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

Taxes ARE a Woman's Issue: Reframing the Debate
Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:43pm
Women in Fund Management: A Road Map for Achieving Critical Mass — and Why it Matters
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:19am
WOMEN GO GLOBAL CD-ROM
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:31am
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

Member Organizations

Resources

Blog Posts

The Food Assistance Program: A Critical Safety Net for America’s Poor
S Venkateswar
A recent New York Times editorial states that under the Obama administration the homeless population has remained steady. The American Recovery and...
Investing in Child Care Pays Large Dividends in Economic Growth
vivhdem
By Shyama Venkateswar, Ph.D.*I joined a distinguished panel of researchers, advocates, and experts at the Yale Club on Thursday, January 19th when I...
We Need a Robust Jobs Bill Now
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Latest Poverty Statistics Alarm Experts -- Women Disproportionately Poor
vivhdem
By Linda Basch, PhD*
Teen Feminists Really Do Care About the Budget
Kyla Bender-Baird
By Talia WeisbergI had the amazing opportunity to participate in a NOW webinar moderated by Terry O’Neill, President of NOW, “The Budget...

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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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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 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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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, 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 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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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

  • If You Play Fair, They Should Pay Fair: Why the Women's Wage Gap Persists
    September 24, 2010

    RH Reality Check:  Women now make up almost 50% of hte labor force yet still make only 77 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts.  The Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) hopes to change all that.  The legislation has already passed the...
  • 'Women, take control of your financial destiny before it's too late'
    September 17, 2010

    Telegraph: Women in the UK are falling behind men in both retirement and investments.  While women can be less risky investors and tend to patiently wait out market ups and downs, which leads to profit, the traditional financial business models...
  • How Retirement Planning Shortchanges Women
    September 12, 2010

    Wall Street Journal:  A new survey by financial-services company MassMutual found that women's retirement accounts were, on...
  • How Pakistan's Floods Have Made Women Too Visible
    September 5, 2010

    Time: The devastating floods in Pakistan have driven many families out of their homes, which has caused discomfort among the many men and women in rural areas, who practice purdah, the physical separation of women from men they are not related to....
  • Health Reform Reality Kicks In: Costs Still High
    September 2, 2010

    WeNews: As the new health reform laws begin to take effect, advocates are reaching out to uninsured women who may not be aware that they can qualify for one of the new insurance pools. However, for many low-income women, the insurance is still too...