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Goldman can arbitrate gender discrimination lawsuit - U.S. court

March 21, 2013

Goldman's appeal was supported by briefs from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Parisi had support from the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the National Women's Law Center.

Reuters

Law Says Insurers Should Pay For Breast Pumps, But Which Ones?

March 20, 2013

But Judy Waxman, vice president for health and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, says the law simply isn't specific enough. She wants the federal government to set sharper minimum guidelines that allow less wiggle room for insurance companies.

NPR

The economic plan to rob grandma's bread basket

March 19, 2013

Yet this is the kind of thing that adds up. If you calculate that rate of decrease over a couple of decades, you're talking serious money. If someone collects benefits over 30 years, using chained CPI would cut their benefits by nine percent, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

The Guardian

'Child care cliff' makes it tough for working poor to get ahead

March 17, 2013

Also blocking many working-poor Iowa families from getting help in paying for child care: The state has one of the lowest income eligibility limits in the nation at 145 percent of poverty level, said Charles Bruner, executive director of the Child and Family Policy Center in Des Moines, a research and advocacy group.

Des Moines Register

Paul Ryan's New Budget Plan Would Hurt The Poor In These 7 Ways

March 13, 2013

7. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Cut Funding For Programs That Help The Poor
His budget would cut funding for a variety of domestic programs -- potentially including child care, education, women's preventive health care and domestic violence prevention, according to the National Women's Law Center.

Huffington Post

Corbett In Political Firestorm Over Pending Decision On Medicaid

March 10, 2013

Karen Davenport, of the National Women’s Law Center, a pro-expansion group, says, while it is possible funding could erode, it’s not likely.

CBS Philadelphia

Women make job gains in February

March 8, 2013

"It is especially troubling that policymakers are undermining progress by allowing program cuts that threaten not only the economic and job security of vulnerable families, but of the entire country," said Joan Entmacher, a vice president for the National Women’s Law Center.

The Hill

How Would Preschool for All Work: Is It All About Play or ABCs?

March 8, 2013

“It’s so important because the early years lay the foundation for future success in school,” says Helen Blank, director of child care and early education for the National Women’s Law Center. If all 4-year-olds, regardless of income, reap the benefits of a pre-K year, “at least when you come to the starting gate, you’re starting from the same place.”

TIME

Health Law Covers Breast Pumps, But Not All Moms Get The Best

March 7, 2013

Judy Waxman, vice president for health and reproductive rights at the National Women’s Law Center, says the problem is that the law isn’t specific about what insurers need to cover.

"We are looking to the agency to clarify what it actually means so that women will be able to get the kinds of equipment that they actually need and will work for them," she says.

Kaiser Health News

Why Women Must Lean In and Push Back

March 7, 2013

The U.S. Census Bureau tells us that more than 100 million Americans live in poverty or near poverty, and 70 percent of them are women and the children who depend on them. That's an almost inconceivable 70 million people. Now, consider that women's earning power still lags significantly compared with men's, about 78 cents to a $1 for the same job according to the National Women's Law Center.

Huffington Post