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On March 5, 2024, the World Bank Group launched the Women, Business and the Law 2024 report: "Breaking Down Barriers to Achieve Gender Equality." The report finds that women enjoy only two-thirds of the legal rights that men do and that the gender gap is wider than laws on the books might suggest due to insufficient legal implementation.

House Republicans on Thursday passed legislation to fund the State Department and foreign operations, clearing the bill despite some GOP lawmakers voicing opposition to provisions pertaining to Ukraine. The chamber approved the measure in a 216-212 vote. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) voted with Democrats against the bill. Passage of the…

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House Republicans proposed a 2024 budget that explicitly

Through executive orders and budget requests, the Biden administration has sought to embed “diversity, equity, and inclusion” principles across the entirety of the federal government – and in turn to touch the lives of every American. Now members of  the Republican House majority, who see this whole-of-government effort as a woke assault on America and its core values, are working to combat it using the power of the purse. 

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News Analysis Through executive orders and budget requests, the Biden administration has sought to embed “diversity, equity, and inclusion” ...

By Megan Sayles | Afro | Word In Black - The investment will support the economic, social, and political inclusion of African women in an effort to promote gender equity.

Congress' end-of-year rush to fund the federal government has become the norm.