Economic Development & Security

Women in the United States frequently lack basic services that are taken for granted in many other parts of the world. To be able to live in economic security, they require educational opportunities; paid sick leave; affordable, quality child care and elder care; as well as portable health care and adequate retirement benefits to protect them throughout their lives. While programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Food Stamps are available, they do not go far enough. More robust safety nets are needed to lift and keep women and their families out of poverty.

NCRW Resources

Reports & Publications

WOMEN GO GLOBAL CD-ROM
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:31am
Taxes ARE a Woman's Issue: Reframing the Debate
Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:43pm
NCRW Economic Recovery and Stimulus Project
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 3:23pm
State Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Appendix C: Safety Net
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 4:04pm
ARRA: Extending the Unemployment Insurance Safety Net to Victims of Domestic Violence
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 12:37pm

Member Organizations

Resources

Blog Posts

FAST FACT: How the Safety Net is Failing Americans
Kyla Bender-Baird
January 12, 2010 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
Health Scare Underlines Need to Repair Safety Nets
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May 1, 2009 posted by Shyama Venkateswar The recent health alert on swine flu has serious implications for those surviving at the margins of society...
The Impact of the Global Recession
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April 17, 2009 posted by Shyama Venkateswar The Gender Policy Group at Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs...
Keeping Women on the Economic Agenda
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Last night I attended a dynamic panel hosted by Legal Momentum on Women’s Economic Equality: The Next Frontier in Women’s Rights....
Keeping Women on the Economic Agenda
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April 3, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird Last night I attended a dynamic panel hosted by Legal Momentum on Women’s Economic Equality:...

Member Experts

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Deborah A. Freund
Professor Deborah A. Freund is the 15th President of Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and is an internationally known health economist and...
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Lynda Sagrestano
Lynda M. Sagrestano, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Research on Women at the University of Memphis.  She earned a Ph.D. in social psychology...
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Leslie Wolfe
Dr. Leslie R. Wolfe is President of the Center for Women Policy Studies, the Nation’s first feminist policy institute, founded in 1972. The...
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Rinku Sen
Rinku Sen is the President and Executive Director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Publisher of ColorLines magazine.A leading figure in the...
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Mary Gatta
Dr. Mary Gatta is currently a Senior Scholar, at Wider Opportunities for Women. Prior to that she served as a Director, Gender and Workforce Policy...
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Radhika Balakrishnan
Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, has a Ph.D. in...
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Mimi Abramovitz
Mimi Abramovitz is the CHAIR of Social Welfare Policy at Hunter College School of Social Work, and serves as the Bertha Capen Reynolds...
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Kyla Bender-Baird, Research and Programs Manager, is providing the Council with a wide range of research and communications support. She received a...
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Lesley E. Orloff
Leslye E. Orloff is vice president and director of Legal Momentum's Immigrant Women Program. She joined Legal Momentum's Washington, D.C. office in...

News

  • Report: The Sustainable Demographic Dividend
    October 12, 2011

    The Sustainable Demographic Dividend contends that the long-term fortunes of the modern economy rise and fall with the family. The report focuses on the key roles marriage and fertility play in sustaining long-term economic growth, the...
  • Report: The Road to Good Jobs: Making Training Work
    October 5, 2011
    The Transportation Equity Network's report, The Road to Good Jobs: Making Training Work, presents the first-ever compilation of data from all 50 states on their use of on-the-job-training and apprenticeship...
  • The President’s Plan Includes Important Provisions for Women and their Families, says NWLC
    September 23, 2011

    For women, the recovery hasn’t just been slow – it’s been nonexistent. Women have actually lost jobs, and their unemployment rate has increased since the recession officially ended in June 2009. Policymakers’ decisions to...
  • Census: U.S. poverty rate swells to nearly 1 in 6 (Updated)
    September 23, 2011

    ”Women’s financial insecurity, as shown by the Census numbers, has many implications, including fewer assets over the lifespan, greater numbers of female elders in poverty, children who are getting a poorer start in life, stress-induced...
  • Exclusive: Listening to Women—Obama’s Jobs Proposal
    September 23, 2011

    Ellen Bravo highlights Obama’s Jobs Proposal. She notes that men have gone back to work at three times the rate of women since the official end of the recession. She also highlights women’s heightened vulnerability to changes in Social...