As your constituent, I am asking you to cosponsor the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (S. 3247). If passed, this bill would make it U.S. policy to reduce gender disparities related to economic participation and opportunity, work towards eliminating gender-based violence, support women’s property rights, and improve the ability of women and girls to shape their own futures. Women’s economic empowerment is vital to their ability to thrive. That includes a safe and quality education, freedom from violence, equal access to land and property, and the highest possible standard of well-being. Globally, more than a billion women are left out of the formal financial system. Not only is that a human rights issue, but those disparities significantly limit economic growth. Research shows that achieving gender parity in economic activity could add as much as $28 trillion to annual global GDP by 2025. I appreciate your work and look forward to your support of this legislation.

As your constituent, I am asking you to cosponsor the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (S. 3247). If passed, this bill would make it U.S. policy to reduce gender disparities related to economic participation and opportunity, work towards eliminating gender-based violence, support women’s property rights, and improve the ability of women and girls to shape their own futures. Women’s economic empowerment is vital to their ability to thrive. That includes a safe and quality education, freedom from violence, equal access to land and property, and the highest possible standard of well-being. Globally, more than a billion women are left out of the formal financial system. Not only is that a human rights issue, but those disparities significantly limit economic growth. Research shows that achieving gender parity in economic activity could add as much as $28 trillion to annual global GDP by 2025. I appreciate your work and look forward to your support of this legislation.