The Final State of the Union
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Summary:
Tina Tchen, Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, takes questions on women’s issues on the 90th Anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
In honor of this year’s Women’s Equality Day and the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, I did a live web chat with Shireen Mitchell from the BlogHer community. Shireen and I had a great conversation, in which Shireen asked me a variety of questions from online participants. Watch the full video or use the links below to jump to the topics that interest you most:
- Opening remarks
- The long struggle women had to get the right to vote in 1920
- Importance of women exercising their right to vote
- Inequalities the exists for women today
- The online community’s power to organize around politics and voting
- How the White House Office of Public Engagement works
- Voting rights in particular for incarcerated women and injustices in the criminal justice system
- Equal pay for working women and their families
- How Social Security affects women
- Domestic and international human trafficking
- The Equal Rights Amendment and Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Adoption
- Violence against women, participation, and medical care and services for women in the military
- The White House Office on Violence Against Women
- Overall equality of women
- Getting more women and girls involved in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields
- Concluding remarks
The conversation left me energized about the progress women have made, but focused on the challenges ahead. There are countless opportunities for the public’s engagement in politics and government. The importance of voting and other forms of public participation in government is the foundation of our country. As the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, I am proud to commemorate Women’s Equality Day and the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment in such an inclusive way.
A special thank you to Shireen Mitchell, the BlogHer community, and all of those who participated for providing me this opportunity.
Tina Tchen is Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Executive Director of the Council on Women and Girls
