Summer 2001 Quarterly Newsletter
Summer 2001 Quarterly Newsletter
Living With or Dying From Breast Cancer a Matter of Race
Even as the death rate from breast cancer in younger white women has fallen 7 percent over the last two decades, it has risen by 26 percent in older African American women; this, despite lower incidents of the disease itself
The Influence of Income, Education, and Work Status on Women’s Well Being (Published by Women’s Health Issues)
Recent research shows that women who leave welfare generally end up in low paying jobs with few benefits, if any. Many welfare recipients lack basic job skills that would make them appealing to employers and help them move out of dead-end jobs.
Today’s Women Workers: Shut Out of Yesterday’s Unemployment Insurance System
A look at the unequal distribution of unemployment insurance and flaws in the system that prevent women from receiving earned benefits.
Making Birth Control More Accessible to Women: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives
Evaluates costs and benefits of switching birth control pills to over-the-counter status to improve women’s access to contraceptives.
Unemployment Insurance and Welfare Reform: Fair Access to Economic Supports for Low-Income Working Women
Discusses how unequal access to unemployment insurance (UI)specifically affects welfare recipients.
The Georgia Unemployment Insurance System: Overcoming Barriers For Low-Wage, Part-Time & Women Workers
The Georgia unemployment insurance (UI) system is not working to meet its basic goal of providing a modest measure of income support to temporarily unemployed working families.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WELFARE REFORM: Fair Access to Economic Supports for Low-Income Working Women
Unemployment Insurance (UI) is not fully accessible to women and low-wage workers, and this unequal access particularly disadvantages welfare recipients.
The Status of Women in New Hampshire Report
A comprehensive study of women’s lives in New Hampshire.
The Status of Women in Hawaii Report
A comprehensive study of women’s lives in Hawaii.
