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Pregnant and Addicted, Mothers in South Carolina Find Hope23 October 2009

By Stephanie Chen   GREENVILLE, South Carolina -- Some are girlish 22-year-olds; others are women approaching 40. They come from South Carolina's rural counties and its booming cities. They are ...

Sick Days Make Economic Sense28 February 2009

Ellen Bravo is coordinator of Ms. Foundation grantee the Multi-State Working Families Consortium in Milwaukee. Arguing for the economic logic of paid sick leave, she notes "It's bad enough that these ...

Hundreds of Workers Held in Immigration Raid
Nearly 600 Were Arrested in Factory Raid, Officials Say
25 August 2008

In two articles about a raid by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on a Laurel, Mississippi factory belonging to Howard Industries Inc., Ms. Foundation grantee Mississippi Immigrants ...

D.C.'s Black Community Struggles With HIV/AIDS Rates 05 August 2008

  Sabrina Heard, a volunteer with Ms. Foundation grantee, the Women's Collective, appears in a segment on HIV/AIDS in Black Communities.   Listen here   Transcript The NewsHour with ...

Domestic Workers Organize to End an ‘Atmosphere of Violence’ on the Job 09 June 2008

Support for MFW grantee's proposed NY State Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights. Full article By CARA BUCKLEY and ANNIE CORREAL The women’s stories seemed to come from a backward country, or from a ...

United Houma chief receives national award09 June 2008

Women of Vision Awardee Brenda Robichaux profiled for her outstanding leadership. Full article By Naomi King Staff Writer Published: Monday, June 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. HOUMA -- Brenda Dardar-Rob ...

Women Trained for Post-Hurricane Construction Jobs07 May 2008

The Women in Construction program of the Moore Community House is profiled. NPR: Morning Edition by Jeff Brady A program in southern Mississippi is training women to become construction workers. ...

Apartment Company Agrees Not to Evict Assault, Stalking Victims26 February 2008

Ms. Foundation grantee, Women's Rights Project of ACLU, helps a Detroit, MI, survivor of domestic violence successfully sue management of private housing complex for evicting her and her daughters ba ...

Abstinence Programs Face Rejection16 December 2007

More States Opt to Turn Down the Federal Money Attached to That Kind of Sex Ed   Full article By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer The number of states refusing federal money for "abstin ...

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