Robin Hindery, Author at Women's eNews

After Big Wins, Fight for $15 Organizers Widen the Agenda

By Robin Hindery ● Employment ● April 20, 2016

The campaign is picking up energy from the high-voltage presidential primary process and organizers say they are starting to emphasize unionizing and such quality-of-life issues as housing and early childhood education.

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.

California Project Quietly Battles Maternity Risks

By Robin Hindery ● Health & Science ● November 30, 2015

As California bucks the U.S. trend in worsening maternal health, a project focused on two major risks–obstetric hemorrhage and preeclampsia–is gaining notice. Next year it will start targeting unnecessary C-sections among first-time mothers.

National Initiative Tackles Rising U.S. Maternal Deaths

By Robin Hindery ● Health & Science ● January 4, 2015

It starts with a focus on such preventable killers as obstetric hemorrhage, preeclampsia and blood clot embolisms. “The goal is that every hospital in the country should implement maternity safety bundles; a standard set of best practices,” says a doctor leading the effort.

San Francisco Aims To Close Pay Gap

By Robin Hindery ● Employment ● December 8, 2014

Supervisor David Campos introduced the legislation in the hope it will have national influence on income inequality policy. A source of San Francisco’s divide between “haves and have-nots,” he says, is the gap in how men and women are being paid.

Ecuador Women’s Prison Called Hell on Earth

By Robin Hindery ● Crime & Law ● July 1, 2005

After a year in a prison under Ecuador’s indefinite pretrial detention system, one woman managed to return to the United States to tell the tale of what she saw and experienced. A college activist is doing what she can to improve those conditions.

Seven Who Tap Power to Provoke Change

By Robin Hindery ● Uncategorized ● January 4, 2005

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Jane Randel, Vicki Ruiz and Virginia Sï¿½nchez Korrol, Sharon Sopher, Rev. Carlton Veazey, Meredith Wagner, Olivia Wang.

Seven Who Harness the Energy of Women

By Robin Hindery ● Uncategorized ● January 3, 2005

Emilienne de Leon, Wangari Maathai, Helen Miller, Miriam Nelson, Lynn Paltrow, Lydia Pilcher, Dr. Mary Lake Polan.

Seven Who Transform What Is to What Could Be

By Robin Hindery ● Uncategorized ● January 2, 2005

Estefania “Stephanie” Alves, Loreen Arbus, Charon Asetoyer, Sallie Gratch, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, Anne Hale Johnson, Barbara Lee.

Women’s eNews Announces 21 Leaders 2005

By Robin Hindery ● Uncategorized ● January 2, 2005

Women’s eNews’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2005 is an awe-inspiring, reader-nominated list of fantastic, fabulous and farsighted leaders making news by changing women’s lives.

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