Election Reflection: Good News and Bad News for Women and Families

By Judy Patrick and Surina Khan

Read it on the Huffington Post!

Election Results 

Voters Reject Propositions 4 and 6! 

• Full Election Results from the SF Chronicle
• Prop 4: California Voters Defeat Parental Notification for Third Time—Three Strikes and You Are Out, Kathy Kneer on the California Progress Report
• Voters oppose Prop. 5, Prop. 6, support Prop. 9

Proposition 8 Passes, Stripping Same-Sex Couples of Their Right to Marry

• Full Election Results from the SF Chronicle
• Marital Discord: Why Prop 8 Won, by Richard Kim
• Backers focused Prop. 8 battle beyond marriage, LA Times
• Prop. 8 foes sue to block amendment, Fresno Bee

California will realize its potential only when women and girls lead and thrive as full participants at all levels of society.

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California is the eighth largest economy in the world. By 2030, the population of California will increase from 37 million to 50 million, fueled primarily by Latina/os and Asian Pacific Islanders. California leads the way in social trends and technology, yet things are far from perfect.

Why women?

In California, 37% of single mothers and 25% of children live in poverty. One in six women remains uninsured, and 71% of the uninsured are women of color. Women are concentrated in low-wage jobs where the average annual salary is only $14,040. California also has the largest female prison population in the world.

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