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FMLA Was There for Me—and It Should be for You

I’m on paid FMLA. I didn’t want to be. I fought it down to the wire. FMLA is for maternity and paternity leave, I’ve always...[Read More]

25 Sep
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A Road Map to Paid Leave in North Carolina

We’ve spent the last month at Women AdvaNCe exploring why people of all professions would benefit from paid leave. From lawyers to home health workers,...[Read More]

23 Sep
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Latinx Heritage Month

Growing up I had a father who most would just categorize as Latino, because of his Mexican background, but he chose to identify with his...[Read More]

21 Sep
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Computers, Bugs and Paid Leave

Ever since I was a young girl I dreamed of having a career. I also dreamed of being a mom. Nowhere in my visions did...[Read More]

16 Sep
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The Trickle Down Economics of Paid Leave: Professional Organizations Can Lead the Charge

More women than men are now pursuing graduate degrees, according to the latest numbers from the American Enterprise Institute. While it’s generally assumed people with...[Read More]

13 Sep
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Woman to Watch: Satana Deberry, Durham’s District Attorney

When Satana Deberry left her hometown of Hamlet, NC to pursue higher education at Princeton University, her purposeful plan didn’t include the words District Attorney...[Read More]

11 Sep
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The One Place Many Men Avoid Women: In the Office

Since the inception of the #MeToo movement, many men have reacted by trying to avoid women altogether in the workplace. In a recent survey by...[Read More]

9 Sep
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Employees Engaged in Domestic and Service Industry Work Deserve Paid Leave

Like an estimated 45-million Americans, Deborah Brockington of Durham is a caregiver for her aging mother. She spends her days assisting in tasks like bathing,...[Read More]

2 Sep
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Slivers of Hope

One thing I know for sure right now is that it can be a challenge to remain hopeful in this world with all that is...[Read More]

28 Aug
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Celebrating and exercising our right to vote

I imagine August 18, 1920, Wednesday, a sultry summer day in North Carolina. My grandmother, Wanda Margaret Robbins Bunting, perhaps the strongest woman I’ve ever...[Read More]

26 Aug
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