among women, but the little data available could uncover how to close it.
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Paternity leave alters the brain — suggesting daddies are made, not born
More solo time with their newborns helps dad’s brains adjust to being caregivers in the long term, strengthening the case for paternity leave.
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Latinas are paid less than all other women. Could starting their own businesses be the answer?
This year, Latinas will earn 52 cents for every $1 earned by White men. For many, the answer to closing that gap lies in entrepreneurship.
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They lost the most jobs in the pandemic. Now Latinas are back at work in historic numbers.
It’s a remarkable recovery for Latinas after the worst period of unemployment ever experienced by any group of women, but does it mean they’re prospering?