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Discussion Insights Policy & Advocacy Research

September 23, 2019

Labor Secretary Nominee’s Ability to Advocate for Workers Causes Skepticism

On September 19, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee held a confirmation hearing of Eugene Scalia for Secretary of Labor, about two months after President Trump first announced his nomination. Scalia was nominated after former Secretary Alex Acosta stepped down, amid his involvement in the initial sex crimes case brought against…

Events Insights Policy & Advocacy

September 23, 2019

Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

September 23, Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, marks the day on the 2019 calendar when Native American women will have earned the same amount that white men earned at the end of 2018 for the same work. Native women are, on average, paid 58 cents to every dollar of their white, male counterparts. Not only does the wage gap for Native women exist across occupations, it actually…

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September 11, 2019

An Affront to Pay Equity: Trump Administration Rescinds Efforts to Collect Intersectional Pay Data

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is tasked with protecting the American workforce from discrimination. In a blatant display of disregard, the EEOC released its intention to roll back Obama era efforts that would require large companies to submit pay data for job categories disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and sex. This comes on the heels…

Discussion Insights Leading Organizations Policy & Advocacy Resources

August 12, 2019

Join Us to Raise Awareness of Black Women’s Pay Inequity

On August 22, AnitaB.org and many other allied organizations will drive awareness to Black Women’s Equal Pay Day — the point in the year at which a black woman working full time in the U.S. has earned the equivalent of her white, male counterpart in 2018 for the same work. The 80 cents to dollar…

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Hill Briefing Spotlights Changes to Come in Automated Economy

On June 12, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) hosted an event on Capitol Hill that featured their recent report, “Women, Automation, and the Future of Work,” and facilitated a robust conversation about the impact that machine learning and artificial intelligence will have on women in the workforce. The event was co-sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase, an AnitaB.org Pioneering…

Anita's Quilt Awards Community Insights Policy & Advocacy

AnitaB.org Endorses Bipartisan Bill that Brings Computer Science to JROTC

Last month, the House introduced the JROTC Cyber Training Act, a bipartisan legislation that will direct the Department of Defense to enhance computer science and cybersecurity education for students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC). The bill was introduced by Reps. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Rob Bishop (UT-01), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Conor Lamb (PA-17),…