WEBVTT 00:00:00.661 --> 00:00:03.372 Nearly 100 years ago, 00:00:03.396 --> 00:00:04.826 almost today, 00:00:04.850 --> 00:00:08.206 most women in the United States finally won the right to vote. 00:00:08.862 --> 00:00:14.502 Now, it would take decades more for women of color to earn that right, 00:00:14.526 --> 00:00:16.226 and we've come a long way since, 00:00:16.250 --> 00:00:19.421 but I would argue not nearly far enough. 00:00:20.077 --> 00:00:21.603 I think what women want today, 00:00:21.627 --> 00:00:24.674 not just only in the United States but around the globe, 00:00:24.698 --> 00:00:27.000 is to no longer be an afterthought. 00:00:28.001 --> 00:00:31.669 We don't want to continue to try to, like, look at the next 100 years 00:00:31.693 --> 00:00:35.856 and be granted, grudgingly, small legal rights and accommodations. 00:00:36.629 --> 00:00:39.477 We simply want true and full equality. 00:00:40.490 --> 00:00:43.172 I think that women are tired of retrofitting ourselves 00:00:43.196 --> 00:00:47.816 into institutions and governments that were built by men, for men, 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:52.386 and we'd rather reshape the future on our own terms. 00:00:53.138 --> 00:00:54.288 I believe -- NOTE Paragraph 00:00:54.312 --> 00:00:57.616 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:02.132 I believe what we need is a women's political revolution for full equality 00:01:02.156 --> 00:01:06.562 across race, across class, across gender identity, 00:01:06.586 --> 00:01:08.130 across sexual orientation, 00:01:08.154 --> 00:01:10.499 and yes, across political labels, 00:01:10.523 --> 00:01:13.799 because I believe what binds us together as women 00:01:13.823 --> 00:01:17.304 is so much more profound than what keeps up apart. 00:01:17.711 --> 00:01:19.177 And so I've given some thought 00:01:19.201 --> 00:01:21.697 about how to build this women's political revolution 00:01:21.721 --> 00:01:24.287 and that's what I want to talk to you about today. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:24.311 --> 00:01:26.474 (Cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:26.494 --> 00:01:28.569 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:28.593 --> 00:01:32.607 The good news is that one thing that hasn't changed in the last century 00:01:32.631 --> 00:01:34.195 is women's resilience 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:37.465 and our commitment to build a better life not only for ourselves, 00:01:37.489 --> 00:01:39.526 but for generations to come, 00:01:39.550 --> 00:01:41.694 because I can't think of a single woman 00:01:41.718 --> 00:01:43.116 who wants her daughter 00:01:43.140 --> 00:01:46.640 to have fewer rights or opportunities than she's had. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:47.531 --> 00:01:52.432 So we know we all stand on the shoulders of the women who came before us, 00:01:52.456 --> 00:01:53.607 and as for myself, 00:01:53.631 --> 00:01:56.542 I come from a long line of tough Texas women. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:56.566 --> 00:01:58.337 (Cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:58.727 --> 00:02:01.536 My grandparents lived outside of Waco, Texas, 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:03.038 in the country. 00:02:03.062 --> 00:02:05.393 And when my grandmother got pregnant, 00:02:05.417 --> 00:02:08.380 of course she was not going to go to the hospital to deliver, 00:02:08.404 --> 00:02:10.565 she was going to have that baby at home. 00:02:10.589 --> 00:02:12.017 But when she went into labor, 00:02:12.041 --> 00:02:15.883 she called the neighbor woman over to cook dinner for my grandfather, 00:02:15.907 --> 00:02:17.310 because ... 00:02:17.334 --> 00:02:20.729 I mean, it was unthinkable that he was going to make supper for himself. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:20.753 --> 00:02:22.507 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:02:22.531 --> 00:02:25.142 Been there. