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Equal pay belongs to all women—including women with disabilities.

Advancing equal pay, paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, breastfeeding rights, and other workplace justice policies from the local to federal levels.

The absolute worst part of becoming a new mother two years ago was trying to deal with my time off from work -- supporting myself and my family financially and guaranteeing that I would have a job to return to. I work for the University of Texas which is considered to have good benefits including "...Read more
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On Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day: Demand Congress and the Trump administration end the attack.

08/28/25
Pop Quiz: How many additional months in a year do Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) women have to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men make in one year? If you said 8 months, you’re sadly correct. It’s unfair, yet true: NHPI women make just 65 cents on the dollar compared to white...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Diarra Diouf
Breastfeeding

Celebrating National Breastfeeding Month - Forward Together

08/01/25
This August, we Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month: Forward Together Breastfeeding is about more than nutrition. It is about equity, dignity, and the right to be supported. We celebrate National Breastfeeding Month by lifting up the realities families face and demanding the policies they...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Tina Sherman
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

It's time to close the Wage Gap for Black Women.

07/10/25
Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Join in on the action by calling on Congress and the Trump Administration to pass policies that close the wage gap! Right now, Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. and are among the most educated groups! ( Yet we are largely...
MomsRising Education Fund
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Diarra Diouf
MomsRising member Jean with her daughter at our Mombassador disco-themed event
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

Sparkling Strategies for Storybook Delivery and Family Activism Success

02/04/26
New Year’s is a time for reflection, joy, and moving forward with resolution, with goals in search of realized outcomes. As I was reflecting on this and considering my vision for 2026, I got the invitation from MomsRising to join other Mombassadors in a “Disco Day of Action,” to sparkle, shine, and...
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Jean Montgomery
MomsRising members and staff with Rep. Pramila Jayapal at Mombassador storybook delivery event
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Reproductive Justice

“Don't Be Disco-nnected From Families" Mombassador Program Reflections

01/30/26
When you are raising young kids who learn at the speed of light, you have to do what you can to keep up with them. You have to evolve, and you have to adapt. You learn very quickly as a parent that taking the weight of the world on your own is not an option. Parents roll up their sleeves, they...
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Daniella Knight
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

Breaking Through - The Care Economy & Affordability, Saving IDEA, Vaccine Disinformation, Preventing a Health Care Crisis

12/15/25
On the radio show this week, we dive into the economic benefits of investing in the care economy —including child care, paid family & medical leave, and aging & disability care — and how these policies boost productivity, reduce stress, and make life more affordable. We hear about the need...
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Today we stand with women with disabilities demanding fair pay.

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/53757/?source=action">Today we stand with women with disabilities demanding fair pay.</a>

Today marks Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day—a day that shines a light on how deeply inequality runs in our economy.

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Equal pay belongs to all women—including women with disabilities.

It's been 16 years since the federal minimum wage was increased

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/50390/?source=action">It's been 16 years since the federal minimum wage was increased</a>

A full time wage of $7.25 an hour meets slightly less than three-quarters of the income that's needed for a two-person household to stay out of poverty.

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The federal minimum wage is now a poverty wage

SIGN NOW: 29 years later, working families are still in need of Paid Family and Medical Leave

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/22553/?source=action">SIGN NOW: 29 years later, working families are still in need of Paid Family and Medical Leave</a>

Twenty-nine years later and we’re still fighting for comprehensive paid family and medical leave for all. The Senate needs to quickly pass paid leave in the Build Back Better Act.

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Share your story and urge Senate holdouts to pass paid leave in the Build Back Better Act.

QUICK SIGNATURE: Tell Congress to support families by passing good paid leave policies

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/37311/?source=action">QUICK SIGNATURE: Tell Congress to support families by passing good paid leave policies</a>

All families deserve good paid leave policies that allow them the time to care for themselves or their loved ones when a serious health or caregiving need arises.

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Working moms and families deserve good paid family and medical leave policies.