As CEO and Co-Founder of The Rose, Dorothy Gibbons has seen the impact of elections as she advocates for women's access to care. As a result, she is a strong proponent of exercising the right to vote. In that light, she wanted to share the following from the recently released The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink that looks at the lives of women on the brink (and beyond) of economic instability and proposes suggestions on what can be done.
In 2014, 36 states will choose their governors, and 33 Senate seats will be up for election as well as thousands of additional openings from the state legislature to the school board. And in 2016, the nation will choose a new president. All of these elections create an opportunity for women voters to gain commitments from our political leaders to finish the undone work, including: expanding family and medical leave; ensuring high-quality early care and education for all children; and eliminating the wage gap so that these policies become an everyday reality for all women and their families. Voting is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to create local as well as national impact. -- The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink
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