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:25.166 --> 00:02:28.280 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:02:28.304 --> 00:02:30.876 The neighbor had no experience with killing a chicken, 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:33.799 and that was what was planned for dinner that night. 00:02:33.823 --> 00:02:36.116 And so as the story goes, 00:02:36.140 --> 00:02:39.559 my grandmother, in the birthing bed, in labor, 00:02:39.583 --> 00:02:43.931 hoists herself up on one elbow and wrings that chicken's neck, right? 00:02:43.955 --> 00:02:46.212 And that is how my mother came into this world. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:46.236 --> 00:02:47.710 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:02:47.734 --> 00:02:51.584 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:02:51.608 --> 00:02:53.490 But the amazing thing is, 00:02:53.514 --> 00:02:56.764 even though my mother's own grandmother could not vote in Texas, 00:02:56.788 --> 00:02:58.842 because under Texas law, 00:02:58.866 --> 00:03:03.616 "idiots, imbeciles, the insane and women" 00:03:03.640 --> 00:03:05.845 were prevented the franchise -- 00:03:05.869 --> 00:03:07.700 just two generations later, 00:03:07.724 --> 00:03:12.108 my mother, Ann Richards, was elected the first woman governor in her own right 00:03:12.132 --> 00:03:13.337 in the state of Texas. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:13.361 --> 00:03:20.317 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:03:20.341 --> 00:03:23.817 But you see, when Mom was coming up in Texas, 00:03:23.841 --> 00:03:26.213 there weren't a lot of opportunities for women, 00:03:26.237 --> 00:03:29.722 and frankly, she spent her entire life trying to change that. 00:03:30.341 --> 00:03:31.801 She used to like to say, 00:03:31.825 --> 00:03:35.681 "As women, if you just give us a chance, we can perform. 00:03:35.705 --> 00:03:39.601 After all, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, 00:03:39.625 --> 00:03:41.965 but she did it backwards and in high heels." 00:03:41.989 --> 00:03:43.332 Right? 00:03:43.356 --> 00:03:47.262 And honestly, that's kind of what women have been doing for this last century: 00:03:47.286 --> 00:03:50.464 despite having very, very little political power, 00:03:50.488 --> 00:03:52.924 we have made enormous progress. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:52.948 --> 00:03:54.384 So today in the United States, 00:03:54.408 --> 00:03:56.436 100 years after getting the right to vote, 00:03:56.460 --> 00:03:58.280 women are almost half the workforce. 00:03:58.641 --> 00:04:01.554 And in 40 percent of families with children, 00:04:01.578 --> 00:04:03.543 women are the major breadwinners. 00:04:04.218 --> 00:04:05.514 Economists even estimate 00:04:05.538 --> 00:04:10.162 that if every single paid working woman took just one day off of work, 00:04:10.186 --> 00:04:13.576 it would cost the United States 21 billion dollars 00:04:13.600 --> 00:04:15.104 in gross domestic product. 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:20.825 Now, largely because of Title IX, which required educational equity, 00:04:20.849 --> 00:04:24.222 women are actually now half the college students in the United States. 00:04:24.246 --> 00:04:27.223 We're half the medical students, we're half the law students -- 00:04:27.247 --> 00:04:28.398 Exactly. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:28.422 --> 00:04:29.573 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:29.597 --> 00:04:31.947 And a fact I absolutely love: 00:04:31.971 --> 00:04:36.204 One of the most recent classes of graduating NASA astronauts was ... 00:04:36.228 --> 00:04:37.379 What? 00:04:37.403 --> 00:04:39.202 For the first time, 50 percent women. