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Lilly Ledbetter, un icono de la lucha por la igualdad salarial, murió a los 86 años

La ley mencionada sentó un precedente importante “para garantizar que no solo tengamos la promesa de igualdad salarial en los libros, sino que tengamos una manera de hacer cumplir la ley”, dijo Emily Martin, directora...

Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

At the Forbes Women’s Summit in 2021, Ledbetter said one of the achievements she was most proud of was that the Ledbetter act passed with bipartisan support. The law set an important precedent “for ensuring...

Dominan latinas en cuidado infantil, pero con bajos salarios

En el país, del total de personas dedicadas al cuidado infantil, incluidas las educadoras, el 23% son mujeres latinas, de acuerdo con el reporte titulado "Conexión y comunidad: Aumentar el impacto de las educadoras infantiles...

The Supreme Court May Use Dobbs to Take Down Trans Rights—and Beyond

But Michelle Banker, senior director of reproductive rights and health litigation at the National Women’s Law Center, said Tennessee is “just flat wrong on the law to be relying on Dobbs in this way.” And...

Project 2025 Is Worse Than You Think

Project 2025, the 2024 election’s big bad wolf, is coming for reproductive justice. The Heritage Foundation’s policy prescription for a second Donald Trump administration would turn the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)...

Gender wage gap widens for the first time in two decades, new data shows

The bottom line, according to the National Women’s Law Center, a nonprofit organization that advocates for women's legal rights: Over a 40-year career, women lose an average of nearly $400,000 relative to white non-Hispanic men...