How are women and families doing in the current economy?
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Joan Entmacher, Vice President of Family Economic Security at the National Women’s Law Center about current economic issues for women. The Center recently posted the article "The Recovery in Pictures: Modest Job Gains Exclude Women." How will Obama's budget affect women? What programs and services will women lose under projected budget cuts? How can the deficit be addressed without cutting programs that are essential to women? Tune in for a discussion of these questions and more. Call in with your concerns.
Joan Entmacher is Vice President for Family Economic Security at the National Women's Law Center, where she leads a team working to improve policies important to the economic security of low-income women and their families, including tax and budget, child care, child support, unemployment insurance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, and Social Security. Ms. Entmacher is a leading expert on issues affecting low-income women.
http://www.nwlc.org/our-blog/new-year-same-story-recovery-continues-leave-women-behind
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