The next Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 9, 2013. This date symbolizes how far into 2013 Women must work to earn what men earned in 2012. Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. Since Census statistics showing the latest wage figures will not be available until late August or September, NCPE leadership decided years ago to select a Tuesday in April as Equal Pay … [Read more...]
EGYPT, Cairo – Landmark Cairo Population Conference
May 30, 2012 by
ISTANBUL—Lawmakers from 110 countries reaffirmed today their support to the principles and goals of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), emphasizing their continued centrality to efforts to reduce poverty and safeguard people’s health and rights, including sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. At the fifth global parliamentarians’ conference on population and development, held here on 24-25 May, some 400 delegates, including more than … [Read more...]
