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The Mental and Economic Benefit of Open, Flexible Work for Moms

April 1, 2009
Open Flexible work gives parents the ability to decide how, when and where they work, regardless of their level in an organization. Examples of Open Flexible work are: flexible scheduling; telecommuting/virtual work; job sharing; career customization; taking babies to work; part-time work options and quality on-ramps for parents who take time away from work.
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Janet Hutton

Help PA Build a Consumer Workforce Council

April 1, 2009
I’m Hannah Sassaman – an organizer and a MomsRising member who lives with a joyful extended family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I spent most of my childhood outside of Springfield, Massachusetts, though, where my family had to work every day with my mom’s serious illnesses.
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Hannah Sassaman

Improved Transparency Arriving in Grocery Stores Today

March 29, 2009
My daughter Minju has a peanut allergy. So, my wife and I are used to reading labels to avoid products with peanuts.
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Dara ORourke

No News is NOT Good News

March 27, 2009
Click here to read the whole post from Your (Wo)man in Washington®.
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Valerie Young
Paid Family Leave

New High Rates of Cesarean Section and Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM)

March 27, 2009
Why does the reality of everyday, routine care for birthing women diverge so radically from best-evidence practice?
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Jackie Levine

1 in 5 U.S. Workers Uninsured

March 26, 2009
Cross-posted at MotherTalkers. Just to show you it isn't only the unemployed who lack health insurance, one in five U.S. workers are uninsured , according to a study covered by the Associated Press.
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Elisa Batista

Happy Birthday, Gloria!

March 26, 2009
Gloria Steinem reaches the commanding age of 75 this month. The following extracts from a speech she made in May 2007, show the conceptual link between feminism and the mothers' movement. Click here to continue reading this post from Your (Wo)man in Washington®. Happy Birthday, Gloria. The work continues.
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Valerie Young

Women and Work: Why Employers Work-Life Policies Can and Should Survive the Recession

March 26, 2009
It’s no surprise to the vast majority of us who have both a job and family responsibilities that something’s not working at work. The American workplace is perfectly suited for the American workforce…of the 1950s. Even today, when 46% of the U.S. workforce is made up of women and 81% of women have children by age 44, most good jobs in the U.S.
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Joan C. Williams
Health Care

On High Rates of Cesarean Section and Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM)

March 26, 2009
Why does the reality of everyday, routine care for birthing women diverge so radically from best-evidence practice? It’s probably the money. The routine use of continuous fetal monitoring is a fine example, because continuous monitoring for every woman all the time is not best-evidence care, but...
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Jackie Levine

Stop the Flood of Uninsured Americans!

March 25, 2009
Some powerful members of Congress are threatening to torpedo President Obama's efforts to fix our healthcare system by saying that we can't afford healthcare reform right now. It reminds me of the time I decided to save on plumbing bills by ignoring the leak in my ceiling.
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Donna Norton

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