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For me that means also giving low income women access to birth control, sexual education in the schools, working to change societal stigmas about pregnant single women as well as workplace laws to make it easier for women to carry the baby to term and give it up for adoption if that is what she chooses, etc.
Many of the questions I received after my talk were focused on the income gap and access to digital technologies.
As I reported months ago, there is a law in place to help low-income customers have access to basic telephone service.
The report stresses the importance of adopting policies that provide income security, access to quality health care, and a supporting legal environment for the elderly.
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However, we must do much more to ensure that the over 5 million people needing antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries gain access to it.
Mr Brown said it was unacceptable that one in twenty low income families had access to the internet, compared to one in two of the better off.
Not surprisingly, 84 percent of deaths due to eating too much sodium occurred in low and middle-income countries where access to fresher, less preserved foods is more difficult and prohibitively expensive.
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The other thing we have to do is, yes, less income households probably should have help with their rent, and we have dramatically cut the programs that assist low-income households from getting access to affordable rental housing.
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Unlike other federal programs, its existence may meaningfully impact college enrollments, improving access for low income groups.
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Despite these benefits, many people, particularly low-to-moderate income households, do not access mainstream financial products, such as bank accounts and low-cost loans.
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Here, Daughter received distributions (even if just to pay taxes on the investment income), and had access to the Trust through a debit card.
In the Lords (from 2.30pm) questions to ministers range across inequality in income in the UK, access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law (and this is the latest shot in a guerrilla campaign against changes to legal aid rules which come into force from 1 April) and future railway re-openings.
Income alone is often not enough to ensure access to an affordable and beneficial choice, especially for people who are low-income or economically vulnerable.
It's mainly rents, but also includes gains from property sales and income from tenant services like cable access.
In other words, access of lower-income households to banking facilities so that it's easier for them to save.
In most states, low-income Americans have little to no access to dental care.
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Claims that there is no gap in college access for low-income students are based on a flawed analysis that understates college readiness and overstates enrollment figures.
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Even if computers owned by the poor are a few technological generations behind, and even if low-income families go into debt to afford their internet service, online access is available to more families every year regardless of income.
Gender equality will exist when both women and men are able to share equally in the distribution of power and knowledge, have equal opportunities, rights and obligations in terms of work or income generation, are given equal access to quality education, capacity building opportunities throughout life and in all domains, and the possibility to develop to their full potential.
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Heinrich's nonprofit, Inner-City Filmmakers, provides free hands-on job training and placement for low-income minority youth, giving them increased access to the film and television industry.
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On the one hand, they are well-positioned to satisfy common social goals including helping lower-income populations achieve upward mobility through greater access to financial services.
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Yet studies show that children from low-income families are less likely to have access to high-quality early education, and less likely to enter school prepared for success.
In particular, studies show that children from low-income families are less likely to have access to high-quality early education, and less likely to enter school prepared for success.
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