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27 April 2012Working Moms, Politics and Paid Sick Days
Two-thirds of American mothers with young children work outside the home—yet the United States is one of the only developed nations without a federal policy requiring paid leave. For many of these women, staying home from work with a sick child takes an economic toll. A recent NPR report features insights from the directors of Family Values @ Work and Momsrising.org—both grantees of our Ensuring Good Jobs and Access to Services initiative—explaining the dilemmas working women face.
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Working Moms' Challenges: Paid Leave, Child Care
April 20, 2012 By Jennifer LuddenThe past week’s political firestorm in the presidential race focused on stay-at-home moms, but two-thirds of women with young children now work. Nearly half are their family's primary breadwinner. What some feel is being lost in the political debate are the challenges they face in the workplace....
“We unfortunately have a number of workplaces that operate as if workers are still men, with wives at home full-time,” says Ellen Bravo, who heads Family Values at Work, a coalition that promotes paid-leave programs.