How the candidates rate on women's issues

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How the candidates rate on women's issues
Oct 23, 2008 at 5:48 PM
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We're all women here right? Well, here's something we should pay attention to.

The Economists' Policy Group for Women's Issues (EPGWI) was formed in 1992 to evaluate the positions of presidential candidates.

This report provides an evaluation of the two leading candidates for president, Senators McCain and Obama, on ten issues of major concern to women. The financial crisis and the threat of severe recession make it particularly important that the next president be cognizant of the problems that women face, and be determined to address those problems.

Women of all ages and children will be among those hardest hit by the recession because they already comprise a majority of Americans living in poverty. And women perform a majority of low-wage and unpaid carework in precarious economic circumstances.It is important that the policies taken to deal with economic distress account for the situation and interests of American women and their families.

Report Card, October 23, 2008

	McCain	Obama
Overall Grade	D	B
Health Care	C-	B-
Pay and Employment Equity	F	B
Retirement Security	D	B
Taxes	D	B-
Paid Time Off	D	B+
Child Care and Early Education	D	B
Poverty	D	B
Nontraditional Families	C-	B+
Domestic Violence	D	A
Reproductive Rights	F	A

The membership of EPGWI includes five authors of the report
Professor Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Chair)
Professor Emerita Barbara Bergmann, American University and University of Maryland College Park (Vice Chair)
Professor Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts Boston
Professor Robert Drago, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Lois Shaw, Affiliated Researcher, Institute for Women’s Policy Research.