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"From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for her too - ordinary women have taken on extraordinary odds to give their daughters the chance for something else; for a life more equal, more free, and filled with more opportunity than they ever had. In so many ways we have succeeded, but in so many areas we have much work left to do.”
~ Barack Obama, Speech in Washington, DC, 11/10/05
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HEALTH
CARE
Fixing
the
Nation’s
Nation's
Health
Care
System:
More
than
19
million
women
are
uninsured
in
this
country,
and
women
are
more
likely
than
men
to
delay
or
not
get
medical
care
because
of
high
costs.
Barack
Obama
is
and Joe Biden are
committed
to
ensuring
that
all
Americans
have
health
care
coverage
by
the
end
of
his
first
term
in
office.
Obama’s
The Obama-Biden
plan
will
encourage
insurers
and
providers
to
adopt
electronic
claims
systems,
electronic
medical
records,
and
patient
safety
reporting
systems.
These
improvements
will
reduce
administrative
costs
and
health
care
inefficiencies
such
as
duplicative
testing
and
medical
errors,
which
in
turn
will
reduce
costly
medical
malpractice
lawsuits.
These
common
sense
steps
will
cut
overall
health-care
costs
by
up
to
10
percent
or
more.
Empowering
Women
to
Prevent
HIV/AIDS:
In
the
United
States,
the
percentage
of
women
diagnosed
with
AIDS
has
quadrupled
over
the
last
twenty
years.
Today,
women
account
for
more
than
one
quarter
of
all
new
HIV/AIDS
diagnoses.
Women
of
color
are
especially
hard
hit:
In
2004,
HIV
infection
was
the
leading
cause
of
death
for
African-American
women
between
the
ages
of
25
and
34.
Around
the
world,
7,000
women
are
infected
with
HIV
every
day.
Barack
Obama
has
been
a
leader
in
the
global
fight
against
AIDS.
He
introduced
the
Microbicide
Development
Act,
which
will
accelerate
the
development
of
products
that
empower
women
in
the
battle
against
AIDS.
Microbicides
are
a
class
of
products
currently
under
development
that
women
apply
topically
to
prevent
transmission
of
HIV
and
other
infections.
Supporting
Research
into
Women’s
Women's
Health:
Heart
disease
is
the
leading
cause
of
death
among
women,
accounting
for
nearly
39
percent
of
all
female
deaths.
Studies
show
that
after
a
first
heart
attack,
women
are
less
likely
than
men
to
receive
diagnostic,
therapeutic,
and
cardiac
rehabilitation
procedures,
and
are
more
likely
to
die
or
have
a
second
heart
attack
Women
are
also
more
likely
than
men
to
report
having
arthritis,
asthma,
autoimmune
diseases,
and
depression.
Health
care
disparities
among
minority
and
poor
women
are
especially
pervasive.
Barack
Obama
has
fought
to
maintain
funding
for
the
Centers
of
Excellence
in
Women's
Health
at
the
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services.
He
also
supports
legislation
to
encourage
research
that
will
examine
gender
and
health
disparities.
The
same
legislation
would
establish
community
outreach
programs
in
underserved
areas
to
help
women
access
health
care
and
maintain
healthy
lifestyles.
Fighting
Cancer:
Ovarian
cancer
is
the
fourth-leading
cause
of
cancer-related
death
among
women
in
the
United
States.
Because
of
the
lack
of
early
symptoms
or
a
proven
screening
test,
ovarian
cancer
also
has
the
highest
mortality
of
all
cancers
of
the
female
reproductive
system.
Barack
Obama
is
an
original
co-sponsor
of
Johanna's
Law.
Signed
into
law
in
January
2007,
the
law
will
educate
women
and
increase
awareness
of
ovarian
cancer.
Obama
has
also
supported
efforts
to
combat
breast
cancer,
another
leading
cause
of
death
among
women.
He
helped
pass
legislation
in
the
Illinois
State
Senate
to
expand
insurance
coverage
for
mammograms.
Reducing
Health
Risks
Due
to
Mercury
Pollution:
More
than
five
million
women
of
childbearing
age
have
high
levels
of
toxic
mercury
in
their
blood
and
more
than
630,000
newborns
are
born
every
year
at
risk.
The
EPA
estimates
that
every
year,
more
than
one
child
in
six
could
be
at
risk
for
developmental
disorders
because
of
mercury
exposure
in
the
mother's
womb.
Since
the
primary
sources
of
mercury
in
fish
are
power
plant
emissions
that
contaminate
our
water,
regulation
of
utility
emissions
is
essential
to
protecting
the
health
of
our
children.
