Child care providers, who are overwhelmingly women, care for and educate the next generation while making it possible for today’s parents to earn a living. They deserve fair pay and good working conditions.

Year after year, data show that men typically earn more than women — and women are more likely to be poor. Single mothers, women of color, and elderly women living alone are at particularly high risk…

Women in the U.S. who work full time, year round are paid only 82 cents for every dollar paid to men — and for women of color, the wage gap is even larger. It’s long past…

Nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers in the United States are women, holding jobs such as child care workers, restaurant servers, maids and cashiers, but the minimum wage falls far short of what it takes to…

More than 200,000 women serve in the U.S. military, and they should be able to serve in any position for which they’re qualified, be safe from sexual assault and harassment, and receive critical family supports. Combat Assignments Women…

Women are nearly half the U.S. workforce — but they make up only tiny percentages of employees in traditionally male jobs like construction.

No pregnant woman should have to choose between her health and her family’s economic security — but that’s exactly the choice some are forced to make. Pregnant women deserve fair treatment on the job.

Sexual harassment — ranging from derogatory comments to threats of sexual assault and rape — is still incredibly widespread for many women working in the United States. And it can have grave consequences.