News & Commentary about Women's Rights

Today, gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many women. Ongoing struggles include ensuring equal economic opportunities, educational equity, and an end to gender-based violence.

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Jun 4, 2015

Top 10 Reasons Why Protecting Pregnant Workers Is Good For Us All

May 19, 2015

Prosecutor Tells Pregnant Woman Punched in Stomach: “Assault on a Latino by a Latino” Deserves Less Protection

May 6, 2015

Home Health Care Workers Aren’t Guaranteed Minimum Wage or Overtime, and the Legacies of Slavery and Jim Crow Are the Reason Why

Breastfeeding baby with mom at the laptop

Apr 28, 2015

2 State Bars Have Done the Right Thing for New Moms Needing to Pump. We’re Making Sure the 48 Left Do Too.

Department of Defense Photo: Female Soldiers in Combat

Apr 23, 2015

Shifting Deadlines, Shifty Numbers: The Pentagon’s Messy Process for Removing the Ban on Women in Combat

Notre Dame Dome - Flickr Image by Dan Dzurnisi

Apr 21, 2015

The Fighting Irish Shouldn’t Pick a Fight with Women’s Equality

Mar 26, 2015

Half a Century Later, Mad Men's Peggy Olson Is Still Waiting for Paycheck Fairness

Mar 25, 2015

Supreme Court Delivers Fairness to Pregnant Workers in UPS Case

American women sitting in front of the capitol building

Mar 11, 2015

Fairness for Workers Laboring in the Shadows

Mar 6, 2015

The Legacies of Slavery and Jim Crow Live on With Exclusion of Home Health Care Workers from Fair Labor Laws