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Chile’s Bachelet Promises Pension Payday for Women
Chile’s president-elect Michelle Bachelet has promised an overhaul of the nation’s private pension system. She says her reform will do much more to help women than the “pension for housewives” promised by her opponents during the campaign.
Critics Say Budget Cuts Hurt Women, Children
Critics say a GOP budget bill cutting $39 billion in spending during the next five years for federal programs subverts the compassionate tone of Bush’s State of the Union speech Tuesday.
Tips and Resources on Holiday Spending
(WOMENSENEWS)–Overcoming the societal message that encourages over-spending at year’s end is no easy task, but many resources provide help. A number of books, Web sites and initiatives aim at finding the true meaning of the holidays.
Female Dems Say Social Security Is Their Fight
Female Democrats lay down the gauntlet on Social Security yesterday. They depicted the president’s privatization plan–which includes cuts to survivor and disabled benefits–as an assault on women that they were ready to fight.
Time to Demand Mother-Friendly Social Security
The Social Security debate is all wrong. Instead of asking whether it should be saved or shelved, Kristin Maschka says we should be looking for ways to update a system that does a disservice to women, particularly those who are caretakers.
Women Lose With Social Security Reform
Women live longer, earn less and fill more caretaking roles than men. For all these reasons they have a lot to lose if Social Security is changed, says economist Heather Boushey. So who would win? Wall Street brokers spring to her mind.
Stakes High for Women in Social Security Battle
As the public debate intensifies over the Bush administration’s drive to privatize Social Security, women have a special stake in the outcome. Sixty percent of recipients are women and for a quarter of all women over 65, the program is their only income.
Many Women See Social Insecurity in Tax Cuts
Tax-cut policies–not aging baby boomers–are what really threaten Social Security and Medicare. That’s what many women’s groups argue and they are invoking last week’s annual reports by the trustees of both programs to bolster their case.
