NEW: Coakley Launches Women’s Leadership Council for MA
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
“In 2014, it is unacceptable that we are taking steps backwards when it comes to a women’s access to safe and affordable health care, and women are still getting paid less than their male counterparts,” said Attorney General Coakley. “As Governor, I will stand for the health, the safety, and the economic well-being of the women of Massachusetts. I am proud to have the support of so many highly respected woman leaders, and I look forward to working with them in the coming months to discuss how we will make Massachusetts a national leader in advancing the rights of women.”
Coakley's Mission
Coakley listed 5 women's issues the Council would be fighting for.
- A woman’s right to access reproductive health care without the fear of harassment or intimidation, following the Supreme Court’s buffer zone ruling.
- Requiring all employers that contract with the Commonwealth to offer employees insurance that covers contraceptive services, in response to last week's ruling by the Supreme Court that puts the right of women to access affordable contraceptive services at risk.
- Equal pay for equal work, because it is simply wrong that women in Massachusetts earn only 79 cents for every dollar men earn. Today, women are the primary source of income in 40 percent of families.
- Leveling the playing field for women in low-wage jobs by providing earned sick time and working to guarantee paid family leave. While Massachusetts has recently taken steps to raise the minimum wage, two-thirds of minimum wage workers in Massachusetts are women, and many of those workers are depended on to provide for a family.
- Working to give more women the opportunity for leadership positions in state government, as well as the private sector. The Boston Club released a report earlier this year stating that only 13.8 percent of the directors of Massachusetts’ 100 largest public companies are women, below the national average.
- Developing better strategies to protect woman from sexual and domestic assault, especially on college campuses.
Council Members
- State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante – Chair
- Britte McBride – Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Attorney General’s Office - Chair
- Megan Amundson - Executive Director, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
- Elyse Cherry – CEO, Boston Community Capital, former Executive Director of MassEquality
- Kara Coredini Esq. - Executive Director of MassEquality
- Denise Cremins – Member of the Boston South Women’s Employment Network.
- State Senator Eileen M. Donoghue
- Andrea Kramer – Litigation Partner, Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
- Springfield City Councilor Zaida Luna
- Honorable Therese Murray, President of Massachusetts State Senate
- Georgia Murray – Principle, MMI LLC
- Veronica Turner - Executive Vice President of 1199 SEIU Healthcare Workers East of Massachusetts
- Gladys Vega - Executive Director, Chelsea Collaborative
- Marty Walz - President and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
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