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:39.226 --> 00:04:42.579 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:42.603 --> 00:04:45.603 The point is that women are really changing industries, 00:04:45.627 --> 00:04:48.552 they're changing business from the inside out. 00:04:49.209 --> 00:04:52.491 But when it comes to government, it's another story, 00:04:52.515 --> 00:04:55.390 and I actually think a picture is worth 1000 words. 00:04:55.933 --> 00:04:59.267 This is a photograph from 2017 at the White House 00:04:59.291 --> 00:05:03.164 when congressional leaders were called over to put the final details 00:05:03.188 --> 00:05:06.259 into the health-care reform bill that was to go to Congress. 00:05:06.283 --> 00:05:08.745 Now, one of the results of this meeting 00:05:08.769 --> 00:05:11.694 was that they got rid of maternity benefits, 00:05:11.718 --> 00:05:13.341 which may not be that surprising, 00:05:13.365 --> 00:05:16.705 since no one at that table actually would need maternity benefits. 00:05:17.241 --> 00:05:19.940 And unfortunately, that's what we've learned the hard way 00:05:19.964 --> 00:05:21.221 in the US for women. 00:05:21.245 --> 00:05:24.805 If we're not at the table, we're on the menu, right? 00:05:24.829 --> 00:05:30.551 And we're simply not at enough tables, 00:05:30.575 --> 00:05:33.292 because even though women are the vast majority of voters 00:05:33.316 --> 00:05:34.467 in the United States, 00:05:34.491 --> 00:05:37.845 we fall far behind the rest of the world in political representation. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:38.591 --> 00:05:42.583 Recent research is that when they ranked all the countries, 00:05:42.607 --> 00:05:47.153 the United States is 104th in women's representation in office. 00:05:47.177 --> 00:05:50.002 104th ... 00:05:50.026 --> 00:05:51.849 Right behind Indonesia. 00:05:52.836 --> 00:05:55.088 So is it any big surprise, then, 00:05:55.112 --> 00:05:56.941 considering who's making decisions, 00:05:56.965 --> 00:05:59.878 we're the only developed country with no paid family leave? 00:06:00.711 --> 00:06:03.506 And despite all the research and improvements we've made 00:06:03.530 --> 00:06:04.967 in medical care -- 00:06:04.991 --> 00:06:07.110 and this is really horrifying to me -- 00:06:07.134 --> 00:06:11.722 the United States now leads the developed world in maternal mortality rates. 00:06:12.697 --> 00:06:15.941 Now, when it comes to equal pay, we're not doing a whole lot better. 00:06:15.965 --> 00:06:18.077 Women now, on average, in the United States, 00:06:18.101 --> 00:06:21.132 still only make 80 cents to the dollar that a man makes. 00:06:21.156 --> 00:06:23.199 Though if you're an African American woman, 00:06:23.223 --> 00:06:25.525 it's 63 cents to the dollar. 00:06:25.549 --> 00:06:29.326 And if you're Latina, it's 54 cents to the dollar. 00:06:29.350 --> 00:06:30.573 It's an outrage. 00:06:30.949 --> 00:06:33.281 Now, women in the UK, the United Kingdom, 00:06:33.305 --> 00:06:36.112 just came up with something I thought was rather ingenious, 00:06:36.136 --> 00:06:38.628 in order to illustrate the impact of the pay gap. 00:06:39.001 --> 00:06:42.917 So, starting November 10 and going through the end of the year, 00:06:42.941 --> 00:06:45.702 they simply put an out-of-office memo on their email 00:06:45.726 --> 00:06:49.092 to indicate all the weeks they were working without pay. 00:06:49.116 --> 00:06:50.267 Right? 00:06:50.291 --> 00:06:53.122 I think it's an idea that actually could catch on. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:53.885 --> 00:06:57.149 But imagine if women actually had political power. 00:06:57.569 --> 00:07:01.614 Imagine if we were at the table, making decisions. 00:07:02.537 --> 00:07:05.279 Imagine if we had our own women's political party 00:07:05.303 --> 00:07:08.428 that instead of putting our issues to the side as distractions, 00:07:08.452 --> 00:07:10.680 made them the top priority. 