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Op-Eds & News about Women's Fund:
- Op-Ed: "Teen Pregnancy an Epidemic," by Women's Fund Board Member Seetha Srinivasan, The Clarion Ledger (February 2012)
- "Bryant Calls for Strategy to Curb Teen Pregnancies," The Clarion Ledger (January 2012)
- AP Interview: "Barbour Reflects as Term Ends" (December 2011)
- Clarion Ledger Editorial: "Sex Ed: Boards should heed parents" (December 2011)
- WAPT video on the Summit (December 2011)
- Laurel Leader Call via Associated Press: "Advocates: Enhanced sex ed may cut teen pregnancy" (December 2011)
- "Pregnancy by Teens Has Big Costs," by The Cleveland Current (September 2011)
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"Editorial: Teen Moms: Enormous Social Costs," by Clarion Ledger (September 2011)
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"High Cost of Teen Pregnancy," radio interview with Jamie Holcomb of Women's Fund and Sarah Welker of Mississippi Economic Policy Center. Mississippi Edition of Mississippi Public Broadcasting (September 13, 2011)
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"Editorial: Staggering Cost of Teen Births," The Commercial Appeal, (September 2011)
- "Teen Births Cost Miss. $154M, Study Finds," CBS The Early Show, (September 2011)
- "Study Puts Cost of Teen Births at $154.9M: Proponents of Sex Ed Classes Cite Economic Impact," The Commercial Appeal, (September 2011)
- "Teen Births Cost Millions to Miss. Taxpayers, Study Shows," The Christian Post, (September 2011)
- "Business Blog: Teen Pregnancies Cost Miss. $154 Mill a Year," Mississippi Business Journal (September 2011)
- "Teen Pregnancy Costs State Nearly $155 Million in a Year," Jezebel (national blog) (September 2011)
- "Study: Teen Births Cost Miss. $154.9 Million in '09," Associated Press (September 2011)
- "Teen Births Cost Mississippi $155 Million Every Year," interview with Mississippi First (a grantee) and Women's Fund staff. Mississippi Public Broadcasting (September 2011)
- "Teen Moms Costly to State," by Clarion Ledger (September 2011)
- "Opinion Editorial: Sex Ed Should be Medically Accurate," by Board Member Katie McClendon, PharmD, Dr. Cris Glick, Dr. Aaron Shirley, and Dr. Helen Barnes The Clarion Ledger (August 2011)
- "Letter to the Editor: Let 572% Interest Sunset with the Law," by Board Member Jackie Bailey, The Clarion Ledger (December 2010)
- "Consumers Deserve Protection," Mississippi Business Journal (October 2010)
- Dr. Michelle Owens, WF Board Member, & Jamie Holcomb, Director of Programs, discuss teen pregnancy prevention on MPB, Mississippi Edition. Listen here. (October 2010)
- "Coast Programs Receive Financial Assistance from Women's Fund" by Sun-Herald (September 2010)
- "Editorial: Mississippi Needs to Empower More Women" by Sun-Herald (September 2010)
- "Mississippian saluted nationally as Woman of Vision" by Board Member Seetha Srinivasan (May 2010)
- "Domestic violence a serious Mississippi issue" by Judy Wiener and Carol Penick (April 2010)
- Podcast about spring 2010 fundraiser by Jamie Holcomb, Theresa Kennedy, Brad Reeves and Nicole McNamee
- "Women's Fund of Mississippi invests in success for all" by Board Member Seetha Srinivasan
- "Childhood Services Investment in Jobs," by Carol Penick and Jamie Holcomb (September 2009)
- "State Fails Youth on Curbing Teen Births" by Jamie Holcomb (August 2009)
- "A Man's World" by Jamie Holcomb (July 2009)
- "When Women Are Economically Secure, So Are Families" by Carol Penick and Jamie Holcomb (April 2009)
Reports:
- "Self-Sufficiency Standard for Mississippi 2009" by the Mississippi Economic Policy Center, 2009
(Co-sponsored by Women's Fund, William Winter Institute, and Center for Women's Welfare) - "Increasing the Return: Investing in Mississippi's Working Families" by the Mississippi Economic
Policy Center, 2007 - "Power of the Purse" by Lisa Belkin (August 2009, New York Times Magazine)
Resources:
- The Status of Women in the States project at the Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Kids Count Data Center (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
- Women's Funding Network
Issues In the News:
- Clarion Ledger Editorial: "Sex ed: Well, ignorance isn't working" (August 2011)
- Week of November 11, 2010
- Week of October 15, 2010
- Week of September 30, 2010
- Week of September 16, 2010
- Week of September 2, 2010
- Week of August 19, 2010
- Week of August 5, 2010
- Week of July 22, 2010
- Week of July 8, 2010
- Week of June 24, 2010
- Week of June 9, 2010
- Week of May 27, 2010
- Week of May 10, 2010
- Week of April 30, 2010
- Week of April 8, 2010
- Week of March 25, 2010
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