Economic Policy Archives – Women's eNews

Momentous Year Ahead for Paid Leave, Fueled by 2015

By Robin Hindery ● Employment ● January 12, 2016

In his State of the Union address a year ago, Obama called for action on paid leave. Advocates say that after a game-changing 2015 a rising tide of initiatives is spilling into election-year politics.

Latest in Economic Policy

Older Lesbians Reunite, Focused Now on Ageism

By Amy Lieberman ● Arts & Culture ● January 4, 2014

In the 1970s they tackled issues such as workplace discrimination and losing custody of their children in the courts. Today, as same-sex marriage sweeps the country, this group is focused on the unique isolation and discrimination of older lesbians.

Melissa Harris-Perry Reflects on Female Presidents

By Marianne Schnall ● Uncategorized ● November 16, 2013

The author, TV host and political commentator links “coverture” laws that gave a woman’s legal rights to her husband to why we haven’t had a female president. An excerpt from an interview with Marianne Schnall from the book “What Will It Take to Make a Woman President?”

Women’s Groups Amplify #GetCovered Message

By Reshmi Kaur Oberoi ● Uncategorized ● October 3, 2013

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was among those cheering women on to Obamacare enrollment. “Being a woman is no longer a preexisting condition,” the New York Democrat said in one tweet.

Femen’s Islam-Bashing Disregards Muslim Feminism

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● April 10, 2013

The April 4 agitations of the breast-baring iconoclasts serve few Muslim feminists. Many of us are pro-women and pro-Islam and we insist on that fusion.

Campaign Finance is a Women’s Democracy Issue

By Leo Hindery Jr. ● Uncategorized ● December 7, 2012

Which corporations are financing whose campaigns? What are their political surrogates saying about Planned Parenthood and rape? Should we boycott? After 2012 these are big civil rights questions for women to consider.

Women’s Studies Should Include High-Tech Mastery

By Sharon Collingwood ● Arts & Culture ● June 9, 2012

Integrating media technology in the classroom can help boost women’s participation in Internet culture, says Sharon Collingwood in the book of essays “Feminist Cyberspaces: Pedagogies in Transition.” In this excerpt she spotlights female bloggers.

Bride Spurns Veil, Redefines Nuptials

By Holly Hughes ● Arts & Culture ● April 7, 2012

In the anthology, “Here Come the Brides! Reflections on Lesbian Love And Marriage,” co-editors Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort offer an array of intimate insights. In this excerpt, performer Holly Hughes finds it’s easier to get married on Facebook.

It Takes Women to End Global Poverty

By Cassandra Q. Butts ● Crime & Law ● March 8, 2012

Women produce half of the world’s food, earn 10 percent of the world’s income and own less than 1 percent of the world’s property. The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation says its anti-poverty efforts aim to change these statistics.

Europe: Beware Banks Bearing Micro-Loans for Poor

By Susan Feiner ● Employment ● November 10, 2011

A few weeks back Susan Feiner spoke at a conference in Valladolid, Spain, to counter this week’s micro-credit summit there. Austerity programs like those proposed for Europe, she says, are women’s real nemesis, not the lack of tiny, high-priced loans.