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Today at Ms. | May 30, 2023
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Women Workers Can Help Rebuild the U.S. Economy—If We Can Solve Their Care Challenges [[link removed]]
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U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a rebound, with companies adding workers amid high consumer demand for products. The rebound is largely a product of the pandemic recession and recovery. (Nitat Termmee / Getty Images)
BY SUZANNE KAHN | The United States has significantly fewer supports for caregivers than our peer countries. We lack paid family leave and public childcare. Our long-term care infrastructure is a mix of private and public, means-tested programs. Persistent low wages across the care industries have ensured that supply is unstable and insufficient.
If the U.S. is serious about bringing women into the workforce permanently, we need a robust suite of care policies—including fully public childcare, reentry programs for women who have taken time out of the workforce for childcare, and more robust long-term care options.
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Remembering Tina Turner—Queen of Rock & Roll, Acid Queen, Queen of Hearts [[link removed]]
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Tina Turner performs in Birmingham, AL in 2009. (Philip Spittle / Wikimedia Commons)
BY DIANA MAFE | Tina Turner’s impact on the American cultural landscape—and her status as a feminist trailblazer—is undeniable. She carved out a reputation as a peerless artist who defied labels and was capable of reincarnation at any age.
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Iran’s Latest Hijab War on Women Goes After Businesses [[link removed]]
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A young Iranian woman without mandatory hijab stands next to her veiled friends while visiting International Book Fair at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in downtown Tehran on May 14, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
BY KOUROSH ZIABARI | In the post-Woman, Life, Freedom movement, women are scrapping their headscarves in growing numbers and appearing in public without the compulsory hijab. The government has not reinstated the morality police to go after the women but has instead conjured up new ways of enforcing the hijab with economic repercussions.
The measures include shutting down venues and businesses that cater to women who don’t wear a headscarf and conditioning public services on women complying with the mandate. Having learned from the failed experience of the morality police that spurred the outburst of anger engulfing the entire country last year, the government is minimizing its direct contact with women in the new round of its cultural war. It is outsourcing the policing role to business owners and public service providers.
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