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White House Council on Women and Girls

Posted At : April 7, 2009 6:27 PM | Posted By : Caroline Evans
Related Categories: Strides for Women

Last month, Obama's administration announced the creation of the White House Council on Women and Girls. The Council's mission is to ensure that American women and girls are treated fairly in all matters of public policy, and that such issues as equal pay, family leave, child care and others are not treated just as women's issues, but also as family and economic issues.

What do you consider the most pressing issues facing today's working parents, women, and mothers? What effects do you think the Council will have or do you think it will be effective in enacting legislation change? We want to hear from you - post your response below and share your thoughts!

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Kudos to Pink Magazine Editor, Cynthia Good!

Posted At : July 11, 2008 2:29 PM | Posted By : Allison O'Kelly
Related Categories: Strides for Women

Cynthia Good is another woman who's changing the way we work – specifically city workers in Atlanta, GA.

Highlighted on this morning's edition of NBC's TODAY Show, Good wrote letters to both Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta, and Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, petitioning for verbiage on construction warning signs to be changed.

While the signs originally read "Men Working", the new signs will now read "Workers". Although the change cost the city $1,000 dollars, the message that it sends to the Atlanta community and to the women represented among the city workers is invaluable.

Mom Corps supports Good for her continued effort to recognize subtle discriminatory innuendos and to establish equality for women in the workforce. Kudos!

To see the full feature, click here.

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