Barack
Obama
introduced
two
pieces
of
legislation
to
significantly
reduce
the
amount
of
mercury
that
is
deposited
in
oceans,
lakes,
and
rivers,
which
in
turn
would
reduce
the
amount
of
mercury
in
fish.
Supporting
Stem
Cell
Research:
Barack
Obama
believes
and Joe Biden believe
that
we
owe
it
to
the
American
public
to
explore
the
potential
of
stem
cells
to
treat
the
millions
of
people
suffering
from
debilitating
and
life-threatening
diseases.
Obama
is
a
co-sponsor
of
the
Stem
Cell
Research
Enhancement
Act
of
2007,
which
would
allow
research
of
human
embryonic
stem
cells
derived
from
embryos
donated
(with
consent)
from
in
vitro
fertilization
clinics.
These
embryos
must
be
deemed
in
excess
and
created
based
solely
for
the
purpose
of
fertility
treatment.
REPRODUCTIVE
CHOICE
Supports
a
Woman’s
Woman's
Right
to
Choose:
Barack
Obama
understands
that
abortion
is
a
divisive
issue,
and
respects
those
who
disagree
with
him.
However,
he
has
been
a
consistent
champion
of
reproductive
choice
and
will
make
preserving
women’s
women's
rights
under
Roe
v.
Wade
a
priority
as
President.
He
opposes
any
constitutional
amendment
to
overturn
the
Supreme
Court's
decision
in
that
case.
Preventing
Unwanted
Unintended
Pregnancy:
Barack
Obama
is
an
original
co-sponsor
of
legislation
to
expand
access
to
contraception,
health
information
and
preventive
services
to
help
reduce
unintended
pregnancies.
Introduced
in
January
2007,
the
Prevention
First
Act
will
increase
funding
for
family
planning
and
comprehensive
sex
education
that
teaches
both
abstinence
and
safe
sex
methods.
The
Act
will
also
end
insurance
discrimination
against
contraception,
improve
awareness
about
emergency
contraception,
and
provide
compassionate
assistance
to
rape
victims.
PREVENTING
VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
Reducing
Domestic
Violence:
One
in
four
women
will
experience
domestic
violence
in
her
lifetime.
Family
violence
accounted
for
11
percent
of
all
violence
between
1998
and
2002.
Barack
Obama
introduced
legislation
to
combat
domestic
violence
by
providing
$25
million
a
year
for
partnerships
between
domestic
violence
prevention
organizations
and
Fatherhood
or
Marriage
programs
to
train
staff
in
domestic
violence
services,
provide
services
to
families
affected
by
domestic
violence,
and
to
develop
best
practices
in
domestic
violence
prevention.
Strengthening
Domestic
Violence
Laws:
Approximately
1,400
women
a
year
– four every day –
– four every day –
die
in
the
United
States
as
a
result
of
domestic
violence.
And
132,000
women
report
that
they
have
been
victims
of
a
rape
or
attempted
rape,
and
it
is
estimated
that
an
even
greater
number
have
been
raped,
but
do
not
report
it.
Senator
Obama
co-sponsored
and
helped
reauthorize
the
Violence
Against
Women
Act.
Signed
into
law
in
January
2006,
the
bill
funds
and
helps
communities,
nonprofit
organizations,
and
police
combat
domestic
violence,
sexual
assault,
and
stalking.
The
legislation
establishes
a
sexual
assault
services
program
and
provides
education
grants
to
prevent
domestic
violence.
Fighting
Gender
Violence
Abroad:
The
genocide
in
Darfur
has
had
particularly
devastating
consequences
for
women.
Tens
of
thousands
of
women
have
been
killed,
raped,
and
displaced
since
the
conflict
began
in
2003.
Barack
Obama
has
been
a
leading
voice
in
Washington
urging
the
end
of
genocide
in
Sudan.
He
worked
with
Senator
Sam
Brownback
(R-KS)
on
the
Darfur
Peace
and
Accountability
Act,
a
version
of
which
was
signed
into
law.
Obama
has
traveled
to
the
United
Nations
to
meet
with
Sudanese
officials
and
visited
refugee
camps
on
the
Chad-Sudan
border
to
raise
international
awareness
of
the
ongoing
humanitarian
disaster
there.
He
also
worked
with
Senator
Harry
Reid
(D-NV)
to
secure
$20
million
for
the
African
Union
peacekeeping
mission.
ECONOMIC
ISSUES
Fighting
for
Pay
Equity:
Despite
decades
of
progress,
women
still
make
only
77
cents
for
every
dollar
a
man
makes.
