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Posted October 25th, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org “When we are mothers we have access to important insight, wisdom and compassion. For that reason ,we must insert ourselves into these broader conversations. And we must do so fearlessly.” I recently discovered a motherhood blogger who styles herself “The Ultimate Outcast”. Like me and [...]
Posted October 22nd, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Women are certainly taking it on the chin as funding cuts fall thick and fast. Topeka, Kansas has decided the city can no longer afford to prosecute perpetrators of domestic violence. Legislators are proposing reductions in funding for home visits to new mothers and their [...]
Posted October 2nd, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org I got a letter from a reader who was up in the middle of the night stewing over praise heaped on men when they are seen to be caring for their children. Her frustration practically leaps off the screen as she insists mothers don’t get [...]
Posted September 18th, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The weather changed literally overnight. Yesterday it was shorts and sunglasses. Today it’s socks and sweaters, and some serious statistics about what mothers are facing as they try to raise their kids and take care of their families. The latest poverty numbers from the US [...]
Posted June 1st, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Does it make a difference whether it is the husband or the wife who is unemployed? Most definitely, says Heather Boushey, feminist economist extraordinaire here in Washington DC. It affects how much money comes into the home, and suggests that action is needed to close [...]
Posted May 30th, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Do you understand how come it got so bad for so many households these days? I’ve been looking at “The American Middle Class Under Stress” report by Sherle R. Schewenninger and Samuel Sherraden of the New America Foundation. It probably won’t make you feel any [...]
Posted May 16th, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Lara Hinz, my friend, colleague and Director of Programs at the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) has penned this guest post. She raises a very important point – while we have our hands full taking care of others, our own future well-being is [...]
Posted May 10th, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org For the 12th year in a row, international non-profit Save the Children ranks the well-being of mothers and children in over 160 countries around the world. With Mother’s Day in the U.S. fresh on our minds, this timely report reveals what women need to raise [...]
Posted May 7th, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org As we limp along in what passes for an economic “recovery”, the numbers show that the barely discernible uptick in employment is benefiting only half the workforce. Men’s employment has begun to increase in recent months, but women have continued to lose hundreds of thousands [...]
Posted April 24th, 2011 by Valerie Young
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Unlike the rest of the world, the U.S. does not guarantee mothers and fathers paid time off from work when a baby is born or a child is adopted. This comes as a total shock and surprise to many. Some people, especially professionals and those [...]
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