Saturday September 15, 2012 Be the Change You Want to See « The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
Be the Change You Want to See « The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
PCSW’s newest partnership, CT Women: Be The Change You Want to See, is part of a national initiative called Vision2020. The goal of the project is to convene allies and women leaders from across Connecticut with the purpose to advance women’s equality by the year 2020 (the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote). The project was developed by the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine with the intention of making equality a national priority through shared leadership among women and men in every state.
Conference:
PCSW is collaborating with Vision2020′s Connecticut delegates Jo Dutcher and Nandini Sharma as well as visionary delegate Carolyn Mazure in launching a CT Women: Be the Change you Want to See conference. The conference will take place on September 15, 2012 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. This is an all-day event.
The national project is working to achieve the following five goals by the year 2020:
PCSW’s newest partnership, CT Women: Be The Change You Want to See, is part of a national initiative called Vision2020. The goal of the project is to convene allies and women leaders from across Connecticut with the purpose to advance women’s equality by the year 2020 (the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote). The project was developed by the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine with the intention of making equality a national priority through shared leadership among women and men in every state.
Conference:
PCSW is collaborating with Vision2020′s Connecticut delegates Jo Dutcher and Nandini Sharma as well as visionary delegate Carolyn Mazure in launching a CT Women: Be the Change you Want to See conference. The conference will take place on September 15, 2012 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. This is an all-day event.
The national project is working to achieve the following five goals by the year 2020:
- Increase the number of women in senior leadership positions in American life to reflect the workforce talent pool and demographics.
- Achieve pay equity, so that equal pay for equal work will be the norm in the United States.
- Educate employers about the value of policies and practices that enable men and women to share fairly their family responsibilities.
- Educate new generations of girls and boys to respect their differences and to act on the belief that the nation is at its best when leadership is shared and opportunities are open to all.
- Mobilize women to vote, with particular emphasis on a record-setting turnout in 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment.
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