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All this long pandemic campaign season, our writers have helped make sense of the ways that our most charged & complex policy issues impact gender equity in America.
A short Monday-before-election-day thread
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A short Monday-before-election-day thread
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COVID-19: Can electing more women help us find a way out of the pandemic? - by @kendallfunk12 (2/) https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/we-need-womens-leadership-more-than-ever-during-covid-19/
GUNS: While the 2nd Amendment gets a lot of airtime during election season, the gendered implications of U.S. gun policy are more complex & far-reaching than any campaign slogan. -feat. @cjrood, @pasomers, @jamesalanfox, Leslie Harris & Emma Fridel (3/) https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/portfolio-item/guns-and-gender-in-america/
ABORTION: At the state level, the growing political divide between female policymakers has given rise to more abortion legislation. - by @AbbyAMatthews, @emilyursula & @rebeccakreitzer (4/) https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-polarization-fuels-abortion-policymaking-in-the-states/
RACIAL JUSTICE: Although Black women candidates face systemic obstacles at every step of the campaign process, instead of holding them back, it is racial injustice itself that drives many of these women forward. - by @BrownPhDGirl & Camille Burge (5/) https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/black-women-candidates-answer-the-call-for-change/
PUERTO RICO STATEHOOD: Inaction regarding gender inequities in Puerto Rico is rooted in the territoryâs colonial status, as this year's earthquake response demonstrated. - by @draKMSV (6/) https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/puerto-ricos-political-paradox/
POLITICAL VIOLENCE: The recent kidnapping plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer highlights how gender bias can turn political rhetoric into political violence. - by @mlkrook (7/) https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/that-woman-from-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-and-violence-against-women-in-politics/
And in a year when women voters could well determine the outcome of the election, the 100th suffrage anniversary reminds that justice STILL demands the vote. - w/ @C_Wolbrecht @marthasjones_ @prof_erikalee @CathleenDCahill, Jane Junn & Bill Green. (/8) https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/justice-demands-the-vote-100-years-of-womens-suffrage/
, stop doomscrolling, take care of yourselves, and 
