U.S. economic policies were not designed with women in mind. Improvements that benefit women would improve economic conditions for everyone.
On October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty presents a call to action to end poverty and uproot the systems that create it.
Persistent pay discrepancies, which cost women workers hundreds of thousands of dollars, have increased in recent years.
As repayment has resumed for millions of borrowers, an expert on the student debt crisis considers the racialized and gendered nature of student debt
Advocates continue to push for policy changes to help low-income workers, including minimum wage increases and improved access to child care and to family and medical leave.
While a record number of women are employed in construction jobs, the industry needs to do more to recruit and retain them.
Over a decade after the Great Recession, women workers are still struggling. New research identifies ways to a more inclusive economic recovery this time around.
As the COVID-19 crisis intensifies, women workers, especially those who are unmarried and in low-wage jobs, have been hit especially hard.
A new rule announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission could enable investors and other groups to hold companies accountable for their impact on communities.
At a time when millions have experienced disruptions in their ways of working, traditional artisans — the original remote workers — offer lessons on the future of work.
Current advocacy is based on an understanding of the intersections of reproductive justice and economic justice.
The measure, the first paid leave law to pass by ballot measure, will help workers who need it the most.
As the U.S. tax filing deadline approaches, three recent reports reveal the tax law’s disparate impact on women and other groups.
Pandemic-related lockdowns disproportionally burden women. By asking the right questions, policymakers can create policies that alleviate that burden.
Low-paid women workers have been devastated by the displacement cause by the pandemic. Advocacy groups are rallying to help them.
Nearly 90 percent of people in 75 countries demonstrated at least one bias against equality—with 91 percent of men and 86 percent of women showing bias in one of the four areas studied.
As financial markets place more emphasis on companies’ social and environmental impact, the social risk created by large-scale protest can affect their bottom line.
In 2019, across the world, the number of years it will take women to reach equal pay and opportunities with men increased by 55 years.
In a stunning display of greed—or possibly deep ignorance—two popular Japanese clothing brands have purposely turned a human rights tragedy into a selling point: Muji and Uniqlo have both been touting the fact that the cotton for their clothing comes from Xinjiang, China, an area in which a million Muslim Uighurs have reportedly been detained in “reeducation” camps.
As lawmakers in many places turn their backs on women, new research shows that employees want companies to take on the fight for their reproductive freedom.
A recent Amnesty International report released on December 10, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reveals that women, particularly the most marginalized women in the UK, have been disproportionately affected by austerity measures implemented in 2010.
Women in New York City pay hundreds of dollars more per year than men toward transportation—in order to avoid harassment and meet their caretaking obligations, according to a new report by New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation.
In the absence of action by the US federal government, local, regional, and business leaders are stepping up all over the world.
A bill mandating that every publicly traded company based in California include women on its boards of directors was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. Some experts are skeptical.
The Janus ruling that dealt a blow to public-sector unions will have a disparate impact on women.