national organization for women.

Already passed in the House, the Paycheck Fairness Act would make it easier for women to file pay-discrimination class actions against employers, and it removes caps on punitive damages under the Equal Pay Act. It doesn't solve why women are paid less than men for the same work.

Calling CBS' decision to accept an advocacy ad to air in the Super Bowl "outrageous," women's groups are urging the network to pull a Focus on the Family commercial and asking like-minded people to sign a petition. The Women's Media Center, a non-profit group that was founded in 2005 by Jane...

Numbers show that men have borne the brunt of layoffs, in turn boosting the percentage of women in the workforce. Having made steady gains in employment since the 1970s, women now stand to overtake men as the majority of the labor pool.