This petition was created to help end female genitalia mutilation in The United States. As of right now, FGM is still considered legal in states across the USA and affects girls of all ages. We want to put a federal ban, as well as a state ban to ensure this cruel and barbaric practice is ended.

Not only is this charge unnecessary, but also disgraceful on behalf of the sheriff department! This was about a small child. How many men stop alongside the highway to relieve themselves without being charged with any type of citation? I'm sure the sheriff department has more pressing issues than a little boy having to use the restroom! A conversation would have been sufficient; and I'm sure the mother would NOT have done this if it could have been avoided. After all, they were headed to the restroom. Read more: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/hot-topics/pregnant-mom-says-she-was-ticketed-over-toddlers-potty-emergency/938030712

Right now, women make up nearly half of the United States’ workforce, bringing billions of dollars into our economy and serving as the sole or primary income earner for almost half of all households. Yet despite the immense economic power they hold, women make on average only 80 cents for every dollar a white man makes. However, for women and other people of color, the pay gap is often even wider, with African American women making 61 cents, Native American women making 58 cents, and Latina American women making just 53 cents for every dollar. This is unacceptable. Decades after the passage of the Equal Pay Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act, women and people of color still face lower starting salaries and fewer opportunities for professional growth. This contributes to higher levels of poverty for women and children and reinforces social and economic barriers to health, education, and social opportunities. Right now, the Senate has a chance to pass legislation that will bring us closer to eliminating the wage gap and ensuring that women receive equal pay for equal work. Yet despite recently passing with bipartisan support in the House of Representatives, Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is unlikely to even bring the legislation to a vote. That’s why we need your help. Sign our petition today to tell Senate Leader McConnell to support people of color and women—#PeopleLikeUs—by bringing the Paycheck Fairness Act to a vote. Together, we can ensure that all people are paid what they have earned, regardless of their gender, race, or ethnicity! Want to do more? Share this petition with your network, then call your Senators and tell them to urge McConnell to vote on the bill and ask them to support this critical piece of legislation.

As students, faculty, and staff, we believe that we should be provided with free menstrual products at Chabot as we are majority low income students. Menstrual products are a basic need and we should not be met with the challenge to suffer through school without menstrual products or having to miss school due to having a menstrual cycle. We created this form to call attention to this basic need and make change in order to continue our education at Chabot without the concerning ourselves with having to choose between buy pads instead of a meal, missing school, or using toilet paper in place of menstrual products, etc.

The Women's National Basketball Tournament should get the same coverage and exposure as the Men's National Basketball Tournament. There's no reason why the women's tournament games shouldn't be on broadcast TV like the men's.

I am a Domestic Violence survivor. My abuser has since abused many women that he met online that are in fear of speaking.

The government shutdown officially began at 12.22.18, which means the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has expired and programs that assist survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault will be left without funding. The National Taskforce Against Domestic Violence founder Sabrina Mckenzie is standing in solidarity with Women across the nation to resist the idea of building a wall to protect citizens from potential danger outside when we should be demanding monies to protect women from the existing dangers that women experience inside the country each day when every nine seconds a woman is abused. We are calling for a protest and boycott against the wall and demanding that the government shut-down come to an end so that families at the border can feed their children. Furthermore, we insist on the release of funding under the VAWA Act that protects women and children. We have convened a non-partisan ecumenical coalition of high powered women leaders and community activists who are supporting the rights and protection of all women.

Sexual assault is a serious offense and these cases keep happening, wherein the assailant is not brought to justice and the victims are left in the cold. Universities claim they take the safety of the student body very seriously. If that is true, universities have a responsibility to keep potential predators off campus.

This is counter petition to the ultra left people. I'm a moderate Democrat and socialism is not on my platform.

As a Baby Boomer who advocated for the ERA in the 70s, it is my wish that the ERA becomes the law of the land before I die! Only three more states need to ratify it...and that seems like an achievable goal. The Women's Movement is strong enough to make the ERA rise like a phoenix from the ashes. Our time is now!

No, not personally but I deeply care about those who have and others who might be in the future. I have a wife, mother, sister, daughter & granddaughter so women are a huge part of my life and I love them all dearly and want the very best for them & women all over this country and the world. Now and in the future. This is why I stand with Me, Too!

Women and children are being violated every day and the government has done nothing about. Abusers continue to walk the streets with very little consiquences.