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ZontaUSA + UnicefUSA + Unchained at Last

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Campaign to End child Marriage in the USA

Child Marriage is Legal HERE!

Child Marriage DESTROYS girls lives.

ZontaSaysNo!  EndChildMarriage!

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ZONTA USA CAUCUS Mission

  • Encourage development, consideration and passage of appropriate legislation by
    • the US Congress, its members and committees and
    • by state legislatures.
  • Take action in support of, or in opposition to, proposed or enacted legislation and executive orders and regulations that directly or indirectly impact the lives of women and girls.
  • Promote women’s representation in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men.

USA Advocacy Action Center

Take action to improve the lives of women and girls with the Zonta USA Caucus.  We invite ALL who share our commitment to gender equality to take action to improve the lives of women and girls.

With your help, we can make a difference. 

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Zonta USA Caucus Top Priorities

2020 – 2022

  • End child Marriage

  • Equal Rights Amendment (National + State)

  • End Violence Against Women

  • Education of Women

  • Women’s Health

  • Women at Work

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Zonta USA News: OUR BLOG

Warning Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack and Stroke

Heart attack and stroke are life-or-death emergencies — every second counts. If you think you [...]

20
Jun
Why do Legislators continue to support Child Marriage despite Public Outcry?

"Yet at least one of the bill’s sponsors in the State Senate supported an amendment [...]

16
Jun
Women Electability Research BLFF
Women Running for Office Held to different, Higher Standard

Proving readiness to serve as Governor: High Hurdles for Women At @BLFF_org we have studied [...]

15
Jun
Black Women's Health Care
Race-Based Medicine and Women’s Health

Revisiting ‘Killing the Black Body,’ 20 years later Greg Johnson– U Penn “Twenty years ago, [...]

12
Jun
Emergency physician shows everyday readers why ‘Sex Matters’ in health care

These Are the Risks of Male-Centric Medicine Christine Yu  – Outside Magazine May 23, 2020 [...]

12
Jun
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Be Transformative for Women

By Diana Boesch, Robin Bleiweis, and Areeba Haider February 23, 2021, 4:29 pm Center for [...]

25
May
It’s more than past time we talk about the invisible labor of women

By Naomi Ishisaka Seattle Times columnist As we tentatively look toward a post-pandemic world where [...]

17
May
Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that the job outlook for men and women in America remains disappointing as a whole, especially for women

One Year After Brunt of Pandemic Hit, 2 Million Women Remain Missing from U.S. Workforce [...]

17
May
Bill asks: How many children marry in California?

Zonta Club of Newport Harbor works to End Child Marriage in California. Great PR mention [...]

10
May
ERA Update from LWV-ERA and ERA-Coalition

ERA YES from Facebook: LWV-ERA May 4 at 9:55 AM  · ERA LITIGATION UPDATE: In January of 2020, two [...]

07
May
Women on Boards
Learning from AAUW – State focus on Diversity on Corporate Boards

Zonta USA Caucus is exploring the opportunities that State Legislation would have on increasing diversity [...]

29
Apr
Statutory Rape and Child Marriage Tahirih Policy Brief
Child Marriage as a defense to Rape or Sex Offenses still stands in 40 states:

Tahirih Justice Center:  The Alarming Disconnect Between Age-Based Sex Offenses and Minimum Marriage Age. Many [...]

23
Apr
Title IX Updates from End Rape on Campus

From our friends at End Rape on Campus Video of Town Hall to discuss President [...]

20
Apr
Unchained at Last publishes updated data on Child Marriage in the USA

Unchained At Last: New Study Findings 2021 “The United States has a child marriage problem [...]

14
Apr
Research: Adding Women to the C-Suite Changes How Companies Think

Literally, ALL the reasons companies are more successful when women are at the helm (with [...]

09
Apr
The background of Title IX – Context for controversy

The following is an excerpt from the Brookings Institute.  While disagreeing with their conclusions that [...]

07
Apr