To: The New York State House and The New York State Senate
Pass the New York Women’s Equality Agenda
Please pass the New York Women’s Equality Agenda. This proposed legislation will help bring an end to discrimination and inequality based on gender. The women of New York deserve the right to fair treatment and protection under the law.
Why is this important?
In January 2013, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his 10-point Women’s Equality Agenda, which addresses a wide array of barriers facing women. If passed, this desperately needed legislation will:
1. Ensure equal pay for equal work.
2. Stop sexual harassment in all workplaces.
3. Allow for the recovery of attorneys’ fees in employment and credit and lending cases.
4. Strengthen human trafficking laws.
5. End family status discrimination.
6. Prevent landlords from denying housing based on the source of funds.
7. Stop housing discrimination for victims of domestic violence.
8. End pregnancy discrimination once and for all.
9. Protect domestic violence victims seeking orders of protection.
10. Protect reproductive health care decisions.
New York State has a very proud history when it comes to women’s rights. But even today, women are paid on average $11,000 less per year than men for the same job. Women with children are less likely to be recommended for hire and promoted. And women are twice as likely to become a single parent living in poverty or to live out old age in poverty. Beyond that, New York is a major destination for sex and labor trafficking victims, and penalties for trafficking do not match the severity of the crime.
The Women’s Equality Agenda will help to finally end these injustices and close the wage gap. It will give women access to better jobs and opportunities for advancement, safety at home and at work, and the right to make private, personal health care decisions.
There are only a few weeks left in the legislative session. The women of New York have waited long enough. Pass the Women’s Equality Agenda today.
To learn more, visit http://www.abetterbalance.org/web/component/content/article/50/239-womens-equality-act
1. Ensure equal pay for equal work.
2. Stop sexual harassment in all workplaces.
3. Allow for the recovery of attorneys’ fees in employment and credit and lending cases.
4. Strengthen human trafficking laws.
5. End family status discrimination.
6. Prevent landlords from denying housing based on the source of funds.
7. Stop housing discrimination for victims of domestic violence.
8. End pregnancy discrimination once and for all.
9. Protect domestic violence victims seeking orders of protection.
10. Protect reproductive health care decisions.
New York State has a very proud history when it comes to women’s rights. But even today, women are paid on average $11,000 less per year than men for the same job. Women with children are less likely to be recommended for hire and promoted. And women are twice as likely to become a single parent living in poverty or to live out old age in poverty. Beyond that, New York is a major destination for sex and labor trafficking victims, and penalties for trafficking do not match the severity of the crime.
The Women’s Equality Agenda will help to finally end these injustices and close the wage gap. It will give women access to better jobs and opportunities for advancement, safety at home and at work, and the right to make private, personal health care decisions.
There are only a few weeks left in the legislative session. The women of New York have waited long enough. Pass the Women’s Equality Agenda today.
To learn more, visit http://www.abetterbalance.org/web/component/content/article/50/239-womens-equality-act