The latest in a series of Shriver Reports, A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink, in partnership with the Center for American Progress, is available now for FREE! Click here to download your copy today. The book will only be available free of charge for four days, ending Wednesday, January 15th.
The much anticipated report is a groundbreaking investigation into the millions of women who are doing it all and barely scraping by, struggling to provide and parent in a nation that hasn’t kept pace with the modern realities of their lives. You can read excerpts from the book at ShriverReport.org.
Also as part of the report launch, The Atlantic will present “The Shriver Report LIVE” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 15th - and it will be streamed live on ShriverReport.org. Held in Washington, D.C., the full-day event will bring the report to life as thought leaders, activists and real women come together on stage to discuss important issues affecting women on the brink and the children who depend on them.
Featured speakers will include House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; Maria Shriver, Founder of A Woman's Nation; Neera Tanden, President of Center for American Progress; Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of the New America Foundation, and author of the widely read Atlantic cover story " Why Women Still Can't Have It All" and many others.
Be sure to also tune in to NBC News this week, as Maria Shriver will reporting on issues discussed in A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink.
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