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- Champion equal pay for women and establish a living wage.
- Promote pensions and benefits and change Social Security to reflect the time taken to raise a family.
- Launch an economic literacy campaign for women and girls.
- Increase the pool of credit and financing available to women in both small and large ventures.
- Assure comprehensive, responsive and affordable health care for all, including women’s reproductive health needs.
- Treat domestic violence as a public health as well as an economic issue.
- Increase quality, accessibility and affordability of child care and after-school activities.
- Support working families who take care of elderly relatives through insurance for long-term care and dependent care tax credits that include elder care and referral services.
- Expand the Family and Medical Leave Act to offer paid leave.
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ALTERNATIVES
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Alternatives is a publication of the Center for Policy Alternatives – a nonpartisan progressive public policy and leadership development center serving state legislators, state policy organizations, and state grassroots leaders. Alternatives is indexed in Urban Affairs Abstracts. ISSN #1070-3047
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