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Women's Jobs Axed By State Austerity Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.13.2012

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One Sunday last May, Cherine Akbari moved into her new townhouse in sunny Oakland Park, Fla. The next day, the 27-year-old went to work doing what she...

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Mitt Romney Won't Repeal The Lilly Ledbetter Act, Campaign Confirms

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- As president, Mitt Romney would not repeal the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which provides women with more legal channels through which to pursu...

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Obama Is Aggressor In War On Women, Romney Campaign Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's campaign declared during a conference call with reporters Tuesday that if there is a war on women, the major blow was Pres...

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No More Bull: What Women Need to Know About the Economy and Why it Matters in 2012

Martha Burk | Posted 05.23.2012

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With the U.S. suffering from the effects of a long and painful recession, the economy is the number one issue for women and men alike going into the 2012 elections. But women arguably have a bigger stake.

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Congressional Budget Cuts Could Slash Job Opportunities for Female Vets and Victims of Violence

Ludy Green, Ph.D | Posted 04.21.2012

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The GOP's proposed budget cut will not only slash women veterans' and victims of violence chances of getting a job, but it will also put more pressure on nonprofits like mine.

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Was Today's Jobs Report Good News for Women?

Emily Cohn | Posted 02.08.2012

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The economic recovery has been more favorable to men than it has been for women, and for the first time since the start of the recession, men and wome...

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Women Struggle To Recover From The Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 12.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Although the recession initially hit men hard, it's women who have been struggling the most to get back on their feet, according to a r...

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Record Poverty Numbers Send a Loud Wake-Up Call

Nancy Duff Campbell | Posted 11.21.2011

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Analysis of the Census poverty data by the National Women's Law Center reveals a stark gender disparity: women make up 57.8 percent of poor adults. Over 17 million women lived in poverty in 2010, including more than 7.5 million in extreme poverty.

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What Obama's Jobs Plan Does For Women

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.09.2011

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While men lost more jobs in the recession than women, women have been slower to recover, losing nearly 300,000 jobs since the economic "recovery" bega...

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Networking To Find A Job Works Great -- If You're A Man

AOL Jobs | Posted 10.16.2011

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Who said the Old Boys Club is no longer? Those suffering through the worst of the recession have grown accustomed to filling out hundreds of job appli...

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The Most Powerful Mother's Day Gift In The World

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.17.2011

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While most women feel grateful for the flowers, cards and mini-vacations from household chores that Mother's Day offers, countless more are wondering why they aren't getting the one gift that they want and need more than any other: a job.

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Feminomics: On Botox, Motherhood, and Unemployment

Anat Shenker-Osorio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Until there is some real attention paid to the work of having and raising children, women's work will never be equal to that of men. It will continue to far exceed it.

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Obama Adviser: Stimulus Won't Be Sexist, Not Just Help For "Burly Men"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama transition team put out a video on Sunday detailing the job creation components of their proposed stimulus legislation. Putting aside, for ...

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