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Welfare Series: Child Support Cash Kept by States

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Politics ● August 22, 2004

Diverse groups agree that more state-collected child-support payments should go directly to families rather than refilling welfare coffers. Action on the popular reform, however, remains pinned under a large and stymied reauthorization bill.

Welfare Series: Child Care Promises Fall Through

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Employment ● August 13, 2004

When the federal welfare program was restructured in 1996, the government promised to provide child care to single parents required to take jobs outside the home. Often, however, that promise is not being kept and families pay the price.

Welfare Series: Law Drops Moms in Deeper Poverty

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Uncategorized ● August 6, 2004

In 1996, the federal program that provided cash aid to impoverished families–90 percent of whom were headed by single mothers–changed dramatically. This is the first of a five part series that takes a long, hard look at welfare as it functions now.

New Biblezine for Young Women Markets Beliefs

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Uncategorized ● July 11, 2004

Popular Christian magazines are notable exceptions to the mass marketing of women as sex objects. On the other hand, detractors don’t like how they handle issues such as rape. “Becoming,” which hits the newsstands this month, is a case in point.

Men Join Battle to End Violence Against Women

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Arts & Culture ● June 20, 2004

In recognition of Father’s Day, a contingent of notable men have signed a declaration opposing violence against women and girls. The declaration is one of many tools men are using to fight sexist attitudes that can lead to violence against females.

Curves Work Out May Reduce Women’s Options

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Uncategorized ● May 24, 2004

Women who work-out at the female-friendly fitness chain Curves are second-guessing their membership with the news that founder Gary Heavin uses his profits to fund anti-choice groups.

Debate Roars Over Anti-Trafficking Funds

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Crime & Law ● April 16, 2004

The U.S. government is striking out at the global sex slave trade with new vigor, focusing on prostitution as the cause for the practice. Some critics say, however, the new plan misses the point and actually is a disservice to women.

Scorecard on Bush Finds Rhetoric Gap

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Arts & Culture ● March 8, 2004

As women’s rights groups observe International Women’s Day today, a quarterly scorecard on the Bush administration’s international gender-linked polices gives low marks to the U.S. government in the areas of HIV/AIDS and Afghanistan.

Kenya School Shelters Girls from Forced Marriages

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Arts & Culture ● October 28, 2003

For many students, the African Inland Church Girls Primary School is just a regular boarding school. But for some Masai girls, it’s a refuge from family plans to marry them off despite Kenyan law.

Lower Male Income Causes Tightest Wage Gap

By Jennifer Friedlin ● Arts & Culture ● September 1, 2003

This Labor Day, women can look back on the second quarter of the year as boasting the narrowest wage gap in history. The statistic, however, was caused by lower male wages and is not expected to end the earnings-discrepancy debate.

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