From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “Exhausted from labor, I had no idea what to even say or ask. I never ended up receiving an overview of the process, nor any information on what I should expect or do post-partum. I was … Continued
From Unidos US (https://www.unidosus.org/): Recently, we celebrated Women’s Equality Day at UnidosUS. While we have made many strides in the struggle to achieve gender equality, we are still faced with challenges including closing the gender pay gap, access to reproductive … Continued
Posted at https://spotlightonpoverty.org/spotlight-exclusives/unite-financial-and-social-services-to-give-women-a-way-out-of-poverty/ Adeline Azrack, Fondation CHANEL and Elena Chavez Quezada, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, posted on August 15, 2018 Mothers are now the sole or primary breadwinners in two out of every five U.S. families, and one out of four … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): August 7 marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, a day that symbolizes how long into 2018 an African American woman would have to work in order to be paid the same wages her white … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s happening. Again! And it’s not good. I’m talking about Black Women’s Equal Pay Day – August 7th. This is the day that lifts up the outrageous fact that Black women in the United States earn … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “After 40 hours of labor and 6 hours pushing, [my daughter] was in fetal distress and I had to have an emergency c-section. If we hadn’t had access to a good doctor, and appropriate care, we … Continued
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/15/1764510/-Black-and-Latinx-people-face-the-greatest-barriers-to-re-entry-after-prison-women-fare-worst Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter Poza Former Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility as part of a re-entry event highlighting educational programs promoting rehabilitation on July 28, … Continued
Please show your support of SB 919—Domestic Violence in Public Housing. You can use one of the two graphics below to share messages of support with your PA Representative. One would permit you to enter your message and take a … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): WLP Managing Attorney Terry L. Fromson shared our recommendations for reforming laws regarding sexual harassment in the workplace in Pennsylvania while testifying at the Pennsylvania House Committee on Labor and Industry public hearing on harassment … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): The number of women in prison is nearly eight times higher than in 1980. In addition to the 213,722 women incarcerated in jails and prisons, one million women are under community supervision, according to a … Continued