11 Female Politicians Who Should Actually Give You Hope For The Future
In the short time Trump has been in office, it seems like
his administration has managed to attack women's rights at nearly every
opportunity. For feminists, 2017 hasn't been the best year, but there are
female politicians who will give you hope for the days to come.
The White House, for example, was relentless when it tried
banning an undocumented minor from getting an abortion. Not to mention, Trump
recently ended an Obama-era mandate that required employers to cover birth
control in health insurance plans. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Trump also revoked the Fair Pay and Safe Workspaces order, which required
paycheck transparency and held businesses accountable not abiding by labor and
civil rights laws. But just because Trump won in 2016 doesn't mean that a woman
couldn't lead the country in the future.
These are the women who are fighting for a woman's right to
choose, for equal pay in the workplace, for better gun control, and for LGBTQIA
rights. They're politicians who are making the world a safer place for women,
and who stand for just about everything Trump doesn't.
Here are some of the women that are giving feminists and
progressives hope for the future.
Mazie Hirono
Hirono, Democratic senator from Hawaii, is a vocal gun
control advocate. "My thoughts & aloha are with families in Sutherland
Springs," she tweeted after the mass shooting in Texas, "but aloha
cannot stop this epidemic of gun violence." She also spoke up during the
#MeToo campaign, sharing her experience with sexual harassment. Throughout her
career, she said, she's frequently encountered this kind of misconduct, adding,
“this kind of unwanted attention occurs in a situation where there is uneven
power, and it’s usually the woman who has less power.”
Source:
Bustle
