[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
April 13, 2022
Right now, we face critical challenges to women's equality, both in the U.S. and around the world—but it can be hard to keep up. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
Addressing Childcare Costs Must Be a Federal Priority [[link removed]]
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Even before the pandemic wreaked havoc on the childcare sector, more than half of families with young children lived in a childcare desert, or neighborhoods without enough childcare spots. (Pixabay / Creative Commons)
BY JULIE KASHEN | American families have long been struggling with out-of-reach childcare prices. Childcare costs the equivalent of college tuition, rent or mortgage payments. These costs often come early in parents’ working lives, when they can least afford them.
That’s if they can find childcare. Even before the pandemic wreaked havoc on the childcare sector, more than half of families with young children lived in a childcare desert, and two-thirds in infant and toddler care deserts, neighborhoods without enough childcare spots.
And early educators, who are majority women and disproportionately women of color, have long been severely underpaid for their valuable and complex work.
The tremendous gap between what parents pay, and what early educators earn, is a product of a broken market. It cannot be solved on its own. The federal government must step in with sustainable, long-term investments through reconciliation.
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On Passing the Judiciary Accountability Act: ‘The Judge Who Harassed Me Was Never Held Accountable for His Actions’ [[link removed]] Oklahoma Just Passed a Near-Total Abortion Ban. More Restrictions Are Likely Coming. [[link removed]]
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Will Bring About Dramatic Shifts in Power [[link removed]] The Maternal Mortality Crisis Is Personal. What Will It Take for Us To Act? [[link removed]]
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Transgender Minors Have a Right To Gender-Affirming Care, Justice Dept. Warns States [[link removed]] The Right To Abort a Pre-Viable Fetus Can’t Be Disparaged by the States. Can Someone Tell Clarence Thomas? [[link removed]]
What we're reading:
We know it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. That's why going forward, we'll provide a weekly roundup of the stories we think are important that Ms. may not have covered. Here's what we're reading this week:
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"Decades
after
Title
IX,
girls
face
tough
battles
on
and
off
the
sports
field”
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NewsHour
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"Rape
as
a
weapon:
huge
scale
of
sexual
violence
inflicted
in
Ukraine
emerges”
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"Air
pollution
is
worsening
reproductive
health
outcomes
for
women”
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The
Fuller
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .
Last month, we tuned in to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. How did a process meant to be rigorous, but respectful and fair turn into days of badgering, bullying, and a litmus test on religion? And what happens next in the confirmation process? Join us to break it all down with leading legal experts.
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