Advocating for gender equity and equality at DOJ and across federal agencies since 2016.
Better government starts with supporting government workers.
A functional democracy requires a robust civil service—one that’s fueled by qualified and nonpartisan public servants. DOJ GEN’s advocacy campaigns, shaped by our 2,000-employee membership, have resulted in major policy reforms that have made our workplaces safer, healthier, and more equitable places to work — for everyone.
Our top issues include:
Pay equity.
Paid family leave.
Workplace sexual misconduct.
Abortion access.
Flexible work options.
Family and caregiver support.
IVF coverage.
Pregnancy and nursing accommodations.
Doxing and other online threats.
Our top accomplishments include:
Convincing DOJ to overhaul its sexual misconduct response system and urging the White House to require all agencies to follow suit.
Successfully pressuring the government to advance pay equity by issuing a regulation banning the use of salary history during hiring.
Executing a nationwide lobbying campaign that ended with legislation providing all feds with three months of paid parental leave.
Persuading DOJ to allow employees to opt out of travel to states without adequate healthcare options, including abortion access.
Convincing the Department to take stronger measures to protect employees from doxing and other online threats.
Attracting regular media coverage of our advocacy campaigns from the nation’s top news sources.
Leading organizational change from within.
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DOJ institutes two new policies that DOJ GEN has been advocating for years. First, DOJ issued a travel policy that helps ensure federal employees can access necessary medical care, including abortion care. Second, OPM issued a comprehensive salary history ban that prohibits the solicitation and consideration of salary history in hiring and pay-setting decisions. We are immensely grateful to the DOJ GEN Working Groups that worked tirelessly to make these changes happen!