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Living wages for mothers and equal pay for equal work.

The wage gap between mothers and non-mothers is greater than between women and men — and it’s actually getting bigger. Non-mothers earn 10 percent less than their male counterparts; mothers earn 27 percent less; and single mothers earn between 34 percent and 44 percent less. The wage gap is a direct reflection of bias against working mothers. This bias, in part, is because we don’t have family friendly policies to support the needs of working mothers and families like flexible work options, paid family leave, and accessible childcare. More »

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Private Cost, Public Gain

Posted January 26, 2010 by Valerie Young

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog 
MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org
The U.S. spends very little public money on children, and a great deal of public money on older people.  The reason for this has to do with our cultural attitudes towards privacy and the belief that raising children happens almost exclusively within the family.  While that was [...]

Wake Up! This Is the Reality of Work/Life for American Families

Posted January 21, 2010 by Gloria Pan

We work long hours. We work multiple jobs. We can barely afford healthcare, or we’re doing without. We’re stitching together childcare, or we’re sending our kids to school with H1N1.
We exert ourselves to be good spouses, sons and daughters, parents, members of our community, friends – in snatched moments from being good but insecure employees.
And [...]

Today’s Mothers are Tomorrow’s Older Women

Posted January 19, 2010 by Valerie Young

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog 
MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org
Today we are mothers;  tomorrow we will be older women.  It’s inevitable.  My colleague, Ashley Carson, fights the good fight against economic discrimination against mothers and other caregivers at the Older Women’s League.  Her essay on congressional shenanigans with a “fast track commission”, bringing their ax down [...]

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