The Path to Gender Equality, Fixing COVID-19 Stimulus Payments, and More

August 20, 2020

“Our centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment serves as a memory, a reminder, a clarion call to not just ‘remember the ladies’ and their achievement, but to redouble our efforts to make the kind of systemic, structural change that will fully realize the change in women’s lives that was imagined a hundred years ago,” writes Tina Tchen for the 19A Brookings Gender Equality Series.

To learn more about how far women have come on the road to gender equality in the United States, join us for an event on August 24 at 2 PM ET featuring Tchen, Madeleine Albright, and other experts.

The third night of the Democratic National Convention was a celebration of women in public life, culminating with the nomination of Senator Kamala Harris as the party’s vice presidential candidate. While this is a landmark moment to recognize, we should also consider the vital role of public policy in advancing feminism, Vanessa Williamson argues.

The financial response to the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the inability of the U.S. federal government to rapidly get money to people during times of crisis. To improve the speed of emergency financial assistance, Aaron Klein proposes solutions that address gaps in accounts, information, and infrastructure.

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