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NWLC Comments to the Department of Commerce on the 2020 Census
The decennial nationwide census is required by the Constitution and is integral to democracy in the U.S., ensuring that congressional districts are fairly and accurately drawn. In addition, the...
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NWLC Comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is critical to women’s economic security, health, and well-being. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, SNAP served more than 42.1 million people in nearly...
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Key Facts Nearly two in three Social Security beneficiaries 65 and older are women. The average Social Security benefit for women 65 and older is about $14,270 per year. Social Security is virtually...
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Raising the Caps: What This Means and Why Congress Needs to Act
In the coming months, Congress faces a deadline to reach a new budget agreement. If Congress and the President fail to reach a budget deal that would lift the “caps,” both non-defense discretionary...
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The Working Families Tax Relief Act: Making The Tax Code Better Support Women...
The tax code in many ways reinforces inequality – a trend that was only exacerbated by the 2017 tax law’s giveaways to the wealthy and large corporations. But the tax code can also help families make...
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NWLC Comments Opposing Slower Inflation Measure for the Official Poverty Measure
The National Women’s Law Center submitted a comment to the Office of Management and Budget in opposition to the use of any slower and more inaccurate inflation measure for the annual adjustments of the...
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Impact of Redefining the Poverty’s Inflation Measure
The Trump administration is floating a proposal that would use a slower measure of inflation for annual adjustments to the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) in an attempt to rob communities of basic...
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Data Reveal Michigan Women Face Obstacles to Economic Security
Although women in Michigan have made many advances over the years and are an increasing share of Michigan’s workforce and increasingly important to their families’ economic security, Michigan women...
View ArticleNWLC Resources on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance in 2018
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Women and Poverty, State by State
About one in eight women – over 15 million– lived in poverty in 2018. Poverty rates were particularly high for Black women (20 percent), and Latinas (18 percent). Families headed by single mothers...
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National Snapshot: Poverty among Women & Families, 2019
The U.S. Census Bureau data released in September 2019 shows poverty has barely budged for families in the U.S since the year before. Despite there being somewhat higher economic gains, women’s poverty...
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By the Numbers: Data on Key Programs for the Well-Being of Women & Their...
When times are tough, work is impossible, or wages aren’t enough – circumstances that are especially common for women facing multiple forms of discrimination – supports such as nutrition assistance,...
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Unemployment Insurance and Protections are Vital for Women and Families
Unemployment insurance (UI) is a social insurance program that provides temporary support to unemployed workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own and meet additional requirements,...
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NWLC Comment on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule
The National Women’s Law Center commented in opposition to the proposed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fee Schedule based on a number of the fee and policy proposals in the published...
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Equal Pay for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women
Asian women who work full time, year round in the United States are typically paid only 90 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This gap, which amounts to a loss of $6,007 a year,...
View ArticleWhen Hard Work Is Not Enough: Women in Low-Paid Jobs
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View ArticleLow-Paid Women Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19 Are at High Risk of...
(Washington, D.C.) Women are nearly two-thirds of the 22.2 million workers in the 40 lowest-paying jobs in America, according to a new report by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). These jobs...
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Sign on Letter Requesting OMB Extend Poverty Comment Period
The National Women’s Law Center led a letter, signed by 80 organizations, requesting the Office of Management and Budget extend the comment period for the Request for Comment on Considerations for...
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NWLC Comment to OMB on Considerations for Additional Measures of Poverty
The National Women’s Law Center submitted a comment to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging the Interagency Technical Working Group on Evaluating Alternative Measures of Poverty to...
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Ensuring Access to Food Assistance for Women and Families: Amicus Brief in...
On July 8, 2020, NWLC joined the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in submitting an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. U.S. Department of Agriculture. The case opposes the U.S....
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