[Wamvan] Fwd: Valuing Our Mothers

Thu May 10 15:27:54 PDT 2012

A great reminder of the very political roots of Mother's Day - a day of
action towards furthering mother's rights, not a day of consumption and
materialism.

Many of the media I've seen this week has done the typical stuff - gift
lists and 'what do buy' your mom type columns. Has anyone read anything
else?

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Date: Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Subject: Valuing Our Mothers
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Dear Natalie,

This Sunday, in the U.S. and elsewhere, we will take time out of our busy
schedules to stop and honor some of the most important people in our lives:
our mothers. While this is certainly a moment for celebration, it's also a
chance for reflection. How are we treating our mothers the other 364 days
of the year?

It turns out, we could be doing a lot better. Studies show that if we paid
stay-at-home mothers an appropriate salary, they'd make $117,000 a year.
And the political debates of the last year have only magnified how
undervalued and marginalized our mothers really are.

Recently I wrote a
piece<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MissRepresentation/d81d2dc9f2/1eb99f04bd/0c578b8b04>for
the International Museum of Women
* *called "A Revolution, Stalled," in which I addressed how we are
especially failing our mothers in the workforce:

 "The lack of proper respect and assistance for working mothers is a major
factor in the lack of equality for women across the board. The pay gap
still exists...Furthermore, even though studies have shown that working
mothers pose fewer burdens for employers than their co-workers, the
stereotype persists, and women with children make 7 to 14 percent less than
their childless female peers."

 This Mother's Day we're asking how we can better value all mothers. How
can partners and extended family members help out with childcare, elderly
care, and household management so that the responsibility doesn't fall 100
percent on the shoulders of women? How does your company, your spouse's
company or your parents' company(ies) treat working mothers? Find the
contact information of their CEO and simply *forward them this email*. Send
them the Gender Equity
Principles<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MissRepresentation/d81d2dc9f2/1eb99f04bd/44e8bf75bc>
for
further directions on how to make sure women everywhere are being treated
fairly.

We all have a responsibility to mothers, and one way we can support those
in our community is by raising awareness around these issues. Regardless of
whether she works at home or in an office, the greatest gift we can give
our mothers is a transformation of our culture's unfair expectations of
women as primary caregivers and household managers. By raising
consciousness around the issues faced by moms, we are closing the gender
gap and expanding the opportunities available to all women and girls.

Happy Mother's Day!

Onwards,

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, CEO and Founder of MissRepresentation.org

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