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You Can Ignore It, But It WON’T Go Away

By on September 17, 2012 in Uncategorized

I suspect that one reason the U.S. has made so little progress towards pro-caregiver policies is that women figure once the children grow up and go to school, the work/family conundrum will sort itself out. We may have a few rough years of living on just one income, or being uncomfortably stretched by the high [...]

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You’re Taking Care of Others, But Who’s Taking Care of You?!

By on May 9, 2011 in unpaid labor uncompensated labor carework family caregiver, women's retirement security

Lara Hinz, my friend, colleague and Director of Programs at the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) has penned this guest post. She raises a very important point - while we have our hands full taking care of others, our own future well-being is likely falling by the wayside. WISER aims to change that [...]

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