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Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde asked last month why women had been “kept” at the farmers’ protests and praised Supreme Court advocate AP Singh (a man with a record of victim-blaming and support for honour crimes) for giving an assurance that women would be sent home and kept out of the protests. As an Indian woman, these developments fill me with a sense of foreboding and panic. Chouhan and Bobde are men with immense power, who do not feel obligated to listen to the voices of women. Their whims carry the weight of authority. We need to tell these powerful and influential men: Women are not a “problem” for which confinement and surveillance are the “solution”. Women are not “things” owned by men, which need to be “protected” from theft or damage. ....
Making the Case for Chosen Family in Paid Family and Medical Leave Policies February 16, 2021, 9:06 am In the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed that U.S. workplaces and work-family policies are ill-equipped to support workers with illnesses or caregiving responsibilities. This policy gap has affected LGBTQ individuals, who often have less access to care from traditional family structures, in particular ways. The United States’ lack of any permanent, national paid leave policy makes it the sole outlier among industrialized countries and puts workers’ jobs, economic security, and health at risk. With the recent expiration of temporary COVID-19 emergency paid leave, 4 out of 5 workers have been left without access to paid family leave. As this concern becomes a prominent part of the national conversation, policymakers must act to create a permanent paid family and medical leave policy and ensure that it reflects diverse caregiving relationships in order to ....
When Women Lose All the Jobs: Essential Actions for a Gender-Equitable Recovery February 1, 2021, 9:02 am Download the PDF here. The tumultuous year of 2020 may be over, but the coronavirus pandemic and the significant financial insecurity facing many women and their families are not. As the year closed out, the nation’s employment numbers for December revealed that the nonfarm payroll job losses for the month were entirely borne by women. 2 This development, while unique to December, is emblematic of the disproportionate damage to women’s employment that occurred during the year: Women and their families, who were already treading water before the pandemic, ....
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden took action to put federal agencies on a path toward raising the minimum wage for federal employees and contract workers to $15 dollars per hour, providing them with emergency paid leave, and restoring essential collective bargaining rights and protections to federal employees. The order builds on previous actions taken by […] ....
Biden Administration March 31, 2021 A vigorous FSOC could go a long way toward creating a U.S. financial system that is resilient and positioned to support long-term growth. REPORT March 30, 2021 President Biden’s FY 2022 budget request must address years of cuts and underinvestment in critical government functions. COLUMN March 25, 2021 The United States’ maternal health crisis demands federal and state action to improve coverage, the delivery of care, and pregnancy outcomes. The cost of inaction will almost certainly be dire. ISSUE BRIEF REPORT March 10, 2021 President Biden’s proposal is a chance to reshape how U.S. federal agencies handle the country’s top national security issues. ....