its 10,000 women campaign. coca-cola's five by 20 campaign aims to post -- claims to support 5 million women entrepreneurs worldwide by 2020. just this week, walmart announced that it will use its purchasing power to support women entrepreneurs by doubling the amount of goods it will buy from women-owned businesses globally to $20 billion by 2016. [applause] in an addition, wal-mart will invest $100 million to help women develop their job skills, including women who work on their farms and factories overseas that are walmart suppliers. now, these programs are just the start of the type of permanent shift we need to see in how businesses worldwide invest in women. now, i do not underestimate the difficulty of measuring in what i call the participation age. legal changes require political will. cultural and behavioral changes require social well. all of this requires leadership by governments, civil society, and the private sector. and even when countries pursue an aggressive structural reforms to get more women

newly enfranchised women exercise the responsibility, a new women's club was founded. >> really, it was a movement that was created out of all the suffragettes moving forward with the right to vote. all the suffragette's were not interested in educating the new 20 million new voters. >> today the lead has chapters in all 50 states. it is non-partisan and does not endorse candidates. is very much political. >> 100 years ago, our voices were not heard. they were not going to give us the right to vote. i really hope people vote. it is the one way to have our voice and heard. >> to celebrate, the events and exhibits are taking place throughout the state. >> uc berkeley is having an exhibit that highlights the suffrage movement. and highlights -- how long has the exhibit been going on? >> since the week of august 20. a lot of people do not realize that california actually allow women to vote before the rest of the nation did in the 1920's. all these materials were pulled from these collections. we have a huge amount of manuscript and raw material. >> 837 annual parade honoring the women

this is designed to protect women. president carter signed the document and send it to the senate foreign relations committee for a vote in 1980. to date, 31 years later, the united states is the only developed nation that has failed to ratify the treaty, putting us and the company of somalia, sudan, iran, and zimbabwe. this past month and the halls of congress, we have seen an attack

cancer killer of women. so the point is -- >> then you have these -- i mean, my grandmother died early because of heart disease. and it is the number 1 killer of women. >> and men. >> and then you also have, i think, competing studies that also -- and they may be controversial obviously but show how effective or how often women really should go get examined and things of that nature. but i do think all of these obviously are very valid points. so these points -- desenseitation. but there is also a case where i think sometimes we just have to use common sense. marketing is a great thing. i think the fact that they marketed this and people are talking about it. any time you can get men to wear mink on national television can be particulary good if the money is being raised to go towards a great cause. >> does 16% of revenue raised going towards cancer research strike you as a fair amount? >> you know, that's not for me to judge. i would think that there probably should be more, obviously. but look. i'm not a n

three women for peace. three women were named nobel peace laureates fourth 2011. a president, a peace activist, and a catalyst. -- and a journalist. the most well known is liberian president ellen johnson-sirleaf. we begin this profile of her. >> it was an historic moment for africa, liberia, as ellen johnson-sirleaf herself. in january, 2006, she became the first woman in africa to hold the country's highest office. johnson-sirleaf soon became known as the country's iron lady. >> she served as director of the u.n. development program's regional bureau for africa. as a liberian president, she saw to continue that work. >> we are here because we share a fundamental belief that poverty, illiteracy, disease, and in quality do not belong in the 21st century. >> johnson-sirleaf's won the support of german chancellor angela merkel. johnson-sirleaf's popularity has waned. it is not clear whether her bid to be reelected will be successful. winning the nobel peace prize could provide her with the crucial boost she needs. >> the announcement is to send a message beyond afri

