Court Should Uphold Decision in High School Athletics Case
April 18, 2007 For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Contact: Ranit Schmelzer or Jenice Robinson, 202-588-5180COURT SHOULD UPHOLD DECISION IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS CASE(Washington, D.C.) In...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules State Athletic Associations Subject to Constitutional...
June 21, 2007 For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 21, 2007 Contact: Jenice Robinson or Ranit Schmelzer, 202-588-5180Supreme Court Rules State Athletic Associations Subject to Constitutional...
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State by State Fact Sheets: How Medicaid Affects Women
Document(s): AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDistrict of...
View ArticleSupporting State Child Care Efforts with American Recovery and Reinvestment...
For 2009 and 2010, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is providing Tennessee with an additional $41,932,510 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), including $5,474,080...
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State-by-State Fact Sheets: Women and the Health Care Law
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View ArticleContraceptive Equity Laws in Your State: Know Your Rights - Use Your Rights,...
Access to safe and reliable contraception is an essential component of health care for women. The health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), appropriately recognizes contraception as a key...
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Downward Slide: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2012
The National Women's Law Center's 9th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 27 states than they were...
View ArticleState by State: The Affordable Care Act and Covering More Women and Families...
The option to cover more people through the Medicaid program is a crucial part of the health care law. Starting in 2014, 15 million uninsured Americans, including 7 million women could be newly...
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Women and the Health Care Law: State-By-State Profiles
How will the health care law affect women in your state? Click on the map to find out more. Alternatively, see our state-by-state list below, or download all 51 fact sheets at once.State...
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State Tax Materials (English)
The individual state fliers include information on tax credits specific to all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Advocates and families can download these materials to learn more about federal...
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State Tax Materials (Spanish and other languages)
Individual state fliers in Spanish, which contain information on tax credits specific to all 50 states and the District of Columbia, are available on the map below. Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese...
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State by State Fact Sheets: Implementing the Child Care and Development Block...
The National Women's Law Center and CLASP's Implementing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization: A Guide for States provides a comprehensive review of the implementation issues that...
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The Wage Gap for Mothers, State by State
Women in the U.S. who work full time, year round are typically paid only 78 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts, but the wage gap between mothers and fathers is even larger — mothers...
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Girls, Sports, and Equality: A State-by-State Ranking on Title IX
High schools across the country are not providing girls with their fair share of spots on sports teams. The table and map below rank states based on what percentage of their high schools have large...
View ArticleTennessee Governor Submits Harmful Medicaid Proposal to Federal Government
September 24, 2004 For Immediate Release: September 24, 2004Contact: NWLC Communications Staff at 202/588-5180Tennessee Governor Submits HarmfulMedicaid Proposal to Federal Government(Washington, D.C.)...
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The Wage Gap by State for Women Overall, African-American Women, and Hispanic...
Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but women working full time, year round are typically paid less than full-time, year-round male workers in every state. Nationally, women working full...
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The Wage Gap By State for African American Women
Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but women working full time, year round are typically paid less than full-time, year-round male workers in every state. For African American women the...
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State by State Fact Sheets: Child Care Assistance Policies 2014
The National Women's Law Center's 11th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that in 2014, families were worse off in 13 states than...
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Pregnancy Accommodation Laws, State by State
More than 35 years after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant women still face challenges on the job. Pregnant workers, especially those in physically demanding jobs, are often...
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Women and the Minimum Wage, State by State
The minimum wage is falling short for millions of Americans — especially for women, who represent about two-thirds of minimum wage workers across the country, and at least half of minimum wage workers...
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Higher State Minimum Wages Promote Fair Pay for Women
Women working full time, year round typically make only 78 percent of what their male counterparts make—leaving a wage gap of 22 cents on the dollar. One reason for this wage gap is that women are...
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Women, the Minimum Wage, and the Wage Gap, State by State
This table details state-by-state information about women and the minimum wage, including the share of minimum wage workers who are women, the state's minimum wage and tipped minimum cash wage, the...
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The Wage Gap By State for Women Overall 2014
Document(s): Wage Gap: State Rankings 2014
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Women and Poverty, State by State
More than one in seven women, more than 18 million, lived in poverty last year. Poverty rates were particularly high for families headed by single mothers — four in ten (39.8 percent) were poor. Nearly...
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