Women
It is shameful that despite many advances, full and lasting equality for women remains elusive. It is fundamentally wrong to pay women less for the same work and to restrict women’s access to healthcare. Sadly, this structural sexism is even worse for women of color.
In Congress, Congresswoman Lee is working to ensure equal pay for equal work, to expand access to affordable childcare and to ensure access to paid family leave. Additionally, she is the author of the EACH Woman Act which would repeal the discriminatory Hyde Amendment that has restricted many women’s access to reproductive healthcare.
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September 28, 2016
End Hyde Now
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April 20, 2016
Congresswoman Lee Releases Statement on Plan to Honor Harriet Tubman on the New $20 Bill
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April 12, 2016
Congresswoman Lee Calls for Pro-Women, Pro-Family Policies on Equal Pay Day
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January 26, 2016
Rep. Barbara Lee on Texas Grand Jury Decision to Clear Planned Parenthood of Charges: "This Shows the Truth Still Matters"
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January 22, 2016
Rep. Lee: “43 Years Later, We Must Reclaim Roe”
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October 08, 2015
Bipartisan Coalition Introduces Legislation to Save Lives of Mothers and Children
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September 15, 2015
Congresswoman Lee Calls for End to Anti-Women’s Health Rhetoric and a Return to Responsible Government
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July 08, 2015
Congresswoman Lee Introduces Groundbreaking Women’s Health Bill
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June 04, 2015
Congresswoman Lee Backs Legislation to HALT Campus Sexual Assault
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May 19, 2015
Congresswoman Lee Named as One of the Most Influential Women in Congress
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April 12, 2015
Congresswoman Lee Marks Equal Pay Day, Calls for Renewed Effort to Ensure Equal Pay for Equal Work
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March 09, 2015
Congresswoman Lee Marks National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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February 28, 2015
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Celebrates Women’s History Month & Calls for Action on Pay Inequality
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September 12, 2014
Congresswoman Lee Marks 20th Anniversary of Violence Against Women’s Act
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June 30, 2014
Congresswoman Lee Disappointed by Supreme Court Decision Undercutting Women's Access to Healthcare
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June 24, 2014
Congresswoman Lee Fights for Women's Reproductive Rights at Home and Abroad
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June 24, 2014
Congresswoman Lee Slams GOP Exporting War on Woman and Restricted Funding for Peacekeeping Forces
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May 09, 2014
Representatives Lee, Honda and Pittenger Pen Bi-Partisan Letter to President Obama on Nigeria
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April 10, 2014
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Joins Women of the CBC for Letter to DOD Secretary Hagel on Unauthorized Hairstyles, Uniform Code
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March 25, 2014
Congresswoman Lee on Supporting Women's Access to Contraception
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December 16, 2013
Congresswoman Lee Introduces Legislation to Halt Federal Funding for Abstinence-Only Education
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November 20, 2013
Congresswoman Lee Receives Black Women’s Health Imperative ‘Women Who Dare’ Award
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October 10, 2013
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Hails Announcement of Shirley Chisholm Stamp
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July 24, 2013
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Proposes Three Amendments to the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014
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July 12, 2013
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Receives Planned Parenthood’s Champion for Women’s Health Award
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April 23, 2013
Feminist Majority Foundation Awards Congresswoman Barbara Lee with Eleanor Roosevelt Award
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March 07, 2013
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Honors Women's History Month
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February 28, 2013
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Praises Passage of Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act
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February 14, 2013
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Introduce Bill to Expand Comprehensive Sex Education
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January 22, 2013
Congresswoman Lee Issues Statement Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade