1. Queen of Green
Hope supports women's voices on Economy
May 24, 2011 01:36 EAT
For Immediate Release
Contact: Latoya Veal, 202-628-8669, ext. 116
Task Force on Older Women's Economic Security to President:
Women's Issues and Voices Must Be Heard in Budget Talks
Telephone Press Conference, Tuesday, May 24, 11 a.m. E.T.
May 23, 2011
At a May 24 telephone press conference, members of the Older Women's Economic
Security (OWES) Task Force of the National Council of Women's Organizations will
demand that President Obama's budget negotiations include women participants and
women's views in the discussion.
Members of the media are invited to call in.
Who:Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women (NOW)
Bobbie Brinegar, Executive Director, Older Women's League (OWL)
Cynthia Harrison, Vice-Chair, Women's Committee of 100
Gwendolyn Mink, Independent Policy ScholarWhat:OWES Task Force to request a
meeting with President Obama and Vice President Biden to discuss ways to include
women's viewpoints in the current budget discussions and to ask that members of the
administration with expertise on women's issues be added to the White House's advisory
team working on the budget negotiations.When:Tuesday, May 24 from 11:00 a.m. E.T.
to 11:30 a.m. E.T.Call:712-432-0900; Passcode: 230489
Women are entirely absent from the meetings of the team Vice President Joe Biden has
convened to address the federal budget, leaving the men behind closed doors with a
real deficit in their discussions about issues critical to U.S. women, including health care
and Social Security. Research has shown that women are gaining fewer jobs than men
in the current economic recovery and are still suffering grave impacts from the
recession; they also stand to lose disproportionately from the types of budget cuts being
discussed.
Leaders of major women's organizations will call for the inclusion of women's concerns
and voices in these discussions. Groups include: NOW, the Black Women's Health
Imperative, the Business and Professional Women's Foundation, Dialogue on Diversity,
the Older Women's League, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, Women's

2. Committee of 100, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, the Women's Research
and Education Institute, and the YWCA USA.
The National Council of Women's Organizations is composed of more than 200
women's organizations representing more than 12 million U.S. women. The Older
Women's Economic Security (OWES) Task Force was formed in 1998 to study, monitor
and act to enhance older women's economic security. NOW is a co-chair of the OWES
Task Force.
Queen of Green is a global network of green stakeholders from 29 diverse sectors who
share a common goal of transforming their world.
Ambassador Hope has developed a Social Investment Portfolio of 14 programs to
empower the poor in 70+ countries. She passionately believes in empowering the talent
and skills of the poorest of the poor to become green and sustainable. By integrating the
development process to ensure energy, food, and health security is combined with
education and micro-enterprises for economic security it is possible to mobilize millions
of citizens to be the change they want to see in the world.
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