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06/21/13

I was reminded of the very many reasons I do this work at the 25th anniversary party of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research a few weeks ago – part briefing, part swanky catered wonk-fest, it was the best of both worlds. It’s easy to see that we need data on women and every aspect of their...

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Valerie Young

Food!

06/20/13

Hunger does not discriminate. Take, for instance, Lorraine. A mother of two young girls ages 4 and 7, Lorraine had fallen on some hard times when the company that employed her folded. She couldn’t find a job and couldn't pay her bills. She was able to feed her daughters thanks to SNAP, the...

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Migdalia Rivera

06/20/13

Photo credit: National Association of School Nurses The nation has spoken. Americans believe obesity is a serious problem, particularly in children and teens. According to a recent telephone survey, conducted in English and Spanish, by Field Research and Kaiser Permanente, 90 percent of Americans...

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Migdalia Rivera

06/20/13

Check out some amazing ways in which SNAP is providing critical support to kids and families. Then join us in telling Congress to SUPPORT SNAP! Some big debates are under way on Capitol Hill this week... Please add your voice today! http://moms.ly/SupportSNAP 5. SNAP's responsiveness to...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

06/20/13

It turns out that the small things in life can make the biggest difference. For instance, with a quick share on your Facebook page, you might be the person responsible for getting your high-school friend the healthcare coverage that they desperately need for their family. This October 1, America's...

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Felicia Burnett

Environmental Health

06/19/13

Happy Pollinator Week! We're celebrating here at PAN by calling attention to the plight of honey bees, and what can be done about it. What plight is that, you ask? Bees are actually in serious trouble, and our food and farming systems rely heavily on these vital pollinators. One in three bites of...

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Kristin Schafer

Gun Safety

06/19/13

Apologies to heifers everywhere, but cows, well, they smell bad. So did the April 17th U.S. Senate vote that failed to advance common sense gun policy reform. Clearly some Senators were more concerned about special interests than they were about the fact that more than 90% of the American people...

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Gloria Pan

Open Flexible Work

06/18/13

Co-written with Katherine Ullman. "My small contribution to feminism is leaving the office at 5:15 PM three times a week to pick up my daughter...and not hiding it." You might expect that these are the words of a working mother who, after too little sleep and too many people wondering "how she does...

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Joan C. Williams

06/18/13

A Better Balance (ABB) and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new report today, It Shouldn’t Be a Heavy Lift: Fair Treatment for Pregnant Workers , that outlines the factual and legal landscape of pregnancy discrimination in America and the shocking continued failure of some...

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A Better Balance

Open Flexible Work

06/18/13

By Cortelyou Kenney , National Women's Law Center Cross-posted from NWLC's blog Thirty-five years ago the Pregnancy Discrimination Act outlawed discrimination against pregnant workers. But still today, pregnant women across the country are being fired from their jobs, forced onto unpaid leave, or...

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