Women and children are at high risk of being pushed into contemporary forms of slavery, according to UN-appointed independent rights experts. Click here to read the article in UN news about how gender inequalities have subjected women and girls to contemporary forms of slavery such as child and forced marriage, domestic servitude, forced labour and debt bondage.
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November 2021 InStepp Ambassador of the Month by Danielle Lewis
Congratulations to Caroline Griffin, InStepp’s November Ambassador of the Month. Caroline, a native of Raleigh, attended Wake Tech and NC State University. She is currently Director of Operations at RIoT, a non-profit company in Raleigh. Caroline was elected Chair-elect of the InStepp Board of Directors in November 2020 and serves on the Board’s Community […]
Paid leave is out, universal pre-K is in. What women — especially women of color — have at stake in the pandemic recovery
Family-friendly policies that help Americans with care needs will be crucial for women’s economic recovery from the pandemic — especially for many women of color and low-wage workers. Click here to read the article in MarketWatch by Meera Jagannathan about which provisions survived President Biden’s 10-year “Build Back Better” package that impact women.