City council speaker reveals more than 100 policy recommendations,including free long-term contraceptives and expanding job programsMore than 100 policy recommendations to benefit young women – from hiring a police liaison for abortion centers to creating a fund for free long-term contraceptives – were announced by the modern York City council speaker on Monday, in the country’s first large policy report to focus on young women.
Similar to Barack Obama’s My Brothers Keeper, and a program aimed at supporting young black men nationwide,modern York’s Young Women’s Initiative is the first time young women, specifically women of color and trans women, and have been the focus of a major policy initiative. Related: Tired,destitute, huddled millennials of modern York earn 20% less than prior generation Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com