00:07:11.947 --> 00:07:13.245 Well, we know -- 00:07:13.269 --> 00:07:15.378 research shows that when women are in office, 00:07:15.402 --> 00:07:18.109 they actually act differently than men. 00:07:18.546 --> 00:07:20.807 They collaborate more with their colleagues, 00:07:20.831 --> 00:07:23.096 they work across party lines, 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.807 and women are much more likely to support legislation 00:07:25.831 --> 00:07:30.060 that improves access to health care, education, civil rights. 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.916 And what we've seen in our research in the United States Congress 00:07:33.940 --> 00:07:36.108 is that women sponsor more legislation 00:07:36.132 --> 00:07:37.927 and they cosponsor more legislation. 00:07:37.951 --> 00:07:41.705 So all the evidence is that when women actually have the chance to serve, 00:07:41.729 --> 00:07:44.752 they make a huge difference and they get the job done. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:45.155 --> 00:07:49.243 So how would it look in the United States if different people were making decisions? 00:07:50.230 --> 00:07:53.768 Well, I firmly believe if half of Congress could get pregnant, 00:07:53.792 --> 00:07:56.220 we would finally quit fighting about birth control 00:07:56.244 --> 00:07:57.429 and Planned Parenthood. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:57.453 --> 00:07:58.599 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:07:58.623 --> 00:07:59.774 That would be over. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:59.798 --> 00:08:04.870 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:08:04.894 --> 00:08:07.292 I also really believe that finally, 00:08:07.316 --> 00:08:12.213 businesses might quit treating pregnancy as a nuisance, 00:08:12.237 --> 00:08:15.351 and rather understand it as a primary medical issue 00:08:15.375 --> 00:08:17.518 for millions of American workers. 00:08:18.573 --> 00:08:21.129 And I think if more women were in office, 00:08:21.153 --> 00:08:25.455 our government would actually prioritize keeping families together 00:08:25.479 --> 00:08:27.265 rather than pulling them apart. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:27.289 --> 00:08:31.072 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:08:31.096 --> 00:08:34.320 But perhaps most importantly, 00:08:34.344 --> 00:08:37.954 I think all of these issues would no longer be seen as "women's issues." 00:08:38.396 --> 00:08:41.898 They would just be seen as basic issues of fairness and equality 00:08:41.922 --> 00:08:44.446 that everybody can get behind. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:46.153 --> 00:08:47.524 So I think the question is, 00:08:47.548 --> 00:08:51.831 what would it take, actually, to build this women's political revolution? 00:08:52.335 --> 00:08:55.666 The good news is, actually, it's already started. 00:08:56.397 --> 00:08:59.452 Because women around the globe are demanding workplaces, 00:08:59.476 --> 00:09:02.877 they're demanding educational institutions, 00:09:02.901 --> 00:09:04.401 they're demanding governments 00:09:04.425 --> 00:09:09.342 where sexism and sexual harassment and sexual assault are neither accepted 00:09:09.366 --> 00:09:10.825 nor tolerated. 00:09:10.849 --> 00:09:12.597 Women around the world, as we know, 00:09:12.621 --> 00:09:15.748 are raising their hands and saying, "Me Too," 00:09:15.772 --> 00:09:18.419 and it's a movement that's made so much more powerful 00:09:18.443 --> 00:09:21.751 by the fact that women are standing together across industries, 00:09:21.775 --> 00:09:25.743 from domestic workers to celebrities in Hollywood. 00:09:26.417 --> 00:09:29.530 Women are marching, we're sitting in, 00:09:29.554 --> 00:09:30.844 we're speaking up. 00:09:30.868 --> 00:09:33.311 Women are challenging the status quo, 00:09:33.335 --> 00:09:35.242 we're busting old taboos 00:09:35.266 --> 00:09:37.919 and yes, we are proudly making trouble. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:38.266 --> 00:09:42.735 So, women in Saudi Arabia are driving for the very first time. