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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongresswomen Demand Action on Equal Rights Amendment
Congresswomen Demand Action on Equal Rights Amendment
Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) took to the House floor yesterday to urge for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would grant constitutional protection from discrimination based on sex.
Citing enduring bias and discrimination against women, Congresswoman Watson Coleman emphasized that the ERA would provide constitutional grounding to enact more proactive legislation to protect womens rights. In particular, Watson Coleman noted that the ERA would allow Congress to restore a provision of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that allowed survivors to hold perpetrators and enablers of gender-based violence liable for damages, even if the state would not criminally prosecute. The Supreme Court invalidated this portion of VAWA in 2000, finding that Congress lacked the constitutional authority to enact the provision.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, the lead sponsor of the ERA in the House, joined Watson Coleman on the floor during the special order hour. Watson Coleman has pledged to use the special order hour, when members of the House can speak on any topic they wish, every month to highlight the ERA. Well keep coming back until its done, Watson Coleman pledged.
Maloney, who proclaimed womens equality a fundamental right, used her time on the House floor to highlight gender-based pay discrimination and its impact on the financial stability of women and families, as well as its negative impact on economic growth. Women, on average, are still paid only 79 cents to a mans dollar, but the pay gap is particularly onerous for some women of color. African American women, for example, are paid 60 cents, and Latinas only 55 cents, for every dollar paid to a white man, according to a report released last month by the U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC), of which Maloney is the ranking member.
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Congresswomen Demand Action on Equal Rights Amendment (Original Post)
niyad
May 2016
OP
That's great! Thank you. The "Not Ratified" states are not much of a surprise, are they?
Squinch
May 2016
#3
I am not sure that even florida would, given the woman-hating venom of most of the state
niyad
May 2016
#4
Squinch
(51,004 posts)1. Nice. I'd love to see this raised again.
niyad
(113,552 posts)2. you might want to check out the ERA website:
Squinch
(51,004 posts)3. That's great! Thank you. The "Not Ratified" states are not much of a surprise, are they?
Except Florida. I would think this could be passed in Florida. But getting two others among those "not ratifieds" is going to take some doing.
niyad
(113,552 posts)4. I am not sure that even florida would, given the woman-hating venom of most of the state
legislatures these days.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)5. Problem is, we are sliding backward, so this is more important than ever. I'm glad to see
it getting a push. Thanks niyad! I love your posts.
niyad
(113,552 posts)6. you are most welcome. it is my pleasure to post.