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The Women's Equality Act: A No Brainer for New York

Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 06.12.2013 | New York
Read More: Safe Harbor Act, Tvpja, Naral, Women's Equality, Pregnancy Discrimination, Tvpa, NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, New York Senate, Gloria Steinem, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, Reproductive Rights, Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act, Ppnyc, Abortion Rights, Women's Rights, Empire State, Andrew Cuomo, Abortion, Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, Ywca, Sex Trafficking, WEA Coalition, New York Assembly, Assembly Codes Committee, Equal Pay, Human Rights, Equal Pay Act, #NY4Women, Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell, NY Governor Cuomo, Discrimination in Housing, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vaw, Dv, New York Legislature, Planned Parenthood, Covenant House, Sexual Harassment, Women's Equality Act, Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, Family Planning Advocates, A Better Balance, Reproductive Justice, Human Trafficking Act, Albany Politics, Wea, New York News
Taina Bien-Aime

The legislation is testament that we cannot parse out women's rights, drop by drop. It is recognition that if New York doesn't legislate against discrimination, it in effect condones inequality.

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Congress Must Act Immediately to Reauthorize Federal Legislation to Protect All Victims of Violence

Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron | Posted 04.16.2013 | Impact
Read More: Women's Rights, Violence Against Women Act, Abuse, Violence Against Women, Vawa, Ywca, Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Vawa Reauthorization, Impact News
Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron

Preventing domestic and sexual violence and protecting victims must be a priority in our cities, in our states, in our country and in all countries. The need is real, and there is no time to waste.

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One of the Nation's Most Prominent Organizations Adds Substance and Color to Women's Voices

Stacey Tisdale | Posted 12.01.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Ywca, Gabby Giffords, Black Voices News
Stacey Tisdale

African-American women were particularly worried about the economy because they are more likely to have experienced hour, wage, or tip reductions over the past few years. Women also report hardships ranging from postponing medical care to losing a job or falling behind in rent or mortgage.

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Of Fitness Centers, Swimming Pools and Saving Women's Lives

Lori Sokol | Posted 11.05.2012 | Impact
Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Women in Business, Ywca, Feminism, Domestic Violence, Impact News
Lori Sokol

"We're much more than fitness centers and swimming pools," says Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron, the newly appointed CEO of the YWCA. "The 'Y' has always been the 'thing' for women"

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YWCA Asks GOP Senate Candidate To Pull Misleading Ad

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 08.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota, Karl Rove, Election 2012 Blog, Rick Berg, Ywca Cass Clay, Super PACs, Campaign Ads, Senate Races, Elections 2012, 2012 Senate Races, Rick Berg Ywca, Ywca, Crossroads GPS, Video, Rep Rick Berg, 2012 Election, North Dakota Democrats, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The board of directors of YWCA Cass Clay, a nonprofit group backing women, has asked North Dakota Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rick Be...

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Hope Beyond Domestic Violence

Juwita Suwito | Posted 08.27.2012 | Impact
Read More: Ywca, National Council of Women?S Organizations, Johnson and Johnson, Bblog-Globalmotherhood, Global Motherhood, Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Nwco, Impact News
Juwita Suwito

Domestic violence remains a grave social concern in Malaysia, affecting and disrupting the lives of entire families. The Domestic Violence Act (DVA) was passed in 1994 after almost a decade of advocacy efforts, but still, according to the Royal Malaysia Police and Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, 3173 cases were reported in 2010.

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Safe Harbor for the Homeless

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.27.2012 | Politics
Read More: Poverty, Unemployment Rate, Budget Cuts, Budget, Jobs, Joblessness, Recession, Child Poverty, Unemployed, Unemployment, Homelessness, Job, Homeless, Ywca, Ryan Budget, Paul Ryan Budget, Homeless Shelters, Long-Term Unemployed, US Poverty, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The House Budget Committee's latest draconian budget proposes even deeper cuts in the safety net while refusing to ask the rich and powerful to contribute their fair share. Indeed, it would give them more tax breaks at the expense of poor struggling families desperately trying to get back on their feet.

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How You Can Honor Women For Women's History Month

Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 05.06.2012 | Impact
Read More: National Women's History Project, Girl Scout Cookies, Philanthropy, Literacy, Girl Scouts, Women's History Month, Volunteering, Charity, Ms. Foundation for Women, Donations, Ywca, Making a Difference, Slidepollajax, Impact News
Lisa M. Dietlin

With Women's History Month upon us, many organizations and entities including are paying attention and plan to honor and pay tribute to the many gener...

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Guinness Names World's Oldest Yoga Teacher

AP | TAMARA LUSH | Posted 02.22.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Video, World's Oldest Yoga Teacher, Guinness World Records, Kathleen Techler, PINELLAS PARK, Bernice Bates, Ywca, Weird News News

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- The yoga teacher in the front of the room lay on the floor, her hands resting on her upper thighs. She lifted her right leg hig...

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Dorothy Height: Extraordinary American Heroine

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Racial Justice, Equality, Lbj, Delta Sigma Theta, Womens Rights, Eulogy, Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Leader, Fdr, Ncnw, National Council of Negro Women, Mlk, Ywca, Barack Obama, Gender, Politics News
Mike Green

This is a petition to the publishers, producers and editors in all the network news organizations and 24-hour cable news channels. Across the spectrum...

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Remembering Dorothy Height

Bonnie St. John | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: The Power of Prayer, Congressional Medal of Honor, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Dorothy Height, Height, Dorothy Height Dead, Dorothy Height, Prayer, Dorothy Height Dies, Ywca, Civil Rights, Funeral, Politics News
Bonnie St. John

Today we lay to rest Dr. Dorothy Height, who stood next to Dr. Martin Luther King on the day he had a dream, and she in her wheelchair, at age 97, alongside Barack Obama during his inauguration.

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Remembering Dorothy Irene Height

Holly Cowan Shulman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Jim Crow, African American, Civil Rights, Dorothy Height, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ywca, Richmond, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ncnw, Politics News
Holly Cowan Shulman

Dorothy Height died this week. She was a witness to American history from Jim Crow, which prevailed throughout America in the year she was born, 1912, to the presidency of Barack Obama.

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Smoke a Cigar or Watch Boulder 'Stars' Dancing on Oct. 15 to Support Charities

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Fuente Newman, Ywca, Boulder, Toast Across America, Barlow's, Dancing With Boulder Stars, Fundraisers, Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, Denver News
Jerry Lewis

Sometimes, it's best to get out of Boulder for a bit, and smoking a cigar is one of those things often frowned upon in a city that prides itself on sm...

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