socioeconomic issues
Up With Women in the Downturn
by Randy Albelda, Ms. Magazine
May 26, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Thanks to lobbying by women's advocacy groups, Obama's stimulus bill offered women a good deal in terms of targeted funds to sectors in which women are employed as well as in human infrastructure investments.
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Roundup: Senate Republicans "Lower Expectations" On Supreme Court Nominee Fight
May 19, 2009 - 9:55am (Print)
Republicans "lower expectations" for Supreme Court nomination fight; economic insecurity, adoption, and abortion; experts react to the news that percentage of births to unwed mothers has risen sharply; Tennessee abortion amendment passes House.
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How Economic Recovery Helps Women, Families
by Nancy Duff Campbell, National Women's Law Center
February 19, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides substantial economic help to women and families. Although it does not include all that we want, it represents a major re-ordering of priorities in funding.
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Report Fails to Measure Effects of Poverty on Peruvian Women
by Karim Velasco, RH Reality Check, Latin America
June 19, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
A new report assessing poverty reduction in Peru analyzes socioeconomic status through many lenses -- except gender.
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The Best Gifts for Mother's Day Are Rights and Respect
by Marcy Bloom, GIRE
May 9, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
We need a world that supports and respects safe and voluntary motherhood, not just with cards, fancy dinners, and sentiment on one Sunday a year, but by respecting our rights every single day.
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Mothers Deserve More than One Day a Year
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
May 8, 2008 - 7:30am (Print)
If we changed society's attitudes and policies around mothering and child care, we could give a gift not just to our own moms but to all mothers this Mother's Day.
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Too Poor to Parent?
by Gaylynn Burroughs, Ms. Magazine
May 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Black children are twice as likely to enter U.S. foster care than white children. The culprit: Our inattention to poverty.
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