1. 48% of workers do not have paid sick days; 76% of low-wage workers and 80% of part-time workers do not have paid sick days.
2. In 1960, only 10% of mothers worked and only 10% were unmarried. Today 70% of mothers work and 40% of mothers are unmarried.
3. 70% of American children live in [...]

I don’t know about you guys, but I was hoping to spend Sunday evening watching the Saints beat the Colts, The Who play "Baba O’Reilly" at halftime and some creative ads about Clydesdales. I was not hoping to get a side of abortion politics with my guacamole and buffalo wings. But, alas, CBS is apparently [...]

Last week’s debate at The Economist over the motion “This house believes that in the developed world, women have never had it so good” was frustrating to observe. The end result was a strong majority in favor of the aforementioned statement despite the best efforts of Terry O’Neill, president of NOW, to point out the [...]

US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners, will join Fem2.0’s last regular segment of the Wake Up! blog radio series, happening this Friday at 1:00 PM EST. In a discussion entitled, Fighting Words! Creating Change for Working Families, with host Suzanne Turner, Momsrising Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, and Family Values@Work [...]

 Thanks to Families and Work Institute, we’ve added a new segment to the Fem2.0 Wake Up! blog radio series, Work/Life and Kids: What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents?
Thanks to the Families and Work Institute, we’ve added a new segment to the Fem2.0 Wake Up! blog radio series, Work/Life and Kids: What Do [...]

Fem2.0 blog radio has its first ever program next Monday at 11:30 AM EST, on TalkShoe, here, with BlogHer Co-Founder Elisa Camahort Page, Heather Boushey, senior economist at the Center for American Progress, and Joan Williams, director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California - Hastings.
What will we be talking about? [...]

My reaction to Angry Mouse’s post on DailyKos criticizing the mainstream feminist organizations for inactivity and lack of political influence mirrored those of other feminist bloggers: there was certainly some truth to the author’s words, but the post glossed over the practical challenges faced by such organizations, especially in a recession. And as Miriam Perez [...]

*Take Action Day occurred Jan. 13, 2010. For a round-up of what happened, please go to the Not Under the Bus website.
Women (and men) who believe that women’s health care should be "safe, fair, and covered," have the opportunity to make their voices heard today by joining in a chorus demanding that women’s bodies [...]

Did you see the announcement? Fem2.0 is kicking off the New Year with Wake Up, This Is the Reality!, a campaign to help change the way Americans talk and think about work and to begin shifting the national narrative away from privileged "balance" and corporate perspectives to one that reflects the reality on the ground [...]

We’ve had a couple of blog carnivals here at Fem2.0, but for those that need a refresher on what a carnival is and how you can host your own OR how to participate, here’s the 101.
Process
A blog carnival is an event for bloggers to gather and write about one specific topic or theme. A “host” [...]