Resources

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted and amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, provides new rights to workers for short-term paid time away from work for coronavirus-related health and caregiving reasons, and provides long-term emergency paid family leave for working people who need to take care of a child whose school or daycare is closed.

Despite being prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, workplace sexual harassment remains pervasive and pernicious. Sexual harassment is one of many manifestations of power imbalances in the workplace.

CHART | An analysis of the gender wage gap by congressional district (2020)

FACT SHEET | An analysis of the Gender Wage Gap by Congressional District (2020)

FACT SHEET | The wage gap illustrates the high cost women are paying for our nation’s policy failure, including our lack of paid family and medical leave to support family caregiving, which is still most often performed by women.

FACT SHEET | A look at what the wage gap means for Black women, especially in the 25 states with the largest populations of employed Black women.

FACT SHEET | Women of color in the United States experience the nation's persistent and pervasive gender wage gap most severely. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal the size of that gap by race. (March 2020)

FACT SHEET | Overall, women in the United States are paid 82 cents for every dollar paid to men. When women lose income, their economic security and that of their families is diminished. (March 2020)

FACT SHEET | A fact sheet on how paid sick days lead to reduced government spending, savings for employers, economic security for families and a stronger economy.

FACT SHEET | More than half of Latino workers—an estimated 15 million people—are unable to earn a single paid sick day.

An overview of maternity care system

FACT SHEET | Every day, millions of U.S. workers face an impossible choice when they are sick: stay home and risk their economic security or go to work and risk their health and the public’s health.

A Series of Roundtables on the Health Data Revolution

FACT SHEET | Businesses benefit when their employees have access to paid sick days. When sick workers are able to stay home, the spread of disease slows and workplaces are both healthier and more productive. Plus, workers recover faster from illness and obtain timely medical care -- enabling them to get back to work sooner and holding down health care costs.

Letter opposing H.R. 5741

FACT SHEET | An assessment of the historic Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that includes an explanation of the law and reasons and opportunities for amending it.

FACT SHEET | A look at the wage gap for Asian American women by ethnic subgroup, and what that gap means for Asian women and their families.

H.R. 5656 sets up a dangerous false choice between time and money, when working families urgently need both.

CHART | A chart detailing the current federal paid leave proposals.

Women should be at the forefront of every conversation about the future of our health care system. Access to quality care is essential not only to women’s physical and mental well-being, but also their economic security and ability to participate fully in society.