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2014 Elections in India Set Bait for Women’s Vote

By Sakuntala Narasimhan ● Uncategorized ● September 9, 2013

A brand-new grain subsidy ration card that requires women be listed as head of the household is one boon. One beleaguered woman said the food security it brings her could be a means of escaping an abusive husband.

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I Yearn for Housing Without White Walls

By Behlor Santi ● Health & Science ● July 14, 2013

She has enough money to live, thanks to the government, says Behlor Santi in this excerpt from her upcoming memoir about living in New York with a diagnosis of mental illness. But what she really longs for is a home she can decorate and call her own.

Home Still Far Away for Immigrants With HIV

By Amy Lieberman ● Uncategorized ● May 23, 2013

Few female immigrants have enjoyed the benefit of the travel ban on people with HIV lifted three years ago Financial hardships, fear of stigma in their homelands and uncertainties about their U.S. legal status all block the way.

Mexican Indigenous Moms Pushed, Pulled by Fertility

By Vania Smith-Oka ● Uncategorized ● May 11, 2013

Rural Mexican women feel the push from the government to limit births and the pull of requests for sex from spouses who reject condoms and vasectomies, writes Vania Smith-Oka in this excerpt from “Shaping the Motherhood of Indigenous Mexico.”

Cosmetics Saleswoman Faces Ugly Risk of Bankruptcy

By Maggie Freleng ● Uncategorized ● May 4, 2013

She likes lots of things about her job, but the erratic scheduling means she doesn’t know when she’ll see her daughter at the end of the day. And her income isn’t enough to stop the runaway interest on her student loans.

Sandberg’s Advice Fits My World, Here and There

By Angeli R. Rasbury ● Uncategorized ● April 29, 2013

Attorney Angeli R. Rasbury “leaned in” to graduate from law school, pass the bar (on her first attempt) and beat a fail-out statistic haunting African American peers. But some of the Facebook COO’s take-charge advice is strictly Silicon Valley.

Filipina Moms Find Family Exile in Overseas Work

By Iris Gonzoles ● Uncategorized ● April 17, 2013

Philippine female workers number over a million. Each one has a unique story but taken together they form a fabric of survival, desperation and hope. For those with children, the struggle with estrangement can be intense.

Equal Pay Isn’t Enough; Let’s Also Make It Fair

By Melissa Josephs ● Uncategorized ● April 8, 2013

On April 9 we mark Equal Pay Day, a time for spurring the modernization of the Equal Pay Act. But let’s not stop there. Let’s also attack the problems of low-paid work and volatile scheduling that hold back millions of female workers.

Mayhem Rules for Filipina Mom in Shanty Baby Boom

By Iris Gonzoles ● Uncategorized ● March 9, 2013

Catholic opposition has kept a Philippines birth-control law passed in 2012 from reaching the women in shanties, where the birth rate is booming. Our reporter visits a woman who wanted three children and wound up with eight, aged 2 to 21.

Sonia Sotomayor’s Dollar-an-Hour Job Stops Boredom

By Sonia Sotomayor ● Uncategorized ● March 9, 2013

She was the first Latina appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this excerpt from her book, “My Beloved World,” Sonia Sotomayor recounts her first job and growing up in the housing projects in the Bronx.