Blog post written by Devan Haddad, Feminist Majority Foundation intern. Here’s some good news (for a change) that has seemed to go under the radar until now. Did you know about California Senate Bill 397 that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in October? The bill, authored by State Senator Leland Yee will make online [...]
Cross-post by Sarah M from the SAFER Campus blog Today finds me crawling out of blog hibernation to point ya’ll to the latest installment of “College Boys Just Want to Have Fun…By Demeaning Women and Making Jokes About Rape.” Today’s episode takes place at the University of Vermont, where a puzzling and revolting survey was [...]
This past Saturday, December 10, marked the 63rd annual celebration of Human Rights Day. Sixty-three years ago, the United Nations General Assembly passed the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. The declaration as summed up by the United Nations states that, “fundamental human rights and freedoms all men and women, everywhere in the world, are entitled, [...]
On Wednesday, as expected, the Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency contraception, Plan B, for over-the-counter sales without restriction, expanding access to those under the age of 17 without a prescription. It was a time for celebration, but without warning and in an unprecedented act, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius overruled [...]
by Hannah Gordon, Feminist Majority Foundation Welcome to the seventh #HERvotes blog carnival on the need to protect women and employment during these tough economic times, with a focus on the importance of extending Unemployment Insurance (UI) before the December 31st deadline. It is critical that Congress acts before the end of this calendar year [...]
by Anna McClure, Fellow, National Women’s Law Center The deadline to extend federal unemployment benefits (UI) is rapidly approaching, but it is still not clear when Congress will get around to addressing this extremely critical issue. Meanwhile, some Members of Congress have indicated that they would vote against a bill to extend UI unless it [...]
by Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate, National Women’s Law Center $297.00 That was the size of my weekly unemployment insurance benefit from the District of Columbia. Two hundred ninety-seven dollars and zero cents. I signed up to start receiving UI benefits shortly after being laid off on Monday, November 15, 2010, appx. 10:30am. On that [...]
by Theresa Witt, Seattle, Washington I am an RN who specializes in utilization review. I had worked for the same company since 1999. Unfortunately, as the dawn of the economic crisis broke, that company was swallowed up by another company, and then that was sold to another. After years of losing pensions, switching to lesser [...]
Recent college graduates continue to face a tough job market, two and a half years out from the so-called end of the Great Recession in June 2009. College tuition has grown faster than inflation or family income. As the cost of a four-year degree has risen, so has college debt, but default on those loans [...]
by Meghan Yee The fight to end HIV/AIDS continues today December 1, 2011, World AIDS Day. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Despite victories in the years since the first diagnoses, there are many hurdles that need to be overcome in “Getting [...]
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