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    1. Metastressors as Barriers to Self-Sufficiency Among TANF-Reliant African American and Latina Women

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Bowie,Stan L. (Author) and Dopwell,Donna M. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2013-05
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Affilia: Journal of Women & Social Work
    Journal Title Details:
    28(2) : 177-193
    Notes:
    Examines welfare-reliant, female heads of households and the barriers they face in their attempts to obtain employment. Almost all the Latina respondents spoke only Spanish and were born in South or Central America, Cuba, or the West Indies.&nbsp;The study challenges the assumptions on which the Temporary Assistance for Need Families operates, including its political origins and its current regulations that mandate time limits on assistance in spite of persistent national economic problems.

    2. Views, events, and debates

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Núñez,Elba Beatriz (Author) and Woodroffe,Jessica (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2013-03
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Gender & Development
    Journal Title Details:
    21(1) : 189-197
    Notes:
    Focuses on CLADEM, an organization that has been championing women's rights in Latin America and the Caribbean for over 25 years. With the target date of 2015 fast approaching, attention is turning to what will follow the Millennium Development Goals - the global action plan to reduce extreme poverty across the world. Here, Jessica Woodroffe considers what the future holds, specifically for women's rights.