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.204 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:09:45.228 --> 00:09:49.901 Women in Iraq are standing in solidarity with survivors of human trafficking. 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:55.033 And women from El Salvador to Ireland are fighting for reproductive rights. 00:09:55.479 --> 00:09:59.114 And women in Myanmar are standing up for human rights. 00:09:59.805 --> 00:10:03.468 In short, I think the most profound leadership in the world 00:10:03.492 --> 00:10:05.314 isn't coming from halls of government. 00:10:05.338 --> 00:10:08.848 It's coming from women at the grassroots all across the globe. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:08.872 --> 00:10:12.465 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:10:12.489 --> 00:10:17.151 And here in the United States, women are on fire. 00:10:17.766 --> 00:10:20.517 So a recent Kaiser poll reported 00:10:20.541 --> 00:10:24.637 that since our last presidential election in 2016, 00:10:24.661 --> 00:10:28.682 one in five Americans have either marched or taken part in a protest, 00:10:28.706 --> 00:10:31.434 and the number one issue has been women's rights. 00:10:31.950 --> 00:10:34.076 Women are starting new organizations, 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:36.815 they are volunteering on campaigns, 00:10:36.839 --> 00:10:38.859 and they're taking on every issue 00:10:38.883 --> 00:10:42.598 from gun-safety reform to public education. 00:10:43.323 --> 00:10:46.370 And women are running for office in record numbers, 00:10:46.394 --> 00:10:47.883 and they are winning. 00:10:47.907 --> 00:10:49.095 So -- (Laughs) NOTE Paragraph 00:10:49.119 --> 00:10:50.450 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:10:50.474 --> 00:10:54.475 Women like Lucy McBath from Georgia. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:54.499 --> 00:10:57.907 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:10:58.455 --> 00:11:02.740 Lucy lost her son to gun violence, 00:11:02.764 --> 00:11:06.709 and it was because of her experience with the criminal justice system 00:11:06.733 --> 00:11:08.974 that she realized just how broken it is, 00:11:08.998 --> 00:11:11.771 and she decided to do something about that. 00:11:11.795 --> 00:11:13.443 So she ran for office, 00:11:13.467 --> 00:11:16.014 and this January, she's going to Congress. 00:11:16.038 --> 00:11:18.019 OK? Or -- NOTE Paragraph 00:11:18.043 --> 00:11:19.429 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:11:19.453 --> 00:11:21.866 Angie Craig from Minnesota. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:21.890 --> 00:11:22.991 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:11:23.015 --> 00:11:28.968 So her congressman had made such hateful comments about LGBTQ people 00:11:28.992 --> 00:11:31.184 that she decided to challenge him. 00:11:31.505 --> 00:11:33.987 And you know what? She did, and she won, 00:11:34.011 --> 00:11:35.964 and when she goes to Congress in January, 00:11:35.988 --> 00:11:39.513 she'll be the first lesbian mother serving in the House of Representatives. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:39.537 --> 00:11:41.322 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:11:41.346 --> 00:11:42.517 Or -- NOTE Paragraph 00:11:42.541 --> 00:11:44.077 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:11:44.101 --> 00:11:46.870 Or Lauren Underwood from Illinois. 00:11:47.423 --> 00:11:49.108 She's a registered nurse, 00:11:49.132 --> 00:11:53.633 and she sees every day the impact that lack of health care access has 00:11:53.657 --> 00:11:55.834 on the community where she lives, 00:11:55.858 --> 00:11:57.753 and so she decided to run. 00:11:57.777 --> 00:12:00.850 She took on six men in her primary, she beat them all, 00:12:00.874 --> 00:12:02.257 she won the general election, 00:12:02.281 --> 00:12:04.234 and when she goes to Congress in January, 00:12:04.258 --> 00:12:06.836 she's going to be the first African-American woman ever 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:08.855 to serve her district in Washington, D.C. