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We must accelerate the pace of progress for all women to be in positions to make decisions, control resources, and shape policies and perspectives – because equality can’t wait.
Why This Challenge?
Inequality runs deep in America. The injustices Black Americans face every day have forced a spotlight on systemic racism in our country. At the same time, COVID-19 has magnified the structural inequities that disproportionately affect women. Equality can’t wait.
We have seen a groundswell of energy and activism to accelerate progress toward equality in the U.S., but the pace of change has not moved fast enough. The gains that have been made for women in the U.S. do not extend to women of color, women living in poverty, and LGBTQ women, for example.
The good news is we can change the status quo by expanding women’s power and influence. In 2019, the World Economic Forum projected that it will take the U.S. 208 years to reach gender equality. We want to speed things up so that women of all backgrounds, especially women of color, can have an equal chance to make decisions, control resources, and shape policies and perspectives in the U.S.
Economic Participation and Opportunity
Political Empowerment
Caregiving in America
Graduating Women in Influential Sectors
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