Woman-on-Woman Competitiveness in Politics
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So the female is wily and shrewd; she is no demur wallflower.
Maternal Health
Closure of Bronx Maternity Ward Stirs Activist Ire
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Health authorities recently shut down a nationally recognized maternity center in the Bronx and shifted patients to another public hospital where two women recently died in labor. Critics say the move risks women’s safety.
Health
Healthy-Eating Teachers Target Cultural Taste Buds
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Diabetes and obesity are big problems for Hispanic women in New York, particularly those in low-income areas such as the South Bronx. Nutritionists say lessons in healthier eating and cooking begin with a cultural understanding of food.
Work
New York City Workers Deserve Paid Sick Days
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One and a half million New Yorkers face a terrible dilemma when they or their child become ill. That’s because they have no paid sick days. Sherry Leiwant says we need a law to lift a burden that’s particularly hard on low-income single moms.
Commentary
Leaders Who Are Women of Color: Take a Deep Breath
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"There are days it is hard for me to get out of bed, the stress is literally killing me," Valery Jean says as she quickly mentions that she spent two weeks dealing with a near death experience. Jean and her almost exclusively women of color staff have been attending transformational organizing trainings with Social Justice […]
Arts & Culture
Umbrellas Shield N.Y.’s First Single-Sex Weddings
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Same-sex couples lined up outside the City Clerk’s Office in Manhattan last Sunday to take advantage of New York’s first day of legal marriage for same-sex couples. A few counter protesters were overpowered by the mood of celebration.
Arts & Culture
Marriage Equality Spreads Pride in New York
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New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage set off euphoric celebrations this week. It also offers a chance to showcase the political backing of those in the 18-34 age bracket.
African American
High Death Rate of New York’s Black Moms Analyzed
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Why do African American women in New York City die during childbirth nearly eight times as often as the city’s new white mothers?
How could this be in a city with public hospitals available to all?
The story Women’s eNews published in April 2010 that reported this health disparity stunned the team that has been working for more than 2 years to cover the maternal and infant health of African Americans for more than two years.
Arts & Culture
Women’s Labor History Cherished; Trashed
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(WOMENSENEWS)–Church bells rang Friday in New York as the city’s notorious Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers, most of them female immigrants, turned 100.
News agencies, schools and organizations throughout the city have run commemorations throughout the month and on March 27 Women’s eNews is honoring the event with a screening of a new PBS documentary about the fire.
Work
Shirtwaist Fire Leaves Work Hazards Smoldering
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A notorious fire that killed New York City female garment workers 100 years ago is good reason to remember another group of predominantly female workers–nurses–who would benefit from New York lawmakers’ passage of a safety bill this spring.