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Big 5 Topics

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...

News

How Do Women Spend Their Time?

March 28, 2012

In a survey conducted by Real Simple and the Families and Work Institute, a leading nonprofit research organization, 3,230 American women ages 25 to 54 were asked about the who, what, when, and why concerning their free time.*
Rep. Marcy Kaptur says that the poorest in America are women

March 26, 2012

"The poorest in this country are women,"claimed U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, when she appeared recently on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton.
Hello, Cruel World

March 23, 2012

What the Fate of One Class of 2011 Says About the Job Market
Could restoration work lead to better wages for Louisiana women? Part II of III

March 22, 2012

In honor of National Women’s History Month, the Environmental Defense Fund is a series of blog posts to revisit gender balance in the Gulf Coast’s green economy.
Black women more likely to die of breast cancer

March 22, 2012

More than 1,700 black women die of breast cancer every year in the United States because of racial disparities in cancer risks and access to care, suggests a new study.

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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Caregiving
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Employment & Unemployment
Housing
Older Women
Poverty
Safety Nets
Taxes & Tax Reform
Women & Girl Heads of Household
Work - Life Balance

Blog Posts

“What?! Women still don’t get paid the same amount as men?!”

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Alicia Fiorino*When I arrived at Baruch College for the Equal Pay Coalition’s Annual Forum, “The Time is Now: Forging a Stronger Economic Future for Women,” I asked an older...

Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 1:11pm

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What is "Class" Anyway?

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Kyla Bender-BairdThroughout my education in sociology and women's studies as well as my activism within the non-profit realm, I have been taught to utilize an "intersectional" approach...

Friday, April 16, 2010 - 1:54pm

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Congress Examines the Workforce Investment Act

Kyla Bender-Baird

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 4:53pm

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Feminists in Solidarity with Domestic Workers

Kyla Bender-Baird

The Barnard Center for Research on Women produced this fantastic video of notable feminists supporting the important role domestic workers play. Look for NCRW friends and family, including...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 1:51pm

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What does the financial crisis have to do with human rights?

Kyla Bender-Baird

This week Radhika Balakrishnan—the new Executive Director of the Center for Global Women’s Leadership—and James Heintz—co-author with Nancy Folbre of The Ultimate Field Guide...

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 2:22pm

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Reports & Publications

Taxes ARE a Woman's Issue: Reframing the Debate

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:43pm

The Economic Security and Well-being Index for Women in New York City™

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 1:51pm

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

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