How to End the Criminalization of America’s Mothers
But as we see the criminalization of mothers grabbing headlines around the country in recent months and years, we would do well to understand all of these issues as connected
issue: Mothers/Caregivers Economic Rights
Social Security turns 79: celebrating nearly eight decades of support for women
There is a simple truth that we here at the National Organization for Women understand intimately: the fight for women’s equality is not over. This Thursday, August 14th, 2014 is the 79th anniversary of Social Security and, in the face of repeated attacks on reproductive health services, continued workplace and wage discrimination, and the persistent reliance on women as guardians and caregivers, we must celebrate and protect one of the greatest pieces of legislation in the United States’ history.
‘Baby-Friendly’ Hospitals Bypass Black Communities
Rita Henley Jensen writes for Women’s E-News: “Breast milk is the most local of all foods and one that can have an outsized impact on the health of mothers and infants. However, for many African American parents finding a maternity ward that supports the…
Social Security Turns 78 Today! Will It Make It To 80?
While Social Security is a program that is vitally important to all Americans, it is especially critical to the financial security of women.
On International Women’s Day, NOW Denounces Anti-Woman Austerity Policies
On International Women’s Day, NOW calls upon leaders in the US to firmly reject the austerity model that has been economically devastating to our sisters in Europe. Call it what you like — austerity, sequester, deficit reduction, balancing the budget. I call it a stealth attack on women.
