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07/18/12

This blog was cross-posted from Womenstake , the National Women's Law Center's blog. On Monday, the news broke that a pregnant woman is now leading a Fortune 500 company—an important and exciting milestone. Before being appointed CEO of Yahoo this week, Marissa Mayer disclosed her pregnancy to...

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Liz Watson

Open Flexible Work

07/18/12

Why do women themselves say that women “Can’t Have it All ?” We say it because, as one mother told me, the phrase resonates as being “Shockingly, earthshakingly true.” We use you “Can’t Have it All” because it reflects a reality, our frustration with the impossible goal of trying to be both June...

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Kristin Maschka

Paid Family Leave

07/17/12

At any point in their lives, workers may need to take time off to care for either a new child or a sick family member. While we have state and federal laws to protect workers from losing their jobs or benefits when they take leave, the leave time is mostly unpaid. Unpaid leave hurts a family's...

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Maria Elena Durazo

07/17/12

Trying to help one child become bilingual is a lot of work. Trying to teach two kids, I thought, was going to be twice as much work. I’m starting to believe that I might be wrong. Here are the reasons why: 1) When I was trying to teach my first-born Japanese, I often felt like I was talking to...

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Hiragana Mama

07/17/12

While members of Congress waste time naming post offices and devising ways to get seniors to pay for billionaire's tax breaks through cuts in Medicare and Social Security, other important business is slipping through the cracks. Specifically, if the Violence Against Women Act - signed by President...

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Martha Burk

07/16/12

Middle class families deserve to be heard in Congress – heard and listened to. They deserve to know that the programs their families rely on, from Pell Grants, to Medicare, to Social Security, will continue to be there for them. They deserve a democracy that lives up to the one they were promised,...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

07/16/12

(Photo: MomsRising just delivered 50,000 signatures and plush storks to remind members of Congress that all families need access to paid leave. The petition can be signed here .) Ten years ago when a coalition of legislators, labor leaders and family advocates promoted and successfully passed a...

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Elisa Batista

Environmental Health

07/16/12

This post originally appeared on Sightline Daily . My daughter will turn three this year, and we just enrolled her in preschool! With all our childcare at home to date, we've been lucky to avoid lots of extra running around with the kid. So, no sooner had we signed little Audrey up for preschool...

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Anna Fahey

07/16/12

Two months ago I was invited by Latinos In Social Media (LATISM) , easily the largest online network of Latinos, to go to D.C. and the White House as a top Latina blogger. I was incredibly honored to be recognized this way and reflected on my personal journey from stay-at-home mom with a blog to a...

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Elisa Batista

Childcare & Early Education

07/16/12

As the mother of a teen, I’ve approached that point in parenting where I’m compelled to spend much of the next several years concerned about the nature of my child’s relationships and when and whether they might involve sex. I know I’m hardly alone in this worry since, as a sex educator, I’ve spent...

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