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OCR Page 1 of 64CONTRACT
WITH WOMEN
OF THE USA
A
s public officials, advocates for women's rights, policy-makers,
organizations and individuals, we sign this Contract with Women of the USA to implement the Platform
for Action adopted September 1995 at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women by
consensus of 189 governments, including the United States of America.
We pledge our mutual commitment to the goal of equality and empowerment for American women, who
are the continuing majority population of our nation and states.
We pledge to work together to overcome discrimination based on sex, race, class, age, immigration status,
sexual orientation, religion and disability. We seek to end social, economic and political inequities,
violence and the human rights abuses that still confront millions of women and girls in our country.
Looking to the 21st century, we enter into this Contract with Women of the USA for ourselves and for
future generations to achieve our vision of a healthy planet and healthy nations, states and communities,
with peace, equality and justice for all.
1. EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
We pledge to work for empowerment of women in all their diversity through their equal participation in
decision-making and equal access to shared power in government, in all spheres and at every level of society.
2. SHARING FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES
We pledge to work for equal sharing of family responsibilities, recognition and respect for the diversity
of families, and for practices and policies that enhance the multiple roles, security and well-being of
women and girls, men and boys.
3. ENDING THE BURDEN OF POVERTY
We pledge to work for economic justice and to end the increasing burden of poverty on women and their
children, who are a majority of the poor. Recognizing the value of women's unpaid and underpaid labor
to our families, communities and economy, we support a living wage for all workers and adequate
funding for welfare and other social safety nets, child care, education and job training, and access to
collateral-free credit for women-owned small businesses.
4. HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
We pledge to work to reaffirm the rights of women and girls, regardless of income or where they live, to
high quality, accessible, affordable and respectful physical and mental health care, based on sound
women-focused research.
5. SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
We pledge to work to reaffirm and uphold the sexual and reproductive rights of all women, including
their right to control their own reproductive lives free of coercion, violence and harassment.