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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 Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program, which provides food for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children up to age 5, has been shown to provide "wide-ranging benefits,"...more
"As a woman founder with early cardiovascular risk, I am acutely aware of the urgent need to address women's healthcare, particularly in cardiovascular risk areas." That's the message fromELLE...more
"I'm here because child care is not only a social issue or a women's issue. It is also an economic issue," Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said last week as she kicked off the National Child...more
A foundation in Nigeria is using board games and talking books to improve the education of children who attend government-owned schools. Teach the Child Initiative founder Pearl Utuk, who spoke...more
Bar Zomer recently gave birth to her first child, a daughter, and she's making headlines for another reason as well: She's the face of Israeli baby and children's fashion brand Minna. In a press...more
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that private foundations can't be forced to disclose their investments to retirees in retirement plans. The decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v.Raimondo was 5-4,...more
"People are becoming increasingly aware that their financial choices have the potential to make a positive social and environmental impact, but social finance still represents just 0.5% of the total...more
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Halcyon Incubator Selects Inaugural Class of Fellows
Washington, D.C. based incubator for social entrepreneurs, Halcyon Incubator, has selected seven ventures to move into the newly renovated Halcyon House in September for its inaugural class of fellows.
