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Released for Moms’ Equal Pay Day 2026, this report lays out a roadmap to end the motherhood penalty. Working moms are paid just 64 cents for every dollar paid to fathers, with even wider gaps for Black, Latina, and Indigenous mothers, while shouldering billions in unpaid care work. It calls for paid family leave, affordable childcare, caregiver anti-discrimination protections, stronger pay equity laws, fair wages for care workers, and robust enforcement solutions, already winning in states across the country and building momentum for federal change.