Women's Rights

Alpert, Melissa and Alexandra Cawthorne. August 2009. "Labor Pains: Improving Employment and Income Security for Pregnant Women and New Mothers." Center for American Progress. In order to follow through on the rhetoric about providing supports to pregnant women, policymakers must take action to support increased and consistent labor market participation among all women, especially pregnant workers.

Brown, Jennifer K and Francoise Jacobsohn. July 2008. “From the Ground Up: Building Opportunities for Women in Construction.” Legal Momentum. A report on the conference BUILD NY, which brought leaders from all segments of the construction industry together with tradeswomen to focus on making equal opportunity a reality for women in the construction trades.

Brown, Jennifer K. 2008. “Key Legal Cases for Women's Equality, 1873-2007.” Legal Momentum. The cases here address women's rights, telling an important story of progress made and challenges still to come.

Casey, Timothy. June 2009. “The Bitter Fruit of Welfare Reform: A Sharp Drop in the Percentage of Eligible Women and Children Receiving Welfare.” Legal Momentum. Addresses how the federal government's reform efforts in 1996, ending in TANF legislation, has effected needy families.

Casey, Timothy. September 2008. “Young Men are still Economically Better Off Than Young Women” Legal Momentum. Analyis of U.S. Census Bureau data found that compared to young men, young women earn less, have lower incomes, are less likely to be employed, and are more likely to be poor.

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. July 22, 2009. "Equal and Indivisible: Crafting Inclusive Shadow Reports for CEDAW." This report is intended to help non-governmental organizations and activists prepare inclusive shadow or alternative reports for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

IPAS. July 17, 2009. Because. First issue of a magazine connecting Americans with reproductive health issues around the world, including articles on reproductive health care in Ethiopia, the perception of abortion as a human right in Latin America, and the broad effect of U.S. foreign policy on women's health in the United States and the rest of the world.

IPAS. June 1, 2009. "The Abortion Ban in U.S. Foreign Assistance: How U.S. Policy Obstructs Efforts to Save Women's Lives (for Policymakers)" The Helms Amendment harms efforts to make abortion safe, denies health-care providers access to lifesaving equipment and censors information, making the world's poorest women victims of U.S. foreign policy.

IPAS. July 10, 2008. "Unplanned Pregnancy? Get Informed! It's Your Right." Provides information to help women think about their options and find needed resources when faced with an unplanned pregnancy.

IPAS. October 30, 2007. "Evidence-based clinical update No. 1: Emergency Contraception (United States)" This four-page brochure discusses the basic facts about emergency contraception for clinicians in the United States. Topics of discussion include emergency contraception’s effectiveness, how and when it should be used, emergency contraception’s potential side effects and its availability throughout the US.

Johnston, Heidi, Maria Gallo and Janie Benson. October 1, 2007. "Reducing the Costs to Health Systems of Unsafe Abortion: A Comparison of Four Strategies." IPAS. This report describes a model that compares the per case health-care costs for abortion services across four scenarios of legal environment and service-delivery approaches, using data from Uganda. The study’s findings support policy and practice efforts to reform abortion laws and offer safe, accessible abortion services.

Kay, Julie F. and Ashley Jackson. 2008. “Sex, Lies & Stereotypes: How Abstinence-Only Programs Harm Women and Girls.” Legal Momentum. Examines the political motivations behind abstinence-only programs, highlighting the harm these programs cause to women and girls.

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. January 2009. "Election 2008: A Historic Day for Latina Reproductive Justice."

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. Winter 2008/2009. Instantes. Bilingual Newsletter, with this issue including articles on 'health care for all', the latino vote, community mobilization, participitory action research and an update on Florida.

Skuster, Patty. March 31, 2009. "The Human Right to Health and Women's Reproductive Health Policy." IPAS. This fact sheet provides an overview of the right to health as international authorities have interpreted and applied it in the context of women’s reproductive health policy.

Wilson, William Julius. May/June 2008. "More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City." Poverty & Race, Volume 18: Number 3. Summary of the 2009 W.W. Norton Co. book of the same title.

Women's Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) for Human Rights. 2008 "Respect, Protct, Fulfill: Raising the Bar on Women's Rights in San Francisco." The report is both a celebration and an analysis of the impact of the Implementation of CEDAW in San Francisco. It seeks to understand the added value of implementing International Human Rights Standards to reduce discrimination in the United States, and assess the role of city government in advancing human rights.