From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): We already know that violence against women—including rape, domestic violence, harassment and stalking—can have profound physical, psychological and emotional effects on survivors. A consequence of sexual assault that is less discussed is the economic … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/08/11/rethinking-workforce-training-low-income-moms/#.WY3UCFWGMdU By Carol Burnett August 11, 2017 Editor’s note: This post was written by Carol Burnett, the founder and executive director of the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative, a nonprofit that has been a champion for affordable child care … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): BACKGROUND: A lot of lip service has been paid—both good ideas and not so good ideas—recently in terms of the childcare crisis many families find themselves in. Childcare played a major role in the 2016 election … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): BACKGROUND: Monday, July 31st was the day that the average earnings of Black women in the United States FINALLY caught up to the average earnings of what White men earned in 2016. Your voice is needed now … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a major change in who is eligible to receive overtime pay. Thanks to your hard work, DOL raised the overtime salary threshold from $23,660 to … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): In less than 60 days, the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program will expire if Congress doesn’t act to extend this vital program. MIECHV provides funding for states to develop and … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Black women’s equal pay day highlights gender and racial wage gaps July 31st is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which marks how long into 2017 an African American woman would have to work in … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Airplane bathrooms. Parked cars. Utility closets. In a cubicle with absolutely no privacy. These are just some of the places that breastfeeding moms have had to pump breastmilk because they didn’t have access to anything better. … Continued
From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (http://www.usccb.org/): Background H.R. 2200, The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, would reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000. The TVPA, the original foundational anti-trafficking legislation … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Senator Orrin Hatch (UT-R) said he wants to hear from us on taxes. Let’s use our outside voice! Tell U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch and the U.S. Congress that we need wealthy corporations and millionaires and billionaires … Continued