Ann Romney: Contraception IS About the Economy
The GOP candidate’s wife seems to think that contraception isn’t an economic issue. That’s because she doesn’t have to worry about how another child could make it harder to pay her bills.
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Time’s Rosin Ignores Data, Conjures Monster Women
Warnings about women wielding their career clout against men at work and home are reactionary nonsense. They ignore research on dual-earner couples doing just fine, female supervisors promoting men, women’s wage stagnation, and more.
Homeless Woman in NYC Strains to Pay Her Own Way
Women and children are driving up a homeless population that can’t afford to pay New York City’s high rents. One woman’s effort to leave a city shelter after almost three years shows the financial tightrope she must walk.
Libyan Congress 17% Female; Profits Up, Wages Down
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Between School and Home; Teacher Is Always on Duty
Many grade school teachers enter the occupation believing it fits well with raising their own children. For one woman, who didn’t bank on being a single parent, the salary–particularly in West Virginia–isn’t enough. Grandparents are needed.
Here’s How to Help Women in Green Economy
Create a global fund at the International Finance Corporation for female-run enterprises in renewable energy and expand the Global Banking Alliance for Women. Those were two “green economy” recommendations out of Rio +20 on Monday.
Haitian Women’s Employment Stuck in Aftershock
Women in Haiti report they have yet to recover economically in the two years after the earthquake. Memories of the disaster are still fresh, and the losses have left their incomes significantly smaller.
She Works Hard for the Money: Spotlight on Women’s Working Lives
As I write this, I am humming the late Donna Summer’s hit “She Works Hard for the Money” and remembering the scenes from the video, featuring a middle-age single mother, an everywoman, scrubbing floors, waiting tables, running a machine in a garment factory, feeding her preteen kids and falling into bed exhausted.
‘Part Time’ Cleaner Survives by Constant Work
Rosalina Miranda works at all hours of the day as a cleaner of warehouses and offices in New Jersey. After 15 years she’s unhappy about never getting a raise. Her best hope could be lawmakers now debating a proposed hike in the state’s minimum wage.
Atlantic Runs Screed Against Working Families
Do working parents need to be pitted against non-parental coworkers? Should they be configured into boy vs. girl teams? That’s the pernicious effect of this false diatribe against child care and family leave.
