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The Wage Gap: Back to the Future for International Women's Day

March 9, 2012
In 2010, dear friends of mine gave birth to a baby girl. I saw the first pictures of her, not even an hour old, while I was writing a blog post about another important event, the first anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act. She looked so serious in some of those pictures, as if she was determined...
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International Women's Day and the Status of Young Women in the U.S.

March 9, 2012
International Women’s Day offers a great opportunity to take a look at the status of the rising generation of young women here at home. Next week, Young Invincibles is set to kick off the Campaign for Young America with a bus tour, visiting 18 states to talk to young people about barriers to...
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Katy Fairl

Still Fighting for Justice on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2012
More than a century ago, thousands of women walked out of garment shops – then one of the largest occupations for women – to march for better pay and working conditions. Their bravery inspired the annual celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8. Today garments are more likely to be sewn...
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Ellen Bravo

On International Women’s Day, Remembering Domestic Violence Is a Stumbling Block to Women’s Equality

March 8, 2012
By Anne Morrison, ACLU Women's Rights Project Today is International Women's Day, a day to celebrate the advancements women have made while reflecting upon the barriers we still face. Around the world, women have made great steps towards equality, yet the injustice of violence against women has...
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On International Women’s Day, Center for American Progress Highlights Roles of Immigrant Women

March 8, 2012
It’s International Women’s Day and one of the most amazing women I know, Angela M. Kelley , is reminding us about the special contributions, insights, and strength of immigrant women. Angie is the Vice President for Immigration Policy and Advocacy at the Center for American Progress (CAP). She and...
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How I Became An Employer That Prevents the Workplace Discrimination I Faced

March 8, 2012
When I was pregnant with my first child my husband and I were a dual career couple. Two weeks into motherhood, my boss called me at home. The company had eliminated 30% of its local jobs and I had been laid off. “But I’m on maternity leave,” I stammered in protest, trying to understand how this was...
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Angela Sasseville
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Happy International Women’s Day! A Blog Carnival Calling All Women to Send a Message of Strength

March 8, 2012
Happy International Women’s Day, and welcome to the first #callingallwomen blog carnival. This March – Women’s History Month – 25 women’s funds from across the U.S. are uniting to promote solutions to the critical issues that women face. Against the backdrop of an intensified war on women, the “...
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Anika Rahman

Women Voters and Voter ID

March 8, 2012
This week marks the 47th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a seminal event in voting rights history. The televised images of protesters being brutally assaulted on the Edmund Pettus Bridge sparked a national outcry and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . Fast forward to today,...
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Faye Anderson
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The Value Of A Woman

March 8, 2012
In theory, a year of human life is priceless, or so says Kathleen Kingsbury in her Time/Health Article ‘ The Value Of A Human Life .' In reality, she goes on to write, it's worth $50,000. That's the international standard most private and government-run health insurance plans worldwide use to...
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Joy Rose

State-Sanctioned Shaming and the Battle for Reproductive Rights

March 8, 2012
For almost all American women, reproductive rights are not mere fodder for political debate. Rather, they encompass highly personal decisions. Do I want to get pregnant? Do I want to remain pregnant? They are unavoidable choices made by heterosexually active women—including Catholic women , who use...
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