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	<title><![CDATA[Recession Takes a Toll on America's Women]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-edward-m-kennedy-/recession-takes-a-toll-on_b_98184.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Every American has been hit by the current economic recession in one way or another -- home foreclosures, lost jobs, and rising costs of food, gas, and health care. But now it's becoming clear that the recession is affecting one group particularly hard -- women.</p>

<p>Last week the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee <a href="http://kennedy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Taking%20a%20Toll--%20report%20on%20effects%20of%20recession%20on%20women1.pdf">released a report</a> [PDF] that found America's women are facing a perfect storm of economic risk. It found:</p>

<blockquote>In contrast to previous recessions, in which women...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-05-01T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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