Our MISSION is to raise public awareness of the benefits of gender equality, regardless of age, race, class or sexual orientation, through education and advocacy.
  1. We believe Gender Equality is a Human Rights issue.
  2. We believe what are called “women’s issues” not only affects women, but also affects men and families as a whole.
  3. We believe that gender expectations are not only placed on women and girls, they are also placed on boys, men, gays, bisexuals and transgendered.
  4. We believe the United States needs a national conversation about gender INequality that still exists in this country.
  5. We believe in partnership and that working together we are stronger.
  6. We believe that to achieve full gender equality, men, as well as women, should be engaged in advancing the rights, health and well-being of all.
  7. We believe in our collective power.
We are committed to changing public opinion regarding women’s role in society, in media, in government, in the workplace, and in the home and to educate the public about the sexism and misogyny that still exists in our society.

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Equal Rights Amendment Reintroduced by

Representative Carolyn B. Maloney

 

Many people today take for granted that equal rights between men and women are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution – and are shocked when they learn that they are not. To this day, the right to vote is the only right guaranteed to the women who make up more than 50% of the population. That is why I have reintroduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), to give women the constitutional protection they need and deserve.

The ERA passed in Congress in 1972, and was sent to the states for ratification. Unfortunately, by the time the allotted deadline had passed in 1982, the ERA was just three states shy of the thirty-eight ratifications necessary for inclusion in the Constitution. I believe the states deserve another chance to pass this historic amendment.

Women have made incredible progress in the past thirty-five years, but unfortunately judicial attitudes can shift, and Congress can repeal existing laws with a simple majority vote. In recent years, there have been efforts to roll back women’s rights in education, health, employment, and even domestic violence. As the great suffragist and author of the ERA Alice Paul said “We shall not be safe until the principle of equal rights is written into the framework of our government.”

On July 21, 2009, I reintroduced the Equal Rights Amendment (H.J.Res 61) in the 111th Congress. The ERA is a constitutional amendment which would prohibit denying or abridging equal rights under law by the United States or any state on account of sex. A few of the ways this critical amendment would guarantee the equal rights of men and women is by:

  1. Clarifying the legal status of sex discrimination for the courts, by making sex a suspect category subject to strict judicial scrutiny, as race, religion, and national origin currently are.
  2. Guaranteeing equal footing for women in the legal systems of all 50 states.
  3. Ensuring that government programs and federal resources benefit men and women equally.