Shriver: Unfinished Revolution
Tomorrow morning Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress release a study on the status of women, and in today’s Time magazine (pictured here) Shriver writes about the “Unfinished Revolution”:
While there’s much to cheer about these days on the equality front, we still have a long way to go. Women still don’t make as much as men do for the same jobs. The U.S. still is the only industrialized nation without a child-care policy. Women are still being punished by a tax code designed when men were the sole breadwinners and women the sole caregivers. Sexual violence against women still is a huge issue. Women still are disproportionately affected by a lack of health-care services. And lesbian couples and older women are among the poorest segments of our society.
What would be the most effective way to ensure that the United States addresses those issues? Proportional representation in Congress.
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“Proportional representation in Congress.”
Who do we need? Martha!
When do we need her? NOW!!
“What would be the most effective way to ensure that the United States addresses those issues? Proportional representation in Congress.”
Well said! A UN study recently published shows that countries which have achieved proportional representation for women address women’s issues. Makes sense to me! Women’s issues are also children’s issues so electing women is in the best interest of our future. Go Martha!
I agree with achieving proportional representation. In order to do that women need to rise above partisan politics and personal feelings about whether or not we ” like her.” we must think strategically, act nationally and put women in office.
I agree. Its a numbers thing. In order to have women and children’s issues addressed (obv they aren’t being addressed now, no surprise with only 17% Congress), we have to get to gender parity. We have to think about what’s best, think long term. We have to vote for women now. Any chance we get.
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