Both Purple Purse and the National Women's Law Center has compiled a series of financial resources that are available to people who have separated from abusive partners. In the case of an emergency, always call 911.
But the minimum wage disproportionately affects adult women, who make up early two-thirds of minimum wage workers, according to the National Women's Law Center. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, which hasn't changed since...
There is simply no getting around the fact that slashing funding for Medicaid and targeting Planned Parenthood is a direct attack on the health of marginalized women, children, and families. As the National Women’s Law...
“Certainly, women’s opportunities for different types of jobs and advancement are constrained by the fact that they’re shouldering the responsibility for caregiving,” said Maya Raghu, Director of Workplace Equality at the National Women’s Law Center.
Why do women have less wealth? As the National Women’s Law Center has reported, the race and gender wage gaps result in significant financial losses over the course of women’s careers: $840,040 for Black women, $934,240 for Native...
“It was shocking,” said Helen Blank, director of childcare and early learning at the National Women’s Law Center… “It’s not a miracle,” Blank said. “It’s the determination, and you have to fund it. You have...