A recent study estimates it will take another 47 years for women to close the wage gap with men at Fortune 500 corporate offices. Barack Obama believes the government needs to take steps to better enforce the Equal Pay Act, fight job discrimination, and improve child care options and family medical leave to give women equal footing in the workplace.
Expanding Paid Medical Leave:
Throughout his career, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have championed the right of women to receive equal pay for equal work. In the Illinois State Senate, Obama cosponsored and voted for the Illinois Equal Pay Act, which provided 330,000 more women protection from pay discrimination. In the U.S. Senate, Obama joined a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce the Fair Pay Restoration Act, a bill to overturn the Supreme Court's recent 5-4 decision in
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
The bill would restore the clear intent of Congress that workers must have a reasonable time to file a pay discrimination claim after they become victims of discriminatory compensation. Obama is also a cosponsor of Senator Tom Harkin's (D-IA) Fair Pay Act. As president, Obama will continue to promote paycheck equity and close the wage gap between men and women.
Expanding Paid Sick Days:
Today,
three-out-of-four
low-wage
workers
have
no
paid
sick
leave.
It
is
fundamentally
unfair
that
a
single
mom
playing
by
the
rules
can
get
fired
or
lose
wages
because
her
child
gets
sick.
Barack
Obama
supports
and Joe Biden support
efforts
to
guarantee
workers
seven
days
of
paid
sick
leave
per
year,
a
moderate
proposal
that
should
not
impose
too
onerous
a
burden
on
employers.
Investing
in
Women-Owned
Small
Businesses:
Women
are
majority
owners
of
more
than
28
percent
of
U.S.
businesses,
but
head
less
than
4
percent
of
venture-capital-backed
firms.
Women
business
owners
are
more
likely
than
white
male
business
owners
to
have
their
loan
applications
denied.
Barack
Obama
encourages
and Joe Biden encourage
investing
in
women-owned
businesses,
providing
more
support
to
women
business
owners
and
reducing
discrimination
in
lending.
Protecting
Social
Security:
Americans
are
increasingly
at
risk
of
working
their
entire
lives
only
to
face
retirement
in
poverty.
Barack
Obama
believes
and Joe Biden believe
we
need
to
preserve
the
character
of
Social
Security
by
stopping
any
efforts
to
privatize
social
security.
Obama
They
also
will
work
in
a
bipartisan
way
to
maintain
Social
Security’s
Security's
solvency
for
future
generations.
Encouraging
Retirement
Saving:
The personal saving rate is at its lowest level since the Great Depression. Only 55 percent of Americans working full-time hold a job with a retirement savings plan; the percentage is even lower for women. As of March 2005, less than half of the 60 million wage and salaried women working in the United States participated in a retirement plan. Barack Obama wants to make retirement saving easier, cheaper, and more automatic for middle-class and working people who get only minor tax benefits to save and who are the ones that really need the money. Obama co-sponsored with Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) the Save More for Retirement Act, which provides incentives for automatic enrollment in 401Ks. One study has found that, among employees with less than 15 months tenure, automatic enrollment increased participation from 12 percent to 79 percent for workers with annual earnings of less than $20,000.
Improving Child Support Collection:
Less than half of parents collecting child support receive the full payments they are due. More than $11 billion in child support goes unpaid every year. Barack Obama introduced legislation to increase child support enforcement by an additional $4.9 billion over 10 years, a measure that will collect nearly $20 billion in payments from men who don't fulfill their parental responsibilities. The bill also makes sure that states pass through 100 percent of collected child support payments to families.
Create Automatic Workplace Pensions:
The Obama-Biden retirement security plan will automatically enroll workers in a workplace pension plan. Under this plan, employers who do not currently offer a retirement plan, will be required to enroll their employees in a direct-deposit IRA account that is compatible to existing direct-deposit payroll systems. Employees may opt-out if they choose. Experts estimate that this program will increase the savings participation rate for low and middle-income workers from its current 15 percent level to around 80 percent.
Expand Retirement Savings Incentives for Working Families:
Obama and Biden will ensure savings incentives are fair to all workers by creating a generous savings match for low and middle-income Americans. His plan will match 50 percent of the first $1,000 of savings for families that earn less than $75,000. The savings match will be automatically deposited into designated personal accounts. Over 80 percent of these savings incentives will go to new savers.
NATIONAL
SECURITY
Ending
the
War
in
Iraq:
There are 202,000 women serving on active duty and 64,000 serving in the Guard and Reserves. Scores of female troops have died in Iraq and hundreds more have been injured. Barack Obama opposed the war from the beginning and has introduced legislation that would begin a phased withdrawal starting May 2007, with a goal of removing all of our combat troops by March of 2008. Realizing there can be no military solution in Iraq, Obama’s plan focuses instead on reaching a political solution in Iraq, protecting our interests in the region, and bringing this war to a responsible end.