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:12.009 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:12:12.033 --> 00:12:15.255 So women are recognizing -- 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:16.699 this is our moment. 00:12:16.723 --> 00:12:17.962 Don't wait for permission, 00:12:17.986 --> 00:12:19.829 don't wait for your turn. 00:12:20.859 --> 00:12:24.388 As the late, great Shirley Chisholm said -- 00:12:24.412 --> 00:12:26.984 Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman ever 00:12:27.008 --> 00:12:28.276 to go to Congress 00:12:28.300 --> 00:12:32.023 and the first woman to run for president in the Democratic party -- 00:12:32.047 --> 00:12:34.490 but Shirley Chisholm said, 00:12:34.514 --> 00:12:38.015 "If there's no room for you at the table, just pull up a folding chair." 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:42.499 And that's what women are doing, all across the country. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:43.664 --> 00:12:47.753 I believe women are now the most important and powerful political force 00:12:47.777 --> 00:12:49.326 in the world, 00:12:49.350 --> 00:12:52.431 but how do we make sure that this is not just a moment? 00:12:52.927 --> 00:12:58.359 What we need is actually a global movement for women's full equality 00:12:58.383 --> 00:13:01.044 that is intersectional and it's intergenerational, 00:13:01.068 --> 00:13:02.801 where no one gets left behind. 00:13:03.117 --> 00:13:05.983 And so I have a few ideas about how we could do that. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:06.838 --> 00:13:09.054 Number one: it's not enough to resist. 00:13:09.078 --> 00:13:11.170 It's not enough to say what we're against. 00:13:11.194 --> 00:13:14.467 It's time to be loud and proud about what we are for, 00:13:14.491 --> 00:13:17.665 because being for full equality is a mainstream value 00:13:17.689 --> 00:13:19.692 and something that we can get behind. 00:13:19.716 --> 00:13:22.845 Because actually, men support equal pay for women. 00:13:22.869 --> 00:13:25.598 Millennials, they support gender equality. 00:13:25.622 --> 00:13:30.022 And businesses are increasingly adopting family-friendly policies, 00:13:30.046 --> 00:13:32.153 not just because it's the right thing to do, 00:13:32.177 --> 00:13:34.082 but because it's good for their workers. 00:13:34.106 --> 00:13:35.604 It's good for their business. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:36.555 --> 00:13:38.254 Number two: 00:13:38.278 --> 00:13:41.741 We have to remember, in the words of Fannie Lou Hamer, 00:13:41.765 --> 00:13:45.285 that "nobody's free 'til everybody's free." 00:13:45.665 --> 00:13:47.288 So as I mentioned earlier, 00:13:47.312 --> 00:13:50.818 women of color in this country didn't even get the right to vote 00:13:50.842 --> 00:13:53.765 until much further along than the rest of us. 00:13:54.257 --> 00:13:57.212 But since they did, they are the most reliable voters, 00:13:57.236 --> 00:14:00.158 and women of color are the most reliable voters for candidates 00:14:00.182 --> 00:14:01.505 who support women's rights, 00:14:01.529 --> 00:14:03.271 and we need to follow their lead -- NOTE Paragraph 00:14:03.295 --> 00:14:08.542 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:14:08.566 --> 00:14:11.045 Because their issues are our issues. 00:14:11.414 --> 00:14:14.202 And as white women, we have to do more, 00:14:14.226 --> 00:14:17.345 because racism and sexism and homophobia, 00:14:17.369 --> 00:14:19.752 these are issues that affect all of us. NOTE Paragraph 00:14:20.551 --> 00:14:23.858 Number three: we've got to vote in every single election. 00:14:23.882 --> 00:14:25.033 Every election. 