Women Making a Difference for Africa
Women everywhere have the potential to be drivers of economic growth and creators of opportunity—even when they are held back by barriers like discriminatory traditions or limited access to land and...
View ArticleEmpowering Our Working Women
At the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, we strive to make sure that women and girls are equipped with the knowledge and tools to overcome barriers in the workforce. I recently had the opportunity to...
View ArticleA Personal Investment in the Family and Medical Leave Act
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a Wage and Hour Investigator and breast cancer survivor, I know firsthand how the protections afforded by the Family and Medical Leave Act are making an...
View ArticleBeyond Disability Awareness
This year’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month theme, “A Strong Workforce is an Inclusive Workforce: What can YOU Do?” invites us to consider what we can do to promote inclusion in our...
View ArticleA Voice for Women Veterans
Earlier this month, I was honored to attend the swearing-in ceremony for Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a congresswoman from Illinois. As a helicopter pilot who served in Iraq, she lost both her legs and the...
View ArticleSupporting Our Service Women
The service of women in American war efforts is older than our nation itself. Women served as battlefield nurses, cannon loaders, spies and more during the American Revolution. Through two World Wars,...
View ArticleHonoring a Women’s Rights Pioneer
Esther Eggertsen Peterson, former assistant secretary of labor and director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau. The Labor Department’s Hall of Honor recognizes men and women – like Cesar...
View ArticleFrom Little Women to Madame Secretary: The Arc of Working Women
You could write a dissertation on the challenges of balancing the demands of career and family – and plenty of people have. But few explorations of that theme are as memorable as the opening passage of...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: White House Summit on Working Families
Balancing work and family is a juggling act that many Americans face on a daily basis. That’s why, on Monday, June 23, the White House, the Department of Labor and the Center for American Progress...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Women and Work During Black History Month
As Black History Month comes to a close and Women’s History Month begins, those of us at the Labor Department are reflecting on the important contributions that black women have made to our nation’s...
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