Six teen girls rescued from trafficking in Portland. 99.8% of Black women in WA public sector reported workplace harm. Victim services face a June 30 funding cliff. This week's full women's rights briefing — Washington State, Pacific Northwest & beyond.

Washington's wage gap widens to 2nd worst in the nation. Mifepristone reaches the Supreme Court. MMIWP National Week of Action begins. The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights is signed. This week's full women's rights briefing — Pacific Northwest and beyond.

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This week’s briefing is heavy with data and alive with organizing. Washington’s gender wage gap is widening — and the racial breakdown is devastating. A federally backed sexual assault coalition is taking shape. Fifty-five million dollars are flowing into childcare. And May 4–8 brings a National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives that every one of us should know about. Here’s what’s happening across our state.

Washington's wage gap is back to 2nd worst in the nation. Plus: survivor service funding on the chopping block, child care cliff, and MMIWP Week of Action coming May 5.