Obama and Biden will change our mission in Iraq and responsibly redeploy our combat brigades in consultation with our commanders and the Iraqi government. We can safely redeploy at a pace that removes our combat brigades in 16 months, with a residual force to target remnants of al Qaeda, to protect our service members and diplomats, and to train Iraq's Security Forces if the Iraqis make political progress. This change in mission will ease the burden on our troops and their families while increasing our flexibility to address more pressing challenges in Afghanistan. The Obama-Biden Plan will also increase diplomacy in the region and act immediately to address the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
Caring
for
Women
Veterans:
There
are
1.7
million
women
veterans
today,
a
number
that
is
increasing
every
day.
The
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)
that
was
built
to
care
for
World
War
II
veterans
is
not
ready
to
handle
the
influx
of
women
veterans
from
Iraq
and
Afghanistan.
As
a
member
of
the
Senate
Veterans
Affairs
Committee,
Barack
Obama
has
introduced
legislation
to
force
the
Pentagon
and
VA
to
better
track
the
newest
generation
of
veterans
– including the number of women veterans –
– including the number of women veterans –
so
that
the
VA
can
better
plan
their
care.
Obama
also
introduced
legislation
to
fight
homelessness
among
veterans,
with
a
special
focus
on
treating
women
who
may
have
been
victims
of
sexual
trauma.
Along
with
Senator
Claire
McCaskill,
Obama
has
also
co-sponsored
legislation
to
provide
funding
for
additional
caseworkers
and
mental
health
counselors,
a
women’s
women's
mental
health
treatment
program,
and
a
comprehensive
mental
health
study
of
returning
soldiers.
As
president,
Barack
Obama
will
fight
to
ensure
that
women
can
get
the
care
they
deserve
at
the
VA.
POVERTY
Fighting
Poverty:
Of
the
37
million
Americans
living
below
the
poverty
line,
approximately
14.6
million
are
women
—
—
a
staggering
number
equal
to
the
combined
populations
of
Iowa,
Indiana,
and
Wisconsin.
And
nearly
13
million
children
are
living
in
poverty,
a
rise
of
1.3
million
since
2000.
Barack
Obama
is
and Joe Biden are
committed
to
a
renewed
effort
to
tackle
the
underlying
problems
that
cause
poverty.
Raising
the
Minimum
Wage:
Barack
Obama
believes
and Joe Biden believe
that
people
who
work
full
time
should
not
live
in
poverty.
The
minimum
wage
hasn’t
hasn't
been
changed
in
nine
years
and
has
less
purchasing
power
in
real
dollars
than
it
did
in
1955.
Women
are
the
largest
group
of
beneficiaries
from
a
minimum
wage
increase:
60
percent
of
the
workers
who
would
benefit
from
an
increase
to
$7.25
are
women.
As
President,
Barack
Obama
would
raise
the
minimum
wage,
wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011,
index
it
to
inflation,
and
increase
the
Earned
Income
Tax
Credit
to
make
sure
that
full-time
workers
have
a
living
wage.
Helping
Low-Income
Workers:
Transitional jobs are a promising way to help chronically unemployed people break into the workplace. This approach places participants into temporary, subsidized wage-paying jobs. It also offers mentoring and social services designed to address the work-blocking problems like personal and family conflicts. Once they find entry-level work, low-income workers often are unable to break into middle-class jobs. Bridge programs can help by partnering the federal government with employers and community-based organizations to identify job opportunities, develop customized training programs, and place low-income employees in better jobs. Barack Obama introduced legislation to devote $50 million for transitional and bridge employment programs for hard-to-employ groups like homeless veterans, children aging out of foster care, and people returning to communities after serving time in prison.
Supporting Low-Income Families:
Barack Obama has a long history of helping working families achieve economic self-sufficiency. As a State Senator, Obama sponsored and passed the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor, one of the most effective tools devised to move people out of poverty. As a U.S. Senator, Obama worked with Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) to introduce legislation lowering the Child Tax Credit’s income limit so that 600,000 more families can benefit. The Child Tax Credit allows parents to receive $1,000 per child and has been an important financial resource for working families. Unfortunately, the credit is skewed so that many families who need it the most cannot get it. Because of artificially high income limits that are indexed to inflation every year, parents that work full-time at minimum wage are not eligible for the credit. As a result, nearly 17 million low-income children get less than the full credit. Barack Obama has also introduced legislation that would provide immediate tax relief to low-income working families from the Hurricane Katrina disaster areas by enhancing the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit.
