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Unlocking Assets: Building Women’s Wealth Through Business Ownership

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Nationwide, households are increasingly reliant on women’s earnings—in 2015, nearly two out of three mothers in the U.S. were their family’s sole, primary, or co-breadwinners, contributing at least 25% of household income. The increasing relevance of women to the long-term financial...

Clipped Wings: Closing the Wealth Gap for Millennial Women

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Asset Funders Network’s latest report, reveals the current economic reality for millennial women and the primary drivers contributing to their wealth inequities. This is the second in a series of publications that builds off AFN’s 2015 publication, Women & Wealth, exploring how the...

Big Business Bias: Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment at Large Corporations

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Public Safety

An examination of federal and state court records shows that the vast majority of large corporations throughout the U.S. economy have made payments to plaintiffs in at least one employment discrimination or harassment lawsuit since the beginning of 2000. These include individual and...

Towards Gender Liberation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level State

State(s) All States

Source The Democracy Collaborative

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health, Children & Families

This paper focuses on gender-based oppression since it is both one of the fundamental characteristics of the current system and one that must be eliminated from any desirable alternative future system. The first section attempts to provide working definitions for key terms and a brief...

The Status of Working Women in Rhode Island 2017

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level State

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Education, Children & Families

This infographic highlights data of working women in Rhode Island and presents policy recommendations in response to the issues facing Rhode Island women. The data looks at labor force participation, part-time workers, median wages, and the relationship between educational attainment...

State Playbook for Gender Justice

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level State

State(s) All States

Source National Women’s Law Center

Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Health

This report urges state policymakers to advance broad-based agendas that protect women's and girls' health and safety. This includes an economic security and opportunity agenda, a health care access and equity agenda, a keep LGBTQI+ youth safe agenda, a stop sex harassment agenda,...

Model School District Policy on Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level School District, School Board

State(s) All States

Source National Center for Transgender Equality

Policy Areas Education

This document presents a model school district policy on transgender and gender nonconforming students, which outlines best practices for schools to ensure that all students are safe, included, and respected in school, regardless of their gender identity or expression. The model presents...

On the Margins: Economic Security for Women of Color Through the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Both gender and racial wealth gaps caused by policies and practices leave women of color without financial reserves to weather a job loss or economic crisis. CWWG’s critical report reviews the recent federal coronavirus relief packages and assesses the benefits, shortcomings, and...

Injustice at Every Turn: A Report on the National Transgender Discrimination Study

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source National Center for Transgender Equality

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Education

This report investigates the discrimination transgender individuals face in education, employment, housing, public accommodations, health care, prisons, in the family, and when updating ID documents. By surveying 6,450 transgender and gender non-conforming study participants, the...

Ending Jim Crow in America's Restaurants: Racial and Gender Occupational Segregation in the Restaurant Industry

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States, California

Source U.C. Berkeley Food Labor Research Center

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Food, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report evaluates race and gender discrimination in the the restaurant industry. It examines wage differentials and hiring promotion discrimination....

The Corporate Culprits Receiving COVID Bailouts

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Economic Justice

More than one million businesses and non-profit organizations have been identified as recipients of grants and loans awarded through the Paycheck Protection Program and other provisions of the CARES Act. Good Jobs First has determined that more than 43,000 of those recipients have...

State Legislators and Abortion Stories: A Toolkit for Transformation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level County

State(s) All States

Source SiX Action

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Health, Democracy & Governance

Storytelling is a vulnerable way to share experiences and listen to another's perspective, particularly to shift a narrative and build connections between communities. Since the beginning of time, families and communities have used oral storytelling and written stories to share family...

Equal Pay

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source SiX Action

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

America is a nation founded on the ideal that all of us are created equal. This ideal should hold true at home and at work. Paying people fairly for the work they do should not depend on gender or race. America is falling short of this ideal across all sectors of the economy....

Closing the Women's Wealth Gap—What it Is, Why it Matters, and What Can Be Done About It

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report aims to inform a national discussion about the women’s wealth gap, and to catalyze movement towards policy and practical solutions that build wealth for low-income women and women of color. The report begins with an overview of what wealth is and why it matters; it summarizes...

Rhode Island Women of Color 2018

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This infographic presents a snapshot of Women of Color in Rhode Island and the disparities they face, including lower levels of education and higher rates of poverty. This infographic reports that Women of Color are concentrated in industries like health care, social assistance,...

The Uneven Path 2020: State Investments in Women’s Economic Security

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Children & Families

Economic insecurity is the root of many of the problems women and girls face in Rhode Island. Federal and state governments can help promote women’s economic security by implementing policies that promote equality and adequate earnings in the workplace and investing in programs that...

CWWG RESEARCH GUIDE A Tool to Measure Gender Wealth Inequality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women's Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Measuring the wealth gap for people who identify as women is critical to the development of policy, programs, and services to build their economic security. Yet wealth is more complex than it seems, making it hard to measure. Researchers can use available data to calculate medians...

Paving the Way Toward a New Tradition in “Nontraditional Occupations”

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States, Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Local governments should seek to establish partnerships and policies that support nontraditional workers in industries like manufacturing, transportation, and distribution. This report outlines best practices for increasing the presence of women in nontraditional occupations and recommends...

Shortchanged in Retirement: Continuing Challenges to Women's Financial Future

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Finance & Procurement

This report evaluates the distinct challenges of the U.S. retirement system centered on Social Security in an era of decreased pension coverage. In particular, this study focuses on the issues facing baby boomer women. It also proposes state and local solutions to these issues....

Facts and Their Discontents: A Research Agenda for Online Disinformation, Race, & Gender

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Center for Democracy & Technology

Policy Areas Data & Technology

Many disinformation campaigns are specifically designed with racist and/or misogynistic content, suggesting that disinformation is a tool used to promote ideologies like white supremacy. This report outlines findings from various studies regarding online disinformation, race, and...

On Shaky Ground: Stabilizing the Financial Security of Single Women

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This publication is the first in a series of briefs that build on Asset Funders Network's 2015 publication, Women & Wealth, to explore how the gender wealth gap impacts women, particularly low-income women and women of color, throughout their life cycle. It also provides responsive...

Mayor Guide: Accelerating gender equality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source FairVote

Policy Areas Civil Rights

This guide is a resource that supports mayors to accelerate gender equality in their communities. The guide incorporates recommendations and resources from a Mayors Roundtable event, emphasizing issues concerning women and girls, such as workplace conditions, civic engagement, and...

2020 Vision for Rhode Island Women, Leadership, and Wages

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report reviews the findings of a survey on initiatives and best practices that advance women conducted with 22 of the largest non-profit and for-profit businesses in Rhode Island. The report and survey also examine obstacles or other challenges to advancing women into leadership....

2012 Flint Ordinance 111526 Prohibiting Housing Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Flint City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Health

The ordinance prohibits race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, height, weight, condition of pregnancy, marital status, physical or mental limitation, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or actual or perceived HIV status from being factored into the decision...

2010 St. Louis Ordinance 68715 Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Missouri

Source St. Louis City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development, Public Spaces, Housing, Public Safety, Education

The ordinance prohibits discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry in housing, employment, education, services, public accommodations, and real property transactions...

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