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"The entrepreneurial spirit of women has ignited innovation, fostered economic growth and paved the way for future generations," Sen.
Jeanne Shaheen writes in a op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader, and she wants to "shine a light on the contributions of women across our economy and call on my colleagues in the U.S.
Senate to help us fully unlock their economic potential by addressing access to and affordability of quality child care."
Shaheen, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, notes that women are "significantly more likely than men to drop out of the labor market" to care for their families and that quality child care "impacts the nation's economic bottom line," adding that 40% of small businesses report that workers' child care needs "negatively affect their ability to fulfill the requirements of their job."
In New Hampshire, for example, nearly 1,500 child care slots have been lost since 2019 after dozens of child care centers closed during and after the pandemic, per Shaheen.
"Like many families across the state, Michael and his wife were left to do their best to keep their jobs without local and reliable child care," she writes.
"Fortunately, thanks to advocacy on their behalf, they now have child care, but it should not have been this hard
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The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) awarded a $250,000 SOAR Network Innovation Grant to LiFEsports.Coach Beyond offers training designed to go beyond X's and O's...more
Pam Gilchrist, director of K-12 Initiatives for the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Va., shares her tips on the best STEM-related holiday gifts for kids of all ages."What better time...more
Preventive Services Task Force issues high-priority recommendation to screen all pregnant people.Congenital syphilis, which is passed from pregnant people to their fetuses, is linked to severe...more
A top official at Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has commended Qatar's efforts to significantly reduce the number of out-of-school children globally.The Chief Executive Officer of GPE, Laura...more
Founded with a vision to enhance sports safety surfacing, No Fault pioneered poured-in-place (PIP) surfacing technology.PIP surfacing is a unique combination of ethylene propylene diene monomer...more
Since 2017, the Tellies have recognized the innovative and dedicated providers, organizations, and programs that advance the adoption of virtual dental care."By embracing teledentistry, technology,...more
Tragically, it causes almost half of all child deaths globally.Sight and Life develops and pilots science-backed nutrition solutions that can benefit the most people.In Rwanda, a hillside water...more
Bangladesh has introduced an e-tracking system, or an electronic vaccination register system.Health authorities hope it is already helping reduce numbers of "missed" unvaccinated children.The system...more
A new clinical trial of the investigational drug KME-0584 might be the beginning of a life-changing journey.Daniel Starczynowski, PhD, a cancer biologist and director of the new Advanced Leukemia...more
The collaboration between BarA a Foundation and Johan Cruyff Foundation began in 2004.It aims to promote the social integration of children and young people, especially those at risk of social...more
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Social innovators can make a real impact – spectator.sme.sk
SOCIAL innovations are new strategies, ideas and approaches to solving problems, and the number of people actively changing things for the better has been increasing in Slovakia, even when the impacts remain limited.
