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Paid Leave for Women … And Men |
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Written by Ellen Bravo
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Sunday, 24 February 2013 13:59 |
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“We are true to our creed,” said President Obama in his Inaugural Address, continuing, “when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.”
Fifty years after the publication of "The Feminine Mystique," we’re way past debate over whether or not women should hold paid employment (a debate that was never real for many women). Today two-thirds of employed women are either the primary or co-primary breadwinner for their families.
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Fate of Abuser on Tribal Land Tangles Sexual Abuse Bill |
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Written by By Derek Wallbank
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Wednesday, 06 February 2013 19:00 |
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The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as today on letting tribal courts try people accused of sexual assault who aren’t registered members of an American Indian tribe.
The proposal is intended to give women seeking protection from non-Indian abusers some place to go besides the offices of U.S. attorneys who may be hundreds of miles away. It’s a system that advocates say causes abused women to avoid filing reports because they don’t believe anything will happen.
Many Republicans in the House and Senate see the proposal as flatly unconstitutional, so the tribal provision may complicate the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, a measure focused on grants for domestic violence shelters and anti-sexual assault programs.
“You cannot take away constitutional rights of non-tribal citizens,” Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn said in an interview. “It’s never going to hold up -- even if it passes. It’s going to get thrown out by a court. It’s an easy constitutional question.”
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