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How will US women fare under Obama?
Barack Obama has stacked competent women around him at all levels of the administration, not just at the top level but also at the second and third layers.
Three of the fifteen members in his Cabinet are women, or not quite 20%. Obama is used to having strong women around him. Most of these positions are in the national security and economic issues arenas so are key positions.
- Hillary Rodham-Clinton, Secretary of State
- Hilda Solis, Secretary-Designate, Department of Labor
- Janet Napolitani, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
And there are further powerful women in critical roles:
- Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisors
- Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations
- Lisa Jackson, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency
So exactly what can women expect from the Obama Administration. What will the US Gender Agenda really look like? Well the Obama Adminstration has set a clear agenda for women and it is as follows.
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This article has 5 responses.
1. Pearl from India wrote:
I read this article and it gives me hope for a new experience in the world because he is President of America. He has good concern for women and we should encourage and cooperate with him. I wish that one day soon women wil have equaloity in society.
2. Teri B from United States wrote:
Here in the United States, too many women take for granted their freedoms and how they got here. We do not have full equality by any means, but we should be more active in seeking it and in our support for women around the world.
3. Kiden Grace from Sudan wrote:
I am 25 years old and so grateful for the Obama administration for 2009 for women in the world. I urge that these agendas should be extended to my own country Sudan because inequality is still highly existent mostly in the areas of Education, Economic issues, Healthcare and Reproductive choices.
4. Alison from Austria wrote:
I am not impressed by a mere 20% participation at the top. 50/50 is the goal and Obama is far from it.
5. Lorine Hargrave from United States wrote:
I agree with Alison from Austria 50/ 60 sound s better to me. I have a Day Care Center. For 24 years I have not grown much I should have as many as 10 day care centers by now. I have never received a pay check in 24 years. Working as a volunteer helping very low poor underprivileged single parents, watching them struggle to get their children to the center then to work or school broke my heart. They have no transportation, not many clothes for their children little food on food stamps few pamphlet, can't afford a change of clothes. Why do they get so little help? I am a black 72 year old woman in good old America.