>>By >>Vanessa Cárdenas, Vice President for Progress 2050 at the >>Center for American Progress Women of color make up >>18.5 percent of the current U.S. population and >>36.3 percent of the...[Read More]
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>>New tests designed to assess kids’ reading ability are causing shock-waves all over the state. The third grade reading test is North Carolina’s method of...[Read More]
>>During the month of March, Women AdvaNCe will explore the minimum wage and its effect on North Carolina women and families. We will explore a...[Read More]
Women's Reproductive Care
Throughout this series on women’s reproductive care, we often identify women as people with biologically-female anatomy, such as a uterus, a vagina, and ovaries. However,...[Read More]
C-sections, where an infant is surgically removed from the uterus through an abdominal incision, are important, often life-saving procedures. While a vaginal birth is the...[Read More]
If you have ever been pregnant, you know how vitally important prenatal visits are to your own health, as well as the health and wellness...[Read More]
Native American Heritage
Did you know that North Carolina is home to the second largest population of Native Americans east of the Mississippi River? We’re home to the:...[Read More]
The Family and Medical Leave Act was passed in 1993, and has allowed 35 million workers to have access to combat health issues, bond with...[Read More]
Over the course of a few months in the summer of 2017, two women from Lumberton, NC, went missing, Cynthia Jacobs and Abby Lynn Patterson....[Read More]