Paid Family Leave

Paid Family Leave Health Care Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

February 3, 2014

I took advantage of California Paid Family Leave after my baby was born. During that 12 weeks, I bonded with my baby by breastfeeding him as often and as long as possible; I also built a very good milk supply. By the time I went back to work when my little one turned 3 months old, I had two gallon...

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To-wen Tseng

Paid Family Leave Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy Family Economic Security Gun Safety

January 30, 2014

“I can remember only a few years back when the MomsRising State of the Union BINGO card was nearly empty. Keep up the incredible work!” --Wendy, MomsRising member Two words you never thought you'd see together: Historic. BINGO. Tuesday night’s State of the Union address and MomsRising's related...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Family Leave Health Care Food!

January 22, 2014

I’m a working mother of two small children, and I’ve breastfed them both. In fact, I’m currently somewhere in the middle of breastfeeding my second child, who has cut some teeth recently and knows how to use them, so we’ll see how much longer this continues. And it’s been interesting, being alive...

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Jessica Shortall

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work

January 15, 2014

In documenting how she was stalked and threatened online , Amanda Hess, a feminist journalist, shines an unflinching spotlight on the ugly misogyny that too often pervades online forums, making women feel unwelcome or even unsafe just for speaking our minds. It is for similar reasons that (much as...

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Roger Baldwin

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security Health Care

January 3, 2014

Massachusetts hospitals banned formula company discharge bags Last year, we saw important advancements in creating the cultural shift needed for families to establish and maintain breastfeeding. In 2013, there was greater visibility of the “Break Time for Nursing Mothers” law and a spotlight on...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days Families & The Federal Budget

December 31, 2013

There are only a few days left to 2013, and we wanted to celebrate all the individuals and organizations that have contributed to the MomsRising blog this past year. Here are a few of the most read posts on the blog this past year–we hope that you take some time to read these stories and add your...

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Connie K. Ho

Breastfeeding Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 27, 2013

When I married my best friend, Noah, we were young, healthy, and so excited to start a family together. We expected our family building journey to be simple. But, we struggled with infertility. Three years later, our miracle babies found us. We were ecstatic to have twin boys on the way. We named...

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Jennifer Canvasser

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

December 22, 2013

This post originally appeared on my blog, LadydeeLG . I am appalled at the criticism that Michelle Obama has received lately: Talk of the First Lady “leaning out” and being a “Real-Feminist Nightmare.” Why? Because Mrs. Obama isn’t acting on “policy” as much as certain feminists want her to?...

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Diana Limongi

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work MomsVote Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy Families & The Federal Budget

December 20, 2013

Two nights ago, I hosted a gathering for my new ebook, Lean On and Lead, Mothering and Work in the 21st Century Economy . The event was an opportunity to experience the interactive nature of my project as well as to meet Hawaii's Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, a candidate for US Senate , who is...

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Shay Chan Hodges

Paid Sick Days Paid Family Leave

December 12, 2013

We need paid leave and we need it now. Today we’re taking one giant step closer to that goal. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are introducing the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (the FAMILY Act), a bill to provide up to 12 weeks of partial wage replacement to...

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