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We are a non-profit state federation. Our membership includes women and men of every age, race, religion, political party and socio-economic background. We are a leading advocate on work-life balance and workplace equity issues.

In this section, you will read recent news releases and advocacy concerns as well as view our opinion editorials and letters to the editor. Members of the press who are writing about issues of concern to working women are encouraged to contact our Communications Committee at [email protected].

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Assembly ready to consider stand-alone WEA bills

Author: Communications Committee/Sunday, March 15, 2015/Categories: Politics

The state Assembly is poised to take up several of the individual components of the Women’s Equality Agenda as separate bills, ending a two-year impasse caused by a controversial reproductive rights plank.

For almost two years, Democrats in the Assembly have refused to break up the 10 components of the 2013 package proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to address a range of civil rights issues, from fighting pay disparity and pregnancy discrimination in the workplace to enhancing protections for domestic violence victims and women ensnared in sex trafficking.

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