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Women's Rights Committee

Meetings are held virtually

Contact chairperson Ginger Mundy for information on how to join the group, log into the meetings and participate.

GOALS--Advocate for initiatives that support and expand women’s rights under the ERA, reproductive rights, healthcare and Medicaid expansion, and equal pay.

2024-25 PLAN

  1. Educate membership and the community on the amendment to limit government interference in abortion.
  2. Host a webinar with a panel discussing the impacts of the 15-week ban/6-week ban
  3. Advocate for and against bills impacting women’s rights in the 2024 legislative session 
  4. Identify other opportunities to promote, advocate for, or advance women’s rights.

We Want YOU!

 

We are thrilled that our Members supported adding a Women’s Rights Committee as part of our advocacy for the 2022 program year. Brandy Cranford(shown right) will be chairing the committee and is looking for LWVOC Members that want to help craft the action plan for this important committee. As a reminder, here are the Position Statements for the committee.

 

  1. We stand for every woman’s right to access affordable, quality healthcare including access to abortion and birth control. 
  2. We support policies that advance reproductive rights and comprehensive sex education and oppose legislation that seeks to undermine and overturn the protections of Roe v Wade. 
  3. We advocate for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution. 
  4. We advocate for equal pay for equal work. 
  5. We believe in paid family leave. 

 

 

 

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New Hope for the ERA

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21st Century ERA: The Path to Full Citizenship for Women

Despite the significant legal and legislative advances that have been made in recent decades, women continue to face discrimination on the basis of sex. The symptoms of this systemic discrimination are clear in the ongoing fights against unequal pay, workplace harassment, pregnancy discrimination, domestic violence, and limited access to comprehensive healthcare. It is not enough to treat the symptoms; we must address the root cause of inequality by amending the Constitution.


The ERA has satisfied all requirements set forth in Article V of the Constitution and should be added as the 28th Amendment. In 1972, the ERA was passed through Congress with well over the necessary two-thirds vote and sent to the states. It has been over two years since Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the amendment as the last necessary state to meet the ¾ of states ratification requirement. The effective waiting period has now come to an end and the Amendment is enforceable.

Learn more about the ERA from the National Archives