Tag: Gender Issues

Lilly Ledbetter, center, an activist for workplace equality, is flanked by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., sponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act, left, speaks at an event to advocate for the Paycheck Fairness Act on the 10th anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. The legislation, a top tier issue for the new Democratic majority in the House, would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable.

House Democrats advance anti-gender pay discrimination bill

Sean Higgins · March 25, 2019 11:00 pm

Closeup of groom placing a wedding ring on the brides hand.

Beltway Confidential

Your attitude about marriage might be causing your family’s woes

Suzanne Venker · March 25, 2019 8:48 pm

Unidentified members of the industry group Club Owners Against Sex Trafficking sit for a talk given by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent teaching owners of strip clubs and strippers how to spot sex traffickers, at the Burbank Community Services Building in Burbank, Calif.

For Women’s History Month, let’s fight the enslavement of women and girls

Jenny Yang · March 24, 2019 4:00 am

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin (12) celebrates his touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Tampa, Fla.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers become first NFL team with two female coaches

Claude Thompson · March 21, 2019 3:55 pm

In this March 6, 2019 photo, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks in lower downtown Denver.

Hickenlooper defends comments about why female candidates aren’t asked if they’ll select male VP

Diana Stancy Correll · March 21, 2019 2:25 pm

Democrats demand corporate wage data to ensure equal pay for women

Susan Ferrechio · March 21, 2019 12:00 am

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke greets employees before speaking at a meet and greet at the Beancounter Coffeehouse & Drinkery, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Burlington, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

Ladies, we need to talk about Beto

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 19, 2019 7:56 pm

A person holds up a sign saying "We are women, hear us roar" at the Women's March.

Beltway Confidential

American women don’t owe feminists for their modern lives

Suzanne Venker · March 19, 2019 5:32 pm

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., listens to a staffer before answering questions at a news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Second top Gillibrand aide quit over sexual harassment but was kept on staff

Naomi Lim, Alana Goodman · March 18, 2019 11:34 pm

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks to voters, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, during a campaign stop at a home, in Nashua, N.H.

Amy Klobuchar splits with Beto, says women like her weren’t ‘born’ to run for president

Josh Siegel · March 17, 2019 4:41 pm

Pat Thompson displayed a sign supporting Roe v. Wade at a rally, held by Planned Parenthood, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision at the Capitol Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. The 1973 landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court affirmed a woman's right to have an abortion.

Beltway Confidential

A cry for the lost lives of millions of women and girls

Shea Garrison · March 17, 2019 11:00 am

A group of college students chats over lunch.

Shining a spotlight on the gentlemen of the world

Kate Hardiman · March 15, 2019 6:42 pm