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whitehouse.gov - 3/11/2009
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President Obama today signed an Executive Order creating
the White House Council on Women and Girls. The...
mission of the Council will be to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all ...
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corner.nationalreview.com - 3/17/2009
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Last week, President Obama signed Executive Order 13506,
"Establishing a White House Council on Women and Girls."...
The order repeats the canard that, "On average, American women continue to earn only about 78 cents for every dollar men make," ...
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The New "White House Council on Women and Girls"
parenting.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/11/2009
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On Wednesday, President Obama signed an executive order
creating the group, which will focus on economic security,...
balance between work and family, violence against women and women's health.
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Obama's Council on Women and Girls
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Shakesville —
"I sign this order not just as a president, but as a son, as a grandson, a husband and a father. I saw my grandmother work her way up to become one of the first women bank vice presidents in the state of Hawaii, but I also saw how she hit a glass ceiling—how men no more qualified than she was kept moving up the corporate ladder ahead of her."—President Obama ...
President Obama: "[T]hese are not just women's issues"
Corrente —
As I mentioned before, Obama created an incredible White House Council on Women and Girls that will normalize gender throughout top levels of government. Here he is delivering a great speech on why gender equality is so important to us all: Read more…
Wish List for the White House Council on Women and Girls
Feministing —
So you've heard by now, President Obama has created a bonafide Council that is supposed to focus on issues affecting women and girls. His announcement yesterday (get the kleenex near the end, trust me):
So early signs indicate that it will prioritize looking at work policy and parity and political representation. I think that in such tight times, it's imperative that this Council really move forward with some powerfully specific and strategic goals in mind. Here are three pressing issues that are overdue for a federal focus:
1. End child prostitution in the U.S. For more, check out my post on doc ...
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