Children and Families Legislation

Pregnancy

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Abortion Is Power
The Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect much more than women's access to abortions. Abortions allowed women to escape abusive and even deadly relationships. Now that door is closing, state by state.
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Jul 15, 2022
Bloomberg
Kathryn A. Edwards

Social Services and Welfare

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The Marriage Plot
For more than a quarter century, the U.S. government has been sending an unmistakable message to poor, single mothers: Get married. If America genuinely wants to address poverty and achieve gender equality, this has to change.
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Apr 4, 2022
Bloomberg
Kathryn A. Edwards
Child Well-Being

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America's Experiment in Remedying Child Poverty
Amid the debate over whether the success of the expanded child tax credit in reducing poverty is worth its large price tag, many are missing a crucial feature: It was uniquely well-designed to address the increasingly precarious economic reality that millions of Americans experience.
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Feb 8, 2022
Bloomberg
Kathryn A. Edwards
Child Well-Being

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Biden's Child Tax Credit Will Bring Lifetime of Improvement
The American Rescue Plan is expected to cut child poverty in the United States by more than 40 percent. The benefits are important to families today and could be compounded over the hundred years these children are expected to live.
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Apr 28, 2021
United Press International
Krishna B. Kumar, Andrew R. Hoehn @AndyHoehn, et al.
LGBTQ+ Populations

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What the First-Ever EU LGBTIQ Strategy Means for Rainbow Families with Children
Rainbow families can face challenges because of ongoing discrimination against LGBTIQ people. The first-ever EU strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, nonbinary, intersex, and queer equality unveiled in November sets out actions and initiatives to ensure the safety and equal rights of LGBTIQ people in the EU.
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Dec 21, 2020
EU Observer
Natalie Picken
Children

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Giving Children a Voice Can Lead to Better Outcomes for All: Developing the New European Strategy on the Rights of the Child
Children have a right to participate in decisionmaking that affects them. It will be important to ensure that there are mechanisms in place to support that process, and that they are resilient, even in times of crisis.
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Nov 3, 2020
The RAND Blog
Michaela Bruckmayer
Children

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Celebrating Children's Rights Is Important, but More Progress Is Needed
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which set a legal framework and put children's rights firmly on the international policy agenda, was adopted 30 years ago. While there are a number of initiatives in place, more work could be done to maximize children's involvement in policy and decisionmaking on issues that affect their lives.
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Nov 25, 2019
Encompass
Eleftheria Iakovidou, Barbara Janta
Children and Families Legislation

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Use It or Lose It—Why Taking Parental Leave Is So Important for Fathers
The active involvement of both a mother and a father in the upbringing of a child has great social and psychological benefits. Yet, despite legal provisions allowing parents to take time off to look after children, such as parental leave, many men are still reluctant to take it.
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Mar 4, 2019
E!Sharp
Barbara Janta, Katherine Stewart
Work-Family Conflicts

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Work vs. Family: How Some Countries Lead the Way in Flexible Working
Many families in the European Union struggle to balance their professional and domestic responsibilities. Harmony between work and home could be an important way to help children and adults and promote a more prosperous society at large. More action could be taken to support work-life balance for working parents.
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Jan 31, 2019
EurActiv
Barbara Janta, Harry McNeill Adams, et al.
Children and Families Legislation

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Potential Changes to Paternity and Parental Leave in Europe
Fathers' involvement in child care has considerable benefits for their children, mothers, employers, and themselves. Paternity and parental leave are important, but pay, flexibility, and eligibility remain significant barriers to uptake by fathers across Europe.
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Jun 25, 2018
E!Sharp
Barbara Janta
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Why Europe's Work-Life Balance Proposal Could Be in Limbo for Years
The work-life balance proposal has a chance of having an impact on the labor markets and welfare systems in Europe. However, given the variation in policies across member states and levels of political support among key stakeholders, the proposal may end up stuck in negotiations.
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May 30, 2017
New Europe
Barbara Janta
Health Care Pay for Performance

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Improving MACRA's Chances of Success
Starting in 2019, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act will integrate and potentially simplify performance measurement by combining many measures and programs. Research provides insight into how to avoid pitfalls in MACRA's rollout.
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Jan 9, 2017
The Health Care Blog
Adam J. Rose, Peter S. Hussey, et al.
Children and Families Legislation

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Benefit-Cost Analyses of Child and Family Preventive Interventions
In thinking about scaling programs and services for children, youth, and families, the research community should consider economic evidence as part of their research programs in order to inform funding decisions.
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Mar 12, 2015
Social Policy Report of the Society for Research in Child Development
Kimber Bogard, Lynn A. Karoly, et al.
Child Well-Being

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The Time Is Ripe for Evidence-Based Child Policy in the UK
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress that has been made and the challenges that remain. Even in the UK there are still children who live in poverty and inequality, who experience violence, and who are not afforded rights on par with their peers.
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Nov 20, 2014
Open Policy Making
Barbara Janta
Children and Families Legislation

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The Time Is Ripe for Evidence
Earlier this year, the European Commission renewed its commitment to promoting child well-being. One of the guidelines was to strengthen the use of evidence-based policy. This is noteworthy because it represents one of the first times that the EC has specifically advocated the use of evidence in policy making.
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Dec 2, 2013
The Alliance for Useful Evidence
M. Rebecca Kilburn, Michael Frearson

Quoted

The COP decisionmaking process reflects its members' consensus views. And therein lies the problem. The Paris Agreement should have achieved the socially better outcomes of binding emissions control to finance and binding each country to its target of emissions and finance.…That it did not do so was because the coalitions' views prevailed rather than the social good.

Rafiq Dossani

Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

Source: United Press International

Women have fought in wars for as long as humans have waged them. Yet that long history has been either lost or purposefully hidden, complicating efforts to expand women's military roles even as we have steadily gained greater equality in other fields.

Kayla M. Williams

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Association of the U.S. Army

Using AI to Identify Youth Suicide Risk: What Does the Evidence Say?

Disrupting the Chinese Military in Competition and Low-Intensity Conflict

The Nuclear Shadows of the Ukraine War as Seen Through a Chinese Lens

North Korea's Satellite Launch: Part of a Bigger Problem for Kim Jong-un?

Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism: Insights from RAND Research

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Children and Families Legislation

Abortion Is Power

The Marriage Plot

America's Experiment in Remedying Child Poverty

Biden's Child Tax Credit Will Bring Lifetime of Improvement

What the First-Ever EU LGBTIQ Strategy Means for Rainbow Families with Children

Giving Children a Voice Can Lead to Better Outcomes for All: Developing the New European Strategy on the Rights of the Child

Celebrating Children's Rights Is Important, but More Progress Is Needed

Use It or Lose It—Why Taking Parental Leave Is So Important for Fathers

Work vs. Family: How Some Countries Lead the Way in Flexible Working

Potential Changes to Paternity and Parental Leave in Europe

Why Europe's Work-Life Balance Proposal Could Be in Limbo for Years

Improving MACRA's Chances of Success

Benefit-Cost Analyses of Child and Family Preventive Interventions

The Time Is Ripe for Evidence-Based Child Policy in the UK

The Time Is Ripe for Evidence

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