00:14:25.057 --> 00:14:27.862 And we've got to make it easier for folks to vote, 00:14:27.886 --> 00:14:31.294 and we've got to make sure that every single vote is counted, OK? NOTE Paragraph 00:14:31.318 --> 00:14:34.166 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:14:34.190 --> 00:14:39.770 Because the barriers that exist to voting in the United States, 00:14:39.794 --> 00:14:42.375 they fall disproportionately on women -- 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:44.722 women of color, women with low incomes, 00:14:44.746 --> 00:14:47.630 women who are working and trying to raise a family. 00:14:48.069 --> 00:14:51.229 So we need to make it easier for everyone to vote, 00:14:51.253 --> 00:14:54.698 and we can start by making Election Day a federal holiday 00:14:54.722 --> 00:14:56.267 in the United States of America. NOTE Paragraph 00:14:56.291 --> 00:15:01.461 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:15:01.485 --> 00:15:04.186 Number four: don't wait for instructions. 00:15:04.210 --> 00:15:06.593 If you see a problem that needs fixing, 00:15:06.617 --> 00:15:09.600 I think you're the one to do it, OK? NOTE Paragraph 00:15:09.624 --> 00:15:13.695 So start a new organization, run for office. 00:15:13.719 --> 00:15:18.329 Or maybe it's as simple as standing up on the job in support of yourself 00:15:18.353 --> 00:15:19.507 or your coworkers. 00:15:19.531 --> 00:15:21.332 This is up to all of us. 00:15:21.654 --> 00:15:26.131 And number five: invest in women, all right? NOTE Paragraph 00:15:26.155 --> 00:15:27.303 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:15:27.327 --> 00:15:30.975 Invest in women as candidates, as changemakers, as leaders. 00:15:30.999 --> 00:15:32.179 Just as an example, 00:15:32.203 --> 00:15:35.097 in this last election cycle in the United States, 00:15:35.121 --> 00:15:39.578 women donated 100 million dollars more to candidates and campaigns 00:15:39.602 --> 00:15:41.470 than they had just two years ago, 00:15:41.494 --> 00:15:43.866 and a record number of women won. 00:15:43.890 --> 00:15:45.133 So just think about that. NOTE Paragraph 00:15:45.157 --> 00:15:46.837 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:15:46.861 --> 00:15:51.942 So look, sometimes I think that the challenges we face, 00:15:51.966 --> 00:15:53.315 they seem overwhelming 00:15:53.339 --> 00:15:56.985 and they seem like they almost can never be solved, 00:15:57.009 --> 00:16:00.142 but I think the problems that seem the most intractable 00:16:00.166 --> 00:16:02.436 are the ones that are most important to work on. 00:16:03.420 --> 00:16:07.238 And just because it hasn't been figured out yet doesn't mean you won't. 00:16:07.675 --> 00:16:09.832 After all, if women's work were easy, 00:16:09.856 --> 00:16:12.342 someone else would have already been doing it, right? NOTE Paragraph 00:16:12.366 --> 00:16:13.444 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:16:13.468 --> 00:16:17.207 But women around the globe, they're on the move, 00:16:17.231 --> 00:16:20.781 and they are taking strengths and inspiration from each other. 00:16:20.805 --> 00:16:23.780 They are doing things they never could have imagined. 00:16:23.804 --> 00:16:26.302 So if we could just take the progress we have made 00:16:26.326 --> 00:16:27.932 in joining the workforce, 00:16:27.956 --> 00:16:29.431 in joining business, 00:16:29.455 --> 00:16:31.504 in joining the educational system, 00:16:31.528 --> 00:16:35.254 and actually channel that into building true political power, 00:16:35.278 --> 00:16:37.537 we will reshape this century, 00:16:37.561 --> 00:16:39.693 because one of us can be ignored, 00:16:39.717 --> 00:16:41.503 two of us can be dismissed, 00:16:41.527 --> 00:16:43.637 but together, we're a movement, 00:16:43.661 --> 00:16:44.905 and we're unstoppable. NOTE Paragraph 00:16:45.355 --> 00:16:46.563 Thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:16:46.587 --> 00:16:48.373 (Applause and cheers) NOTE Paragraph 00:16:48.397 --> 00:16:49.555 Thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:16:49.579 --> 00:16:50.880 (Applause)