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It's "Equal Pay Day"... Progressives like to claim that the differences between men and women’s work lives are the unsavory fruit of our innately sexist society that pushes women to sacrifice their careers and earnings to take on the lion's share of family caregiving. To raise awareness of this alleged inequity and to push policymakers to make it easier for workers to sue their employers, they created “Equal Pay Day,” a pseudo holiday marking the day that women will have earned enough to catch up with men’s earnings from the previous year. Learn more. ([link removed])

🏛️Patrice Onwuka, director of IWF’s Center for Economic Opportunity, sits before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today as a witness for the “Honoring ‘Equal Pay Day’: Examining the Long-Term Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality” hearing. Read her testimony. ([link removed])

"One-size-fits-all government policies, though well-intentioned, may rob women of the ability to choose for themselves the best work arrangements that fit their interests and circumstances."

📅Special Event Today: We hope you'll join IWF for a free virtual event featuring Senator Marsha Blackburn and IWF President Carrie Lukas today at 2:30 p.m. ET. We're discussing the real war on women and how bad government policies—like the Paycheck Fairness Act—will jeopardize women’s progress. Watch here. ([link removed])


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** Why Are We Making Women’s Lives More Difficult? ([link removed])
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COVID-19 hit everyone hard, but women in particular have suffered serious damage. As a result of the pandemic, millions more women than men lost or had to leave their jobs. Today, women’s labor force participation rate is at its lowest level since 1988 ([link removed]) . With vaccine rates rising, COVID infection rates ticking down and some states opening up for business, women see a glimmer of light at the end of this dark tunnel. But several, recent bad government policies are standing in their way.


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** Paycheck Fairness Act ([link removed])
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Can you identify which of the following is not true about the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA)?

A. Currently, the wage gap between women and men is 80 cents on the dollar.
B. The PFA would outlaw sex-based wage discrimination.
C. The PFA would increase costly lawsuits against employers and make workplaces less flexible.
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* New Episode: This week's guest is Representative Lisa McClain. The Congresswoman will discuss what it’s like to be part of the record-breaking number of GOP women in Congress, how she’s handling being in the minority party during a very polarizing time, and the work she’s doing on behalf of our veterans. Listen to it here. ([link removed] )
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* Next Episode: This Friday Dr. Carol Swain, author and former professor of political science at Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities, joins the program to talk wokeism, feminism, and cancel culture—Friday at 9 a.m. ET. Hear it here. ([link removed])

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** Is It Time To Rename the Violence Against Women Act? ([link removed])
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The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was originally passed in 1994 to meet the needs of domestic violence victims. It was focused largely on women, as women were overwhelmingly the victims in these cases. Unfortunately, this recent version of VAWA might need a new name, as it proposes removing women from its text in the pursuit of progressive cultural change.
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** Taking Stock of the Affordable Care Act, Eleven Years Later ([link removed])
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Eleven years ago, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. The bill, which irreversibly altered America’s health insurance markets and healthcare delivery system, went on to become law after President Obama ultimately signed it into law. A lot has changed...
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** Are the Equality Act’s Consequences for Women “Exaggerated?" ([link removed])
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The Equality Act faced a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee last Wednesday where Committee Chairman Dick Durbin categorized concerns about women’s sports teams, privacy, and potential harm as “exaggerated” and a cover for bigotry. But the consequences of removing the category of biological sex from the law are already being felt across the country in states that have similar provisions in their law.
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