Women & Girls
Indiana groups work to close gender gap in skilled trades
Women make up only a small percentage of trade workers. Several programs are exposing girls to those jobs to change that.
Indiana has a transitional housing gap for women. These groups are trying to fill it
Hundreds of women remain on waitlists for spots in programs across the state.
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How Northeast Indiana got businesses to help pay for daycare
State leaders are looking to employers to help make childcare affordable.
Football is a girls sport. Lawrence North is proving it.
Inside one team’s quest to dominate a new high school sport in Indiana.
How a Big Sister match became a 50-year friendship
A Fort Wayne mentoring program brought them together in 1976. They’ve been part of each other’s lives ever since.
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Hoosiers use an abortion fund to bypass the state’s ban
Patients often use the money to travel out of state to Illinois.
Indiana communities fund childcare as kids wait for state aid
Allen and St. Joseph counties are using local funds to help families pay for childcare.
How to find private places to pump breast milk in Indiana
Check large venues and local libraries for dedicated spaces for lactating parents.
Indiana’s abortion ban has a ‘chilling effect’ on ER pregnancy care
A study found ER doctors are more hesitant to care for pregnant patients who are bleeding.
For these teens, the Indiana State Fair is all about fashion
4-H students modeled dresses, jumpsuits and jackets they had sewn themselves.
Girls flag football moves closer to becoming varsity sport in Indiana
Full sanctioning would shift girls flag football from a Colts-backed pilot into an official IHSAA sport.
This Indiana teacher’s marketing class helped launch rebranded district logos
The students had to think about messaging, audience perception and how to build excitement around a brand.
A former college basketball player wants women back on the court
Indy Women Hoop organizes all-women pickup games.
‘Wanted, but too sick to live’: A couple’s impossible choice
After a fatal diagnosis, an Indianapolis couple traveled out of state for an abortion.
Raising Innocence
An Indiana Women’s Prison unit gives incarcerated people a place to raise their newborns on the inside, rather than forcing them to give their babies up after birth.
Bilingual doula services hope to minimize infant death rates
Transformed Birth Services provides birth and postpartum support for all kinds of moms.
‘Pregnancy doesn’t cure addiction’: Overdose is top cause of death for new Indiana mothers
Providers say compounding issues of mental illness, trauma, and a lack of access to care contribute to those maternal deaths.
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