For many, mental health treatment continues to be stigmatized, but where does feminism and mental health intersect? One in five Americans live with a mental health issue, but 60% do not receive treatment, and one in five women in the U.S. have experienced a mental health condition in the last year according to a Talkspace Read more …
Failing our Families with a Lack of Paid Leave The United States is one of only six countries on a global scale that does not have a governmentally mandated national paid parental leave policy. Paid parental leave generally covers maternity, paternity, and parental leave, meaning that parents get paid time off work for having a Read more …
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–Today’s action by the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain FDA approval of mifepristone while an appeal of a lower court’s ban moves forward and gives millions of women breathing room—for now. It is a radical and unprecedented step to invalidate FDA authority to fit an extreme political Read more …
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–A ruling from the most conservative federal appeals court in the U.S. has allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available, but with severe restrictions that continue the attacks being waged on women’s bodily autonomy. This dangerous overreach by ultra-conservative judges is based not on science, medicine, Read more …
Last year I worked with a local political action committee (PAC) to help diversify their organization in the New York Capital Region. A group of older white women had started the PAC after the 2016 presidential election when many women felt let down and upset by the election results. This PAC’s local organizing opened a Read more …
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