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Equal Pay and Substantive Economic Citizenship - Gender Policy Report The Equal Pay Act has proven inadequate for closing pay gaps. Congress can do more to address the causes of race and gender wage gaps.

The Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963 but a racialized gender wage gap persists. We need new policies that:
✅ Challenge labor market practices that undervalue women-dominated fields
✅ Ensure pay transparency
✅ Hold employers accountable
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Financial security = ⬇️ stress and ⬆️ perinatal and infant health outcomes. Pilot guaranteed income programs across the country are testing whether cash transfers can fix health disparities. 📈

#GuaranteedIncome #MaternalHealth
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What will it take to shift from a family policing system to one that guarantees families flourishing?

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MAHA is reviving eugenicist logics that position white, straight people without disabilities as the aspirational norm.

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💊 No, Tylenol doesn’t cause autism. So what’s behind the Trump administration’s recent claim that it does?

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Some workers experience severe, recurring reproductive health symptoms. Workplaces that allow for flexibility, accommodations, and additional leave:

✅ improve employee well-being
✅ improve retention and productivity
✅ build equitable workplace cultures

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It’s ⏰ to change the conversation around menopause and menstrual health in the workplace. New research reveals the global growth in menstrual and menopause leave policies – and the need for greater evaluation.

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Menstruation and Menopause Policies - Gender Policy Report More employers and governments are adopting menstruation and menopause policies. To advance gender equity, we need to design evidence-based workplace supports across the reproductive lifecycle.

No more silently suffering through hot flashes, brain fog, or pelvic pain.
This #WorldMenopauseMonth, let’s:

📈 Review the research

🗣️ Break the stigma

📣 Create more inclusive, evidence-based workplace policies
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence is a Labor Issue - Gender Policy Report Anti- LGBTQ+ violence is on the rise. Effective anti-violence measures must account for the labor dimensions of violence.

Safety and dignity in one’s work should be a given. But for many LGBTQ+ workers in the formal & informal service sector, safety is still out of reach.

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Pauli Murray quote, "One Person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement." genderpolicyreport.umn.edu

This #Pride, we honor the LGBTQ+ ancestors and allies who fought oppressive actors, systems, and laws. We are in your debt, and we repay it by continuing the fight.

#Pride2025 #LGBTQ

Privacy, Dignity, and Erotic Justice - Gender Policy Report Privacy was never enough to ensure freedom for LGBTQ+ and other sexually- minoritized groups, such as sex workers. We need to move beyond privacy rights to achieve erotic justice in US law.

The right to privacy has generally been reserved for those who conform most closely to dominant (hetero)sexual norms. What legal frameworks could promote a more robust vision of erotic justice?

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#Griswoldat60

Pop art of blonde woman with finger to lips with text: The Stanley line of cases is therefore in tension with Griswold, leaving unresolved the question of whether the right of privacy includes a concomitant right of purchase. Jennifer Kinsley. Genderpolicyreport.umn.edu

📅 June 7th is the 60th Anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut. 📜 🏛️

If we don’t have a right to purchase our privacy, what does this mean for mail-order abortion access?

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#GriswoldvConnecticut

Pop art figure of blonde woman with finger held to lips to indicate secrecy. Quote: "Sixty years later, Griswold (and Roe) illuminate some of the ways that reformist, landmark initiatives can still serve reactionary goals, stifling progress toward we now call reproductive justice." Rickie Solinger genderpolicyreport.umn.edu

In practice, privacy rights were always limited by race and class. Has relying upon privacy rights deterred the growth of strong, cross-racial reproductive justice movements?

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#GriswoldvConnecticut #PrivacyMatters #ReproductiveRights #Griswoldat60

Pop art blonde woman with finger to lips. Privacy Matters: The Legacy of Griswold. Genderpolicyreport.umn.edu

📅 June 7th marks the 60th Anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut. 📜 🏛️

For those concerned about reproductive, gender, and sexual justice, privacy matters. █▬▬

Read Privacy Matters: The Legacy of Griswold

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Negative Dowry: Why Women of Color Owe More Student Debt - Gender Policy Report Student debt is a crisis for women, particularly women of color. How did we get here?

Student loans dragging you down? That's by design.
Women, especially women of color, are more likely to be burdened by student loan debt.

Learn more about how we got to this crisis. From the 🗄️:

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Women Seeking Asylum in the Age of Trump - Gender Policy Report Women fleeing gender-based violence are often denied asylum, based on the erroneous belief that gender-based violence is a “private” concern.

📣📣📮: The Trump administration’s aggressive campaign against migrants holds particularly devastating implications for female asylum seekers.

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Metro and Minority Foster Girls Lack Access to Public Services - Gender Policy Report Foster girls face profound challenges as they transition to adulthood, challenges that differ along lines of race, ethnicity, and location.

🆕📮: Metro and Minority Foster Girls Lack Access to Public Services

What can we do to ensure positive outcomes and a successful, independent future for former foster girls?

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#AcademicSky #genderandequity

Queer Labor: LGBTQ Organizing in the Service Sector - Gender Policy Report LGBT workers are more likely to work in low-wage occupations, such as the service sector. For decades, these workers have led efforts to queer labor movements.

Don't miss Keira Mac Neill's fascinating history of queer labor organizing in the U.S. service sector, and its insights for the current backlash @genderpolicyrpt.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

Preventing Human Trafficking - Gender Policy Report US federal policy has over-emphasized prosecuting, and not preventing, human trafficking. It’s time for a public health approach to trafficking.

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. But prevention hasn’t traditionally been at the center of the US federal response. What can we do differently? (from the 🗃️)

#HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth

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Are 15-Minute Cities Feminist Cities? - Gender Policy Report Can the “15-minute city” solve the challenges faced by women? Feminist urban planning interventions offer a wealth of solutions to contemporary urban problems.

📣📣📮📮: 15-minute cities have been proposed as the answer to problems of urban sustainability. Will they also solve gender inequities?

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