| Mommy Wars: An Attempt to Disenfranchise Women 26 April 2012 Putting aside the fact that, for millions of women, being a stay-at-home mom isn't even a viable choice, the brouhaha over Hilary Rosen's ill-chosen remarks about Ann Romney has only served to distra ...
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| Facing Tough Financial Choices, Health Insurance Is Often Sacrificed [Huffington Post]02 April 2012 Ingrid, a 47-year-old resident of Southwest Seattle, earns about $24,000 a year as a self-employed landscaper. When Ingrid first signed up for Basic Health, a Washington state-sponsored program provi ...
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| Fighting the War on Women This Women's History Month [The Huffington Post]08 March 2012 [This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post] "I do have concerns about women in front-line combat," presidential candidate Rick Santorum recently said. Substitute the word "woman" for ...
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| Komen For The Cure: Breasts, With a Side of Politics 10 February 2012 This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post. The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure backlash may have been the "Tahrir Square moment" for American women, as former Planned Parenth ...
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| Help Working Women on Mother's Day [Politico]08 May 2011 By Anika Rahman Originally published in Politico. May 8, 2011 07:17 AM EDT For millions of struggling moms, there is little to celebrate this Mother’s Day. Though the re ...
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| Budget Cuts Spell Crisis for Women with HIV [RH Reality Check]14 March 2011 By Ellen Liu, Ms. Foundation program officer, Women's Health Rallies for workers' rights in Wisconsin and other states have raised critical awareness about the potential implications -- and targets ...
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| International Women’s Day: Miles to Walk, in the US and Across the Seas [Common Dreams]08 March 2011 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day – a day for the celebration of women worldwide. In 25 nations (including China, Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zambia), ...
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| Collateral Damage: Poor Women Pay the Price in the Right’s War on Women’s Health [RH Reality Check]23 February 2011 On Friday, February 18, the US House of Representatives dealt a crushing blow to the health and well-being of millions of women across America: in a 240-185 vote, the House approved H.R. 1 -- also kn ...
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| Abortion Rights: When Dollars Can Mean the Difference Between Life and Death [Alternet]24 January 2011 By Ellen Liu, Ms. Foundation program officer, Women's Health What happens when poor women are denied access to safe abortions? Just ask folks in Pennsylvania, who are now dealing with the fallout f ...
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| Gender Pay Gap Takes on Added Significance in Tough Economic Times [The Hill Blog]28 October 2010 By Sara K. Gould and Susan Wefald While the gender wage gap has been a fact of life in America for decades, the issue rarely rises to the forefront in public policy debates – much less elect ...
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