This Week's Ms. Must-Reads
Ms. Weekly Digest | November 23, 2019
Letter from an Editor
Feminism dominated headlines about politics and policy this week. Women were dubbed “impeachment’s rock stars," and they shaped the last debate as candidates and moderators. Carolyn Maloney marked a new milestone in Congress when she became Chair of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, and on Latina Equal Pay Day Wednesday, feminists pushed the EEOC do better to close the wage gap and protect women of color from workplace discrimination.
In the wake of Wednesday's groundbreaking debate, the notion of "women's issues" came front and center. In pieces this week by our expert contributors, they called for more focus on women's economic justice, urged feminists to take the Census seriously and demanded an end to the so-called "debate" on women's reproductive freedom.
Our reporting this week also went far beyond the debate stage or Capitol Hill. In the midst of all this, we heard from the state lawmakers who went to El Salvador on a fact-finding mission about abortion bans, took on T.I. and looked back on 25 years of the fight for global women's rights.
Now more than ever, women are shaping the conversation about the issues that impact our lives. It's about time—but each milestone is also a reminder of just how far we have left to go in the fight for equality. One thing, though, is certain: Ms. will be here to chronicle what comes next.
For equality,
Carmen Rios
Managing Digital Editor
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This Week's Must-Reads from Ms.
Women: “Impeachment’s Rock Stars”
Fiona Hill. Jennifer Williams. Laura Cooper. Marie Yovanovitch. The names making headlines in the Trump impeachment inquiry are largely women’s.
What Our Readers Want to Ask the 2020 Presidential Candidates
“I want to know what’s going to be done to combat sexual harassment and assault, and the further systemized victimization that people undergo when reporting such crimes to employers and police.”
Keeping Score: Carolyn Maloney’s Latest Milestone
Rep. Carolyn Maloney was elected Chair of the House Oversight Committee Wednesday in a caucus-wide vote, making history as the first woman to ever hold the position. Maloney has represented her district, including much of New York City, for 14 terms, and is a feminist champion known, among other reasons, for her leadership in the fights to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and build a National Women’s History Museum. In her new post, she will take the reigns of one of the most powerful committees in Congress, and play a pivotal role in the unfolding Trump impeachment probe.
What Wednesday Meant for Latina Women
Wednesday was Latina Equal Pay Day—the day that the average Latina worker must work in this calendar year to catch up with what their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts made by the end of the previous year alone. It also marked another occurrence: The U.S. EEOC held a public hearing to determine whether it will roll back or weaken current pay data collection requirements for employers, making it even easier for employers to underpay Latina and other workers without being detected.
What Have We Delivered for the World’s Women and Girls Since 1994?
End poverty. End patriarchy. Could it be that these two goals are more intimately linked than ever before? This month marked a rubber-hits-the-road moment for those who are interested in doing both: Government leaders, politicians and civil society activists gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for a United Nations Summit on population and development.
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