Shari Temple
Global IT Team Chair; Global Womens Caucus Steering Team; Global ERA Task Force Chair; Germany Secretary; Germany DPCA Rep
LATEST BY Shari Temple
Improving the quality of life for everyone
I live in a country (Spain) whose constitution dates from the same year I first marched in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. The 14th amendment of the Spanish constitution ...
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Second Class Citizens No Longer
Women have been second class citizens in the United States for too long and until our rights as equals are enshrined in the Constitution we will continue to be so. ...
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ERA: For the Dads, and Moms, and especially the kids!
My husband was able to take paternity leave - what a bond that created with him and our kids! That was something my father couldn’t have imagined. I’ve been better ...
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I thought we had this matter settled
Much of the 36 years that I was a professor at the University of Kentucky, I was active in the American Assocation of University Professors (AAUP). For all of that ...
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Support your constituents - not corporations.
The job of Congress is to represent the people of the United States, passing legislation that supports your constituents. 52% of your constituents are women. They are not insurance companies ...
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The ERA is Above Party Politics
I grew up in Northern California in a divided and polarised household. Politics were the regular side dish and both Republicans and Democrats were at the table. I know I ...
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We all must keep pushing!
At its core, law is the expression of a society. It lays bare our ambitions, priorities, and boundaries as humans. It is the tangible and binding articulation of the society ...
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Equal Rights for women does not mean less rights for men
Sasha, I live in Germany and vote in CA Throughout history the important roles of women have been downplayed, altered or left out entirely. Until 50 years ago, women could ...
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Before I die
Born in 1947, I grew up being told I could not be the president, or a doctor, or a race car driver. The only options for smart girls were teacher, ...
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COVID-19’s impact on women has given added urgency to add the ERA to the U.S. Constitution
I certainly have experienced gender inequality, mainly regarding equal pay, throughout my career as I am sure many have. However, in comparison, with the crisis of COVID, we know that ...
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Don't let the fight for the ERA be something we pass down to future generations
While we have made what are considered great strides over the last several decades in equality for women, we still have a ways to go for women to be considered ...
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Onward!
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex." While more progress has been made in granting women ...
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What they didn't tell me about Democracy
In 1953, less than 10 years after WWII, at the invitation of the US government, I came to Maryland for a year as a German exchange student to learn about ...
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Try explaining this to foreigners
It is the year 2021 and NOW is the time to change the "All Men are Created Equal" part of our constitution. I simply cannot understand how a country like ...
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An Urgent Intersectional and Safety Necessity
Passing the Equal Rights Amendment is long past due, but fortunately, we as a country have a pathway in front of us to renounce discrimination of equal rights on account ...
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When Men and Women Live in True Brotherhood....
I'm an academic, I live in France, and I vote in Massachusetts. Back in the 70s I read Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking book "The Second Sex" and it changed my ...
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We Need the ERA Now More Than Ever
"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." This is what the ERA guarantees. ...
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Always encouraged to do anything I thought I wanted to or could
It was my father who taught my mother to cook, sew, and clean the house. He´d grown up on a farm and had to share in all kinds of chores. ...
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Fighting for the Right to Follow our Dreams!
As a young college student, I had two passions: politics and music. While I was trying to decide whether to follow in the footsteps of my beloved uncle who travelled ...
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