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Strategies for a Strong Economy

A non-profit project of the Center of Southwest Culture, the purpose of SSE is:
• To create a strong economy by using a multi-disciplinary approach to improving the well-being of women and families
• To improve the health of women and families through a woman-centered approach to the issues affecting their health
• To educate the public about the risk factors affecting the health and well-being of women and families
• To advance policies and programs that address the biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting the well-being of women and families
• To promote awareness of the economic impact of improving the health and well-being of women and families.

SSE results will be:
Workplaces that work for families
Healthy, economically self-sufficient women
Supported and Thriving Children
Gender equity in community planning and policy making

Projects include:
Impact of Health Care Reform on Women
Task Force on Work Life Balance
Health Insurance Exchange: Input from Women
Annual Women’s Health Policy Forum
Women’s Health Policy class at UNM
Radio show on KUNM 89.9fm
NM Women’s Agenda Research & Education Fund (Rep. Picraux Legacy Fund)

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Women’s Health Today – June 22 Show

Friday, June 22nd 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
Listen to the promo here
Listen to the full show

What makes a family in NM healthy and able to thrive? My guests will include Jessica Aranda, with Southwest Creations Collaborative, Adriann Barboa, with Strong Families NM, and Kelsey Heilman, with the NM Center on Law and Poverty.

The Basic Family Budget Calculator is available here.

The NM Task Force on Work Life Balance is addressing some of the issues raised on the show. It’s 2011 report is available and the task force will report to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee again later this year.
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Women’s Health Today is about women for everyone. How does being a woman or a man impact your health? Does health and other policy adequately address systemic problems and root causes of ill health? Women’s Health Today looks at health from an interdisciplinary and woman-centered perspective, examining the many biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting health.