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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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Connecticut Proves to be the Best State for Women, According to iVillage's Comprehensive Analysis of "50 Best to Worst States for Women"

March 15, 2012

iVillage, the content-driven online community for women, has commissioned an extensive analysis to rank all 50 states in order of which were best for women, and which have failed their female citizens.
Female Longevity Offset by Lethal Gender Gaps

March 14, 2012

Women outlive men, while lagging behind.
Dr. Joan Haworth Honored for Changing the Way the World Views Women

March 14, 2012

Dr. Joan Gustafson Haworth, founder and Retired Managing Director of ERS Group, was honored in New York City by the National Council For Research on Women (NCRW) as one of the 30 women who have been instrumental in changing the way the world...
Have We Gone From a Mancession to a Shecovery? Not Quite.

March 13, 2012

The jobs numbers that came out on Friday looked so much better than what we’re used to—or at least didn’t suck quite as hard as usual—that there was some victory dancing in the blogosphere. And there are certainly some...
The Dirty Thirty – March 2012 Edition

March 12, 2012

Roundup of recent anti-abortion legislation and regulations introduced across the United States.

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

Blog Posts

From Turbulence to Transformation

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Kyla Bender-Baird Yesterday, more than 300 audience members flocked to lower Manhattan to join dynamic experts exploring public/private partnerships, capitalizing the women’s movement, and...

Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 6:38pm

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The Ms. Foundation Questions the Meaning of Economic Recovery

Kyla Bender-Baird

As part of its ongoing work on economic justice, the Ms. Foundation has recently posted two interesting pieces on our nation’s economic recovery. They share our concern here at NCRW that the...

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 5:37pm

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Wealth Creation and a Stronger Economy Through Robust Safety Nets

Kyla Bender-Baird

Head on over to AlterNet to see our latest op-ed by NCRW Director of Research and Programs, Shyama Venkateswar. In "Women of Color Slammed by Economic Crisis--We Must Strengthen Basic Safety...

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 3:34pm

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Creating Jobs Through Innovation

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Kyla Bender-Baird According to Obama’s FY2011 Budget proposal released earlier this month, key investments for greater economic security and job creation are education, clean energy,...

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 1:13pm

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ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT FORUM: Taking the Nation’s Temperature One Year After ARRA’s Passage

Kyla Bender-Baird

By Linda Basch* Today marks the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). In its first year, ARRA has provided tax cuts to individuals, fiscal relief to states, and...

Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 7:03pm

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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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