How are Wake County's public schools' reproductive health education policies a barrier to females' empowerment and violation of health rights? How has the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated housing insecurity within the state of North Carolina for women of color, in particular, single Black mothers? What legislative actions must the county take in order to begin to address this instability tor those in Durham? What has Durham done in the past to address this problem? To what extent does the …
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Wendee Wechsberg: How to Impact Women’s Issues Globally
Dr. Wechsberg discusses her work for HIV patients of color, pregnant mothers with Zika, young Egyptian school girls and the history of patriarchal societies, and so much more on the TrailBlazers Impact podcast. …
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Women’s (In)Equality Day – August 26, 2021
Join WomenNC and ERA-NC Alliance on Thursday, August 26th at the NC General Assembly as we celebrate women's right to vote and demand ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. 10am - Noon NC General Assembly Building 16 W. Jones Street, Raleigh …
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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and the ERA – August 3, 2021
Join ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality to commemorate Black Women’s Equality Day and explore how discrepancy in pay for Black women can be solved! You will not want to miss hearing from the likes of Fatima Goss Graves and Monifa Bandele, leaders at the TIME’S UP movement, Jen Klein, Co-chair of the White House Gender Policy Council and other esteemed speakers. Register here. …
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WomenNC’s partnership with UNC School of Public Policy
Did you know that in addition to our Leadership Training program and our Cities for CEDAW initiative, WomenNC partners with the UNC School of Public Policy to provide research and policy recommendations that mitigate gender disparities across the state? Most recently, working with WomenNC on a their capstone project, five UNC public policy undergraduate students explored how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted childcare access, maternal well-being, and labor force participation in Mecklenburg, …
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