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Food Safety Action- Rylee's Mom Speaks Up

November 2, 2009
A few years ago m y life was much like the lives of many other mothers across the United States . M ost of my waking hours were consumed with my job and taking care of my family. There were times when my daughter Rylee, now 12 years old, would spend the evening i n a sleeping bag near my desk at...
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Kathleen Chrismer
Environmental Health

Of Teenagers and Whales

November 1, 2009
Children's health is connected to the well-being of our world.
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Alice Shabecoff
Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work

Paycheck Jobs, Paycheck Feminism

October 30, 2009
I’ve been on a one-woman campaign to resurrect the phrase, paycheck job , used by Betty Friedan in The Feminine Mystique forty years ago. Friedan was referring, of course, to jobs outside the home for which people receive money. She recognized that the unpaid job of caring for children and home was...
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Nanette Fondas
Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

Follow Valerie Jarrett's Lead this Halloween

October 30, 2009
Why is it so hard to tell our bosses we have to leave for family reasons? What if all the dads where we worked did it more often? Leaders like Valerie Jarrett show that being committed to your kids and your job are not mutually exclusive -- and employers win when they recognize that. Maria Shriver's report A Women's Nation offers fresh ideas for opening up more common-sense conversation - like adopting UK "right to request" rules that allow parents to get some control over their hours and still produce great results for their employers.
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Sharon Meers

Her Ovaries, His Cigarettes: Which Costs More in the Individual Health Insurance Market?

October 30, 2009
By Brigette Courtot , Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center For most of their lives, women are charged more than men for health plans in the individual insurance market. This is a consequence of “gender rating,” the common insurance industry practice of using gender to decide how much...
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Thao Nguyen
Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

What Should Companies Do to Retain New Moms?

October 30, 2009
I was at the Working Mother Work Life Congress this week, which showcases the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers and also provides workshops and discussions for people who work in the field unfortunately called “work life.” Companies were asking: What should we do to retain new moms, and to...
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Morra Aarons-Mele
Paid Family Leave

Win for Valuing Families Agenda!

October 28, 2009
President Obama today signed the Defense Reauthorization Act with a provision for expanded family leave for military families. This is an important victory for all families in the U.S. because it acknowledges the value of caregivers in the health of our nation. The new provision, introduced in the...
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Ellen Bravo
Environmental Health

Pretty Scary: New Report Finds Heavy Metals in Children's Face Paints

October 28, 2009
When it comes time to transform your child into a red-nosed clown or green-skinned witch this Halloween, what you don’t know could hurt you. The Campaign for Safer Cosmetics recently tested ten face paints commonly used for children’s Halloween costumes, and the results weren’t pretty. Ten out of...
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Claire Moshenberg
Health Care

Kids in Health Care Reform -- Beyond Fat Babies & Underweight Toddlers

October 28, 2009
So far, the news about kids in health reform has been dominated by a fat baby and an underweight toddler. Earlier this month, we learned about a healthy 4-month old boy, Alex Colorado , who was denied coverage by Rocky Mountain Health Plan for being “overweight.” A week later, we heard about a two-...
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Jocelyn Guyer

Changing the Conversation

October 27, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog contributed by MOTHERS Volunteer Rosanne Weston In an October 24th New York Times op-ed piece by Joanne Lipman , once the deputy managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, she bemoaned the stalling of women’s progress in the workplace. In the Arts and Leisure...
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Valerie Young

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