John,

During last night’s two hour Democratic debate, there was not one question about reproductive rights, equal pay, the Equal Rights Amendment, or any other Women’s Rights issues.

That is unacceptable. These are critical issues affecting more than half of the population and they're not even being mentioned. That’s why we’re launching a petition from the Women’s March movement to the hosts of the next primary debate happening in just 5 days.

Last night was not an outlier. This is part of a larger, alarming trend in this primary. The New York Times analyzed the first 6 debates and how much time was spent on each issue. Women’s Rights was #9.

Women and femmes deserve a better debate on the issues that impact our daily lives and our families. Women are the majority of voters and ignoring the issues we face will threaten our chances to defeat Donald Trump. The media must do better, and together we can demand the substantive debate we deserve.

Tuesday’s debate is especially important because it’s the last one before Super Tuesday when the majority of Americans will head to the polls.

With only 5 days until the debate, we don’t have much time. But if we can gather thousands of signatures, we’ll send a powerful message to the moderators that Women’s Rights must be front and center on Tuesday.

We need them to elevate the stories of women who have experienced pay inequality, harassment, reproductive injustice, lack of childcare, sexism, and the many other impacts of gender inequality first hand.

Sign our petition to demand they do just that. The more signatures we have, the more powerful our collective voices will be in this fight.

Thank you for speaking out.

Women's March Team

P.S. Do you have a question you want asked during the debate? Twitter is a debate partner, and voters can use the hashtag #DemDebate to submit questions that might be posed to the candidates.