Improving Afterschool and Daycare Opportunities:
Millions of American families are struggling to juggle job and family responsibilities. Many low-income parents struggle to maintain employment and afford childcare. Barack Obama has sponsored legislation in the Illinois Senate to establish grants for after-school programs. He believes in increasing federal support for after-school programs with proven records of success at helping children avoid crime and drugs.
Obama and Joe Biden will invest $1 billion over five years in transitional jobs and career pathway programs that implement proven methods of helping low-income Americans succeed in the workforce. Obama and Biden will also create a program to directly engage disadvantaged youth in energy efficiency opportunities to strengthen their communities, while also providing them with practical skills in this important high-growth career field.
EDUCATION
Protecting
Title
IX:
Barack
Obama
and Joe Biden
supports
eliminating
gender
discrimination
in
American
schools.
For
35
years,
Title
IX
has
been
a
bulwark
against
sex
discrimination
against
students
and
employees
at
all
levels
of
education.
Obama
and Biden
will
fight
to
make
sure
women
have
equal
opportunities
and
access
from
pre-kindergarten
through
graduate
school.
Expanding
Early
Childhood
Education:
Research shows that half of low-income children start school up to two years behind their peers in preschool skills and that these early achievement gaps continue throughout elementary school. Barack Obama supports increasing funding for the Head Start program to provide preschool children with critically important learning skills, and supports the necessary role of parental involvement in the success of Head Start. He has also called on states to replicate the Illinois model of Preschool for All.
Obama has been a champion of early childhood education since his years in the Illinois legislature, where he led the effort to create the Illinois Early Learning Council. Obama has introduced a comprehensive "Zero to Five" plan to provide critical supports to young children and their parents by investing $10 billion per year to create: Early Learning Challenge Grants to stimulate and help fund state "zero to five" efforts; quadruple the number of eligible children for Early Head Start and increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both; work to ensure all children have access to pre-school; provide affordable and high-quality child care that will promote child development and ease the burden on working families; and create a Presidential Early Learning Council to increase collaboration and program coordination across federal, state, and local levels.
Promoting
Women
in
Math
and
Science:
Women
constitute
45
percent
of
the
workforce
in
the
U.S.,
but
hold
just
12
percent
of
science
and
engineering
jobs
in
business
and
industry.
Women
also
make
up
just
9
percent
of
the
recipients
of
engineering-related
bachelor’s degrees. Barack Obama believes
bachelor's degrees. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe
that
every
student
should
have
equal
access
to
education
in
math,
science,
and
technology
in
order
to
compete
on
a
global
scale.
Improving
Our
Schools:
Barack Obama introduced a plan to support school districts that try new methods to improve student achievement and reward effective teachers and school leaders. Under his initiative, 20 districts across the country will get grants to develop innovative plans in consultation with their teacher unions. High-performing teachers, and those who take on new responsibilities such as mentoring new teachers, will be eligible for pay increases beyond their base salary. Effective school leadership and effective teaching can improve both the work environment for teachers and learning environment for students. These innovation districts will show results that can be replicated in other school districts.
From the moment our children step into a classroom, the single most important factor in determining their achievement is their teacher. Barack Obama and Joe Biden value teachers and the central role that they play in education. They will work to ensure competent, effective teachers in schools that are organized for success. The Obama-Biden K-12 plan will expand service scholarships to recruit and prepare teachers who commit to working in underserved districts. To support teachers, Obama and Biden will foster ongoing improvements in teacher education, provide mentoring for beginning teachers, create incentives for shared planning and learning time for teachers. To retain teachers, Obama and Biden will support career pathways that provide ongoing professional development and reward accomplished teachers for their expertise. This Career Ladder initiative will help eliminate teacher shortages in hard-to-staff areas and subjects, improve teacher retention rates, strengthen teacher preparation programs, improve professional development, and better utilize and reward accomplished teachers.
Making
College
More
Affordable:
Barack
Obama
and Joe Biden
will
make
college
affordable
for
all
Americans
by
creating
a
new
American
Opportunity
Tax
Credit.
This
fully
refundable
credit
will
ensure
that
the
first
$4,000
of
a
college
education
is
completely
free
for
most
Americans,
and
will
cover
two-thirds
the
cost
of
tuition
at
the
average
public
college
or
university.
And by making the tax credit fully refundable, Obama’s credit will help low-income families that need it the most. Obama will also ensure that the tax credit is available to families at the time of enrollment by using prior year’s tax data to deliver the credit at the time that tuition is due, rather than a year or more later when tax returns are filed.
Recipients
of
this
credit
will
be
required
to
conduct
100
hours
of
public
service
a
year,
either
during
the
school
year
or
over
the
summer
months.
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