Women are again poised to be the determining factor in the election and ready for candidates to show how they would support us as president.
of the electorate, propelling a record number of women and women of color into office. And in 2020, women are poised to again to be the determining factor in the election.
As the presidential hopefuls take the debate stage, they should know women are watching, and we are ready for our issues to be front and center. Similarly, to achieve economic equity, women need to earn a livable wage. That starts with raising the minimum wage. Right now, nearlyof minimum wage workers in the U.S. are women. Our federal minimum wage hasn't changed for 10 years—marking the longest time ever without an increase. A mother working full time at minimum wage today lives below the national poverty level.
San Francisco city workers carry signs as they march during a rally outside of the City and County of San Francisco Human Resources office on March 7 in San Francisco.At the same time, the U.S. is failing to support new mothers. Women living in America today aremore likely to die in childbirth than their own mothers, and the U.S. leads the developed world in maternal mortality.
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