Obsolete “Women’s Group” Petitioning Obama For Higher Office
Maggie’s Open Letter To NOW:
Dear Nags …
I would just like to point out Republican Pres. George Bush appointed Condi Rice to the position of Secretary of State … a woman, and a “black” woman at that, to deal with the world’s leaders most of whom are men.
And then there was Sen. John McCain who named Gov. Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate. Your guy completely ‘avoided’ naming your ‘gal’ as his running mate … pretty much like avoiding a pox infected blanket on the mid-western plains. Also, should you care to ‘google’ it, you will find that your guy paid his female staff less than he paid his male staff during his 2008 campaign … Not so of Sen. McCain.
The fact that you feel the need to petition your guy to establish a special Women’s Office at Cabinet-Level says very little about your guy … and even less about your sincerity to the accomplishments of women, especially women not of your political leanings.
Sod off …
NOW:
Urge Obama to Establish Women’s Office at Cabinet-Level
Imagine an Office on Women in the Obama-Biden administration — not just any old office, but one at the Cabinet level, putting women “at the table” in a very tangible way. We can make it happen!
Recently NOW helped organize a coalition of nearly 50 national groups which sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden urging gender balance in executive appointments and advocating the creation of this new Office on Women. This office would address not only the status of women, but also the many inequities that women face in our society, our nation, and our world. The director would hold cabinet rank and report directly to the president. Establishing this office would be another historic first for Obama and a giant leap toward equality.
Ask Obama NOW: Create an Office on Women
Because women, especially women of color, are differently affected by so many laws and policies - from health care to the economy - it is critical that women be taken into account as the new administration makes key decisions. Women need an advocate at the policy-making table whose specific responsibility is considering and weighing in on the possible impact of these decisions on women’s opportunities for advancement. A Cabinet-level office is the most effective way to accomplish this goal.
Ask Obama NOW: Create an Office on Women
The Office on Women would seek new ways to foster the full potential of tens of millions of women and girls of all races and from all walks of life — through policies, budgeting, inter-agency coordination and special initiatives. Let’s face it, many of our federal programs were designed at a time when women’s roles in our society were very different, and these programs need to be reviewed and reassessed.
Ask Obama NOW: Create an Office on Women
The office would have leadership of a revived and strengthened White House Office for Women’s Initiatives and Outreach and a restored Inter-Agency Council on Women, both of which existed under the Clinton administration but could stand a few upgrades this time around.
In addition, the Office on Women would interrelate with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Commission on the Status of Women, and the Status of Women Commissions of many states, counties and municipalities across the country.
Ask Obama NOW: Create an Office on Women
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