I want family courts to recognize that abuse of one’s spouse is just like abuse of one’s children. I want abusers to not be allowed any type of custody of chidlren whom they ahve abused or whose mothers they have abused. Teaching chidlren that fathers are to be rewarded with custody when they were abusive is to teach these chidlren that abuse is okay. And that is wrong, wrong, wrong!

I would like to see a society that recognizes that women are intelligent enough to not only inform themselves but to be able to make decisions regarding their own bodies and not be ostracized for it. I would like to see women be able to have an abortion without having people screaming at them for “killing” a baby. I would like women to be able to choose sterilization if they wish without doctors telling them they’re too young to be thinking about that. I would like pharmacists to give women their prescribed birth control medication without having to impose their morality on women.

Contrary to the past 200 years worth of thought, women are capable of reasoning and we are capable of making our own decisions when it comes to out body, so I would like to see that implimented.

Name: Lissette

Age: 32
Location: Miami, Florida

I want to see sex education programs in public schools that actually spend time teaching about safe-sex methods, birth control, and instilling positive body image in students. Condemning the act is NOT going to keep young people from having sex, so why not make sure they know how to do it safely?

Name: Laura

Have you watched the news recently? Its dominated by men, it should be called \”world man news.\” I switch on and:- I see men advising a man to send his men troups to war. I see men fighting. I see men messing up the economy and talking about it, more men scratching their heads trying to sort it out, then its back to more men playing sport, and men dicussing the sport of men, followed by men of industry sorry that they poluted the earth, cue more men discussing what to do….. And here\’s Suzie with the weather.
Perhaps if women saw other women on the TV running countries, making top decisions, leading companies.. We may feel empowered and think , wow look at that woman, what a inspiration! I want to do that! But no… its just men… Where is the Worlds Woman News ? Or perhaps just Equal news.. that would be nice.. there is a 50-50 split of men and women on the planet isnt there?

Deborah Siegel calls on the next president to value families through paid maternity leave, paid sick days, affordable childcare, reproductive rights, honest sex education and more.

A speaker calls on the next President to free U.S. Political Prisoners and address the issues of the prison/industrial complex at the This Is What Women Want speakout in New York.

A speaker calls on the next president to rebuild the social safety net and reinvest in public higher education at the This Is What Women Want speakout in New York.

A speaker calls on the next President to address gender inequality in male-dominated fields including architecture at the This Is What Women Want speakout in New York.

Kate Bornstein asks the next president to listen to the voices of the Left at the This Is What Women Want speakout in New York.

Carmen Van Kerkhove calls on the next president to stop pretending our country is past racism at the This Is What Women Want speakout in New York.