Facebook, Apple say they’ll help women freeze eggs; local clinic suggests fertility assessment tests
October 17, 2014
Earlier this week tech giants Apple and Facebook announced offering to pay female employees to freeze their eggs. They say it’s a way to help professional women pursue high-level careers without sacrificing their future families.
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Huff Post: Recession Ends and Millions of Women Are Still Trapped in Poverty
October 8, 2014
Poverty is a women’s issue. Nearly six in 10 poor adults are women, and more than half of all poor children live in families headed by women. Poverty rates are especially high for single mothers, women of color and elderly women living alone.
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Women’s Enews Op-Ed: Women’s Voices Matter in Elections
October 6, 2014
Too many women are more likely to know where the fireworks are held in July than how or when to cast a vote in November. And our democracy depends far more on this latter information.
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MAP: Paying an Unfair Price, The Financial Penalty for Being LGBT in America
September 30, 2014
Paying an Unfair Price: The Financial Penalty for Being LGBT in America paints a stark picture of the added financial burdens faced by LGBT Americans because of anti-LGBT laws at the national, state and local levels.
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FVAW: Respect the Bump Gets Results as Well as Respect
September 29, 2014
After working at the Chatham store for 10 days, a pregnant Thelma was shopping and had two TVs fall on her. She needed time to recuperate to prevent a miscarriage and heal from her injuries, but her manager said she had to come back to work. Thelma filed a lawsuit; shortly afterwards, she was fired.
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VOTE! Online Voter Registration Now Available in Some States
September 18, 2014
We know where we stand. We vote. We vote our values. Now it’s even easier to register to vote, with some states providing online registration options.
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STATEMENT: Senate Succeeds in Pushing Paycheck Fairness Act to Full Debate
September 11, 2014
For the first time ever, the Senate yesterday agreed to move on to a full debate of the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), by a vote of 73-25. We’ve passed the first of many hurdles, but it’s not over – this is the Senate’s chance to do the right thing.
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Member Op-Ed: On Women’s Equality Day, a Call for Paid Leave
August 26, 2014
Across the nation, women like myself struggle to make a living. We struggle to care for and provide for our families. We risk job and income loss when faced with illness or the need for maternity leave.
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Huff Post: Women’s Equality Day: Voices Unite to Say #WEMatter
August 26, 2014
Women’s Equality Day, August 26, celebrates the anniversary of the day Congress stopped denying women the right to vote: a key moment in our history brought about by women organizing to demand equal rights under the law.
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Linda Meric: Unpredictable, Inflexible Schedules Burden Women; We Need Schedules That Work
August 22, 2014
Joi Jackson works full-time at a call center. As a single mom with four kids, she struggles to get her kids to and from child care. Schedule flexibility to meet family needs at her place of employment is practically nonexistent. She is faced with an impossible decision: keep her job so she can provide for her family, or quit her job so she can care for her family.
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