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1. Economic Security 2. Education 3. Health 4. Immigration 5. Violence

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Reinvesting in Women and Families: Developing an Economy for the Future (Summit October 2010)

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AGENDA Annual Conference 2012 external rev March 30

AGENDA: NCRW Annual Conference 2012 - Agenda-Setting Nationally and Globally: Leveraging Women's...
INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC SECURITY SUMMIT POLICY BRIEFS

In keeping with a long-standing commitment to advancing women’s economic well-being, the...
NCRW Summit Social Supports and Safety Nets Policy Brief (2010)

Participants in the breakout session on social supports and safety nets focused their attention on...
NCRW Background Paper: Reinvesting in Women and Families

Based on available research, it is clear that while the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has...
NCRW Background Paper: Project on the Economic Recovery Act

In the midst of the current economic crisis—which is exacerbating previously existing...
NCRW Summary: Economic Recovery in the Cities

FEBRUARY 1, 2010 Representatives from New York City and surrounding cities gathered at Columbia...
NCRW Policy Brief: Economic Security

To overcome economic hardship, women need opportunities to learn new skills and earn fair wages in...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Women, Homeownership, and Sub-Prime Mortgages--A Need for Fair Lending Practices

Sub-prime mortgages threaten the economic security of women and their families. They also impede...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Women and Poverty

Lifting women and children out of poverty is key to women’s economic security and wellbeing.
NCRW Fact Sheet: Raising the Minimum Wage--Women and Working Families Benefit Most

Failure to adjust the minimum wage with rising inflation has kept women and working families in...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Affordable Child Care Needed as Women's Labor Force Participation Grows

Making childcare affordable is critical to working families and key to women’s economic well-...
NCRW Fact Sheet: Guaranteed Paid Leave--A National Imperative for Women and Families

The lack of guaranteed paid leave creates economic hardship for the U.S. labor force as well as...

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Gray Nation: The Very Real Economic Dangers of an Aging America

April 4, 2012

Two economists envision a scary -- and scarily realistic -- future where the working population expands slower and slower, and jobless recoveries are the only recoveries we know
The Women's Vote and 2012

April 3, 2012

Republicans will make a grave mistake if they persuade themselves that it's social issues that most strongly motivate women voters.
Nannies Making Six-figures? What Childcare Workers Really Take Home

April 3, 2012

Bryce Covert examines disparities in reported child care salaries.
Are Your Biggest Earning Days Over?

April 2, 2012

On average, raises stop at age 37 for women and age 45 for men. That's according to research by PayScale.com and is based on surveys completed by about 1.5 million people who hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Two-Thirds of Young Arab Women Remain Out of Workforce

April 2, 2012

About one in three young Arab women between the ages of 23 and 29 participate in their country's labor force versus about eight in 10 young Arab men. This gender gap is generally consistent across the 22 Arab countries and territories Gallup...

Member Organizations

Altagracia Dilone Levat

Legal Momentum

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Barnard Center for Research on Women

Barnard College

New York, NY
Center for the Education of Women

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
The Feminist Majority Foundation

Arlington, VA
Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Washington, DC
International Center for Research on Women

Washington, DC

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Work - Life Balance

Blog Posts

New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Takes One Giant Step Forward

Kyla Bender-Baird

This week, New York moved one step closer to becoming the first state to enact a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Here's what the Ms. Foundation has to say about it:The bill, which would guarantee...

Friday, June 4, 2010 - 2:20pm

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Media Ignores the Importance of Housework in Divorce Rates and Career Advancement

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Londa Schiebinger and Lori Nishiura MackenzieORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 23, 2010 ON THE HUFFINGTON POSTThe Telegraph picked up a recently published London School of Economics research about...

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 4:27pm

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FAST FACT: Mother's Day Edition

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Kyla Bender-BairdWomen's eNews featured the following fast facts for Mother's Day in its weekly cheers and jeers column:

Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 12:01pm

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Reconstructing Haiti with Women & Girls at the Center

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Tunisia L. Riley*On May 4, 2010 I sat in a packed room of women (and a few men) coming together to raise awareness of women and girls efforts in the reconstruction of Haiti after the devastating...

Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 5:51pm

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Map It! The Global Status of Girls

Kyla Bender-Baird

Introducing the new, fully interactive method of feminist geographical mapping: online map tools!

Friday, April 30, 2010 - 4:51pm

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Reports & Publications

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

Supporting State Child Care Efforts with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:31pm

Race-Recovery Index: Is Stimulus Helping Communities in Crisis?

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:16pm

The Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Third Quarterly Report

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:08pm

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