LibGuides: Women's History Month: Current Issues

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Gender Equality

Try search terms like gender equality, gender bias, gender discrimination

Global Issues: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
From the Peace Corps
Gender Equality
From the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
From the United Nations
What to know about gender bias in healthcare
Just Your Imagination? The Dangerous Gender Bias In Women’s Healthcare
The gender biases that shape our brains
Sex-Based Discrimination
From the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Gender discrimination comes in many forms for today’s working women
From Pew Research Center

Health Care

When searching health care, try searching it as both two words (health care) and as one (healthcare).

Try search terms like women and health care, women's issues in health care, women's health care concerns, women's health care policy, women's health care public policy. Also search the keyword women combined with specific health care issues like heart disease, diabetes, pregnancy, mortality, fertility, cancer (and specific types of cancer), menopause.

Women's Health Topics
From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Women's Health Topics: A to Z
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office on Women's Health
Women's Health
From Medline Plus and the National Library of Medicine
Women's Health Policy in the United States: An American College of Physicians Position Paper
From the Annals of Internal Medicine

Gender Pay Gap

Try search terms like gender pay gap, gender wage gap, gender wage gap discrimination, wage gap, pay inequality, equal pay for equal work, employment discrimination, pay equity, pay disparity.

5 Facts About the State of the Gender Pay Gap
From the U.S. Department of Labor Blog
The Equal Pay Act of 1963
Illinois Equal Pay Act
Equal Pay for Equal Work
From the U.S. Department of Labor. Includes information on Equal Pay Act claims and reporting violations.
Economic inequality by gender
The Gender Pay Gap and Its Effect on Women’s Retirement Savings
From the U.S. Government Accountability Office
These 8 charts show the glaring gap between men's and women's salaries in the US

Reproductive Rights

Try search terms like reproductive rights, reproductive health, women and healthcare, and specific issues like abortion, abortion legislation, genital mutilation, Women's Health Protection Act of 2021

Women's Health Protection Act 2021
Women’s Reproductive Health
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fact Sheet: Female Genital Mutilation
From the World Health Organization
Reproductive Freedom
From the American Civil Liberties Union
Restore sexual, reproductive health rights lost during COVID, rights expert urges
From the United Nations
5th Women's March focuses on reproductive rights after new Texas abortion law
From NPR

Violence Against Women

Try search terms like violence against women, sexual violence, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, domestic abuse, partner abuse, gender-based violence, domestic abuse survivors.

National Domestic Violence Hotline
H.R.1620 - Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021
From congress.gov
Fact Sheet: Violence Against Women
From the World Health Organization
Violence Against Women
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office on Women's Health
Office on Violence Against Women
From the United States Department of Justice
Violence Against Women Act
From the National Network to End Domestic Violence
Violence Against Women
links to 150+ articles from The Conversation

Examination of Multiple Issues

Women's Rights: Current Issues and Topics
From the American Civil Liberties Union
What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?
From Politico Magazine
Core Issues
From the National Organization for Women
Executive Order on Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council