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Afternoon Roundup: Is Tunisia An Equal Rights Middle East Mecca for Women and Girls?

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by Amie Newman

January 27, 2011 - 7:28pm (Print)

Is Tunisia a mecca for equal rights?; Extreme anti-choice legislator, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, announces a run for governor; President Obama's report card for the state of women and girls in the U.S.; and Wal-Mart's ongoing pay discrimination case before the Supreme Court.

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Afternoon Roundup: Wal-Mart's Wage Discrimination Problem

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by Amie Newman

January 20, 2011 - 8:25pm (Print)

A $3.5 billion maternity care problem; another Catholic hospital gets to expand and limit its services to women; female domestic partners on their babies' birth certificates; and Wal-Mart's wage discrimination case.

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Fair Pay Could Mean a More Fertile Future

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by Elizabeth Gregory

November 16, 2010 - 2:49pm (Print)

At first blush, the debate over the Paycheck Fairness Act may not look like part of our ongoing national fertility discourse. But failure to pass the PFA will give women yet another reason to have fewer kids.  

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House Says Yes to Women's Wage Equity, Passes Ledbetter Act!

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by Emily Douglas

January 9, 2009 - 2:15pm (Print)

The House today passed both the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act, restoring and establishing basic protections for employees who are subject to wage discrimination.
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Speaker Pelosi Calls on Congress to Pass Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

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by Emily Douglas

January 8, 2009 - 11:10am (Print)

Calling this legislation "of the highest priority" for Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi this morning called for the House to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act this week.
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