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Reproductive Justice for Latinas: The Struggle Continues

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by Verónica Bayetti Flores, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

March 19, 2010 - 8:00am (Print)

Immigrant women face considerable obstacles in accessing health care, including low-paying jobs without health insurance and linguistic and cultural barriers.  On Sunday, I will march for reproductive justices.  Will you join me?
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Supreme Court Decision Pretends Pregnancy Discrimination Doesn't Harm Women

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by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

May 27, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

In AT&T vs. Hulteen, the Supreme Court reverted to reasoning from an earlier ruling that discrimination against pregnant women doesn't count as discrimination against women.
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Up With Women in the Downturn

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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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Rural Employment Act Is Mixed for Women

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by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

February 26, 2008 - 8:49am (Print)

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is one of the most closely watched social initiatives in India. While the scheme has the potential to be effective in the alleviation of unemployment and poverty, it is imperative is to study women's participation in the social auditing of the NREGA.

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