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Economic Recovery Means Little to Struggling Low-Income Women [The Salt Lake Tribune]28 August 2010

By Caren J. Frost   For several months now we have heard that the Great Recession may be winding down. Jobs are trickling back. Wall Street has rebounded. And fears of a full blown depression ...

Economic Recovery Doesn't Reach Low-Income Women [Visalia Times Delta]27 August 2010

Erin Garner-Ford For several months, we have heard that the Great Recession is winding down. Jobs are trickling back. Wall Street has rebounded. And fears of a full-blown depression are yesterday's ...

[Audio] Program Officer Sangeeta Budhiraja Explores Grantee Solutions in Radio Interview [AM1490 WGCH]10 August 2010

Last Tuesday the Ms. Foundation’s program officer Sangeeta Budhiraja, was featured on Juggling Act with Dr. Lori Sokol. The show, hosted by Dr. Lori Sokol on Connecticut's AM1490 WGCH, strives “to em ...

The Gulf Coast Catastrophe: Let's Put Our Trust in Women's Solutions [AlterNet]16 June 2010

We've got an awfully big mess to clean up in the Gulf -- let's turn to the wisdom of investing in women to help solve it.   Fifty-eight days. Sixty million gallons of oil. De ...

Mama Grizzlies to Working Moms: Drop Dead [The Nation]16 June 2010

Betsy Reed First, let's swallow hard and be fair. There is something to cheer in the so-called Year of the Woman. You don't have to credit the Republican Party, which did next to nothing to bring o ...

Laws to Restrict Abortion [New York Times - Letter to the Editor]08 June 2010

To the Editor: Re “Abortion Foes Advance Cause at State Level” (news article, June 3): It is no coincidence that “this is a good year” for restricting abortion access at the state level, as an oppo ...

Women Celebrated and Supported at the 22nd Annual Gloria Awards [Tonic]24 May 2010

By Sophie Rosenblum The Ms. Foundation’s Gloria Awards honors activists and philanthropists alike. The Gloria Awards: A National Salute to Women of Vision were held Thursday night at the Mandar ...

Mississippian saluted nationally as Woman of Vision [The Clarion Ledger]24 May 2010

By Seetha Srinivasan Carol Burnett, founding director of Mississippi's Low-income Childcare Initiative, was honored on May 20 in New York at the Ms. Foundation's annual National Salute to Women of ...

Women's Groups Fighting Arizona's Immigration Law [RH Reality Check] 20 May 2010

By Amie Newman The 12 members of the Women’s Emergency Human Rights Delegation flew in from around the country, to Arizona, and arrived on the ground just before Mother’s Day weekend. There were ...

Actually, Women Are Doing a Fine Job of Protecting Their Reproductive Freedoms [Alternet & RH Reality Check]23 April 2010

By Desiree Flores The title of a recent Newsweek article alone -- "Remember Roe! How can the next generation defend abortion rights when they don't think abortion rights need defending?" -- would ru ...

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2009 Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awardee Kirbie Platero, a member and organizer at Young Women United, is a 19-year old activist, mother and artist working to secure reproductive justice for girls and women. She recently helped lead a successful campaign in New Mexico that brought young women of color to advocate before state officials for the implementation of comprehensive sexuality education in public schools. Learn more and view video

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