Young Women Essay

In the UN conference on women, Hillary Clinton said, “If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well.” As a young woman myself, I know that a woman can reach her full potential only when she feels safe and is treated with respect. Although many presidents have talked about the problems that women face, the women still encounter challenges related to the gender. Thus, with the next president, I would discuss policies concerning sexual violence, equal pay, and birth control and abortion.

One of the safety issues that the young women face today is sexual assault.

However, young women particularly, who are studying in college or working, are at a high risk of being sexually assaulted. The research suggests that 1 in 5 young women has been sexually assaulted. This is a major problem as the victims of sexual assaults suffer from a wider range of physical and mental health problems. These problems stay with the young women for the rest of their lives and result in depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and post-traumatic disorders. They are more likely to committed suicide compared to non-victims. Holding the most powerful position in the country, the president should try to make this country a safer place for young women. In order to do so, the president should work on improving the criminal justice system. The offenders should be arrested and punished because they are more likely to commit more sexual assaults.

Numerous litigations such as equal pay act in 1963 and the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, have been passed to mitigate the employment discrimination. However, the disparity in the pay of the men and women is very apparent. Both young men and women pay equal money for the college. But as they graduate women earn less than their men counterparts. Since an equal amount of loan, taxes, are deduced, the lesser pay impairs their ability to save money for house, pay for college education and reduce their retirement savings. This leads to financial stress, especially in the families where a women is the sole or primary earner. The disparity in pay also results in fewer women at higher positions as it mitigates their desire of women to rise up the management ladder. These implications gravitate the need to fight for the equal pay. Although litigations like Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 have been passed, these litigations are not being strictly imposed. The next president of the USA should focus on proper enforcement of these litigations by instructing the companies to submit the data of the salaries paid according to the gender and position. Moreover, the initiation of the programs that