you began a training manual for women where you didn't teach women but you saw out to transform them and in this venue there are wonderful exercises of being a woman. one of my crown's legal one of my thorns and another wonderful exercise of shedding weight. .. >> until we went to sierra leone, and we formed a circle. i knew this among who have worked with me for many years, and she is the last chance for her community, and this when we did this circle, she decided to tell her story, and her story went back to herself as a 7-year-old girl taken into the traditional family society, and she tells the story about the day she was about to get mutilated, but what i remember about that story was that it took her, in 15 minutes, she got to the place of the mutilation, and then it took her almost ten hours to progress that place to the next part of the story. >> oh, my. >> because she tells that they tied me, and she she goes, huh, and she was scream. where she sat, she dug her feet and toenails in the dirt. what she didn't know while she was doing all of those things. people fell asleep. pe

i have experienced first resort to give full information to women and respect their choices if women do decide to abort, they are welcome to return to first resort for continuing care afterwards. >>> what is your connection to a first resort? >> i am not an employee or volunteer. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i am a student at san francisco university. i urge you to vote yes on this legislation. i would like to begin by applauding first resort by providing so many free in time the services to women facing unintended pregnancies. i agree such clinics are very voluble, particularly when we as women are based on assault on our reproductive rights across the country. first resort can offer services to women that are vital and relieve the load on places like planned parenthood but to offer abortion services. i would, however, point out the severe discrepancies between what some of the public comments in support of this ordinance have said about first resort and what first resort portrays the self as offering. many of the employees and supporters hav

they do women's policy summit in september. for gin and harman, former director of the human rights commission, and galena -- helena. thank you so much for joining us. >> our next award goes to the unsung heroine, carol ito. she is bed a passionate advocate for women of all levels of the community. she was one of the founding members of the national asian pacific women's movement in the late 1970's, which resulted in the development of the local bay area group, pacific asian american women. the have been running 30 years. she recently completed three terms as a san francisco airport commissioner. please join me in welcoming carol ito. [applause] >> thank you. i am very humbled this afternoon to join all of you. i want to thank shelly's committee and everyone who made this happen. i am honored to share many of these honors. many of us have work together for the various causes and policy changes for this great city. i must say that there are many unsung heroines in this room, and my guests at table three are many of my own person

there are more women. second of women have slightly higher registration rates than do men, and women turn out at higher, slightly higher percentages than demand. larger number of sub number of women combined with women heightened turnout makes for a big electoral impact. women also are disproportionately democratic. this is true across all age groups and is also true across all racial groups. so racial and ethnic groups. women's love a slight preference for the democratic party compared to men. so when we come into an election, it things like turn and the range of issues that attract women are very important. women are more likely than men to go for the democratic presidential candidate. that's been the case since 1992. that gap has been between two percentage points the five percentage points, depending upon the such a look at. but nontheless, the democratic advantage in the electorate for the democratic party. in general, because of women. the absent members, katrina and the preference of the democratic

women. the big challenge we face in the early years of the 21st century is how to grow our economies and to ensure shared pro's parities for all nations and all people. we want to give every one of our citizens, men and alike, young and old away, greater opportunity to find work, to save money and pursue happiness, to live up to their own god-given potential. that is a simple vision to state. but to make it real, to achieve the economic expansion we all seek, we need to unlock a vital source of growth that can power or economies in the decades to come. that vital sort of growth is women. with economic models straining in every corner of the world, none of us can afford to perpetuate the barriers facing women in the work force. because by increasing women's participation in the economy and enhappensing their efficiency and productivity, we can bring -- enhancing their efficiency and productivity, we can bring about a dramatic impact on the growth and efficiency of our economies. because when

we thank of women voters -- league of women voters in san francisco, and this forum tonight. i would like to hand the podium backed to patricia. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. you will hear from candidates for sheriff. chris cunnie, ross mirkarimi, and paul miyamoto. to submit questions for the candidates, but for a volunteer, and will be handing out index cards around the room. we will collect all questions by 6:45 p.m.. i wish to remind you of our goals. no literature, -- remind you of our rules. candidates and their supporters are expected to be respectful of other candidates in the audience, helping to maintain quiet during the forum. candidates are asked to make no personal attacks on other individuals. no videotaping or flash photography is allowed because san francisco government television is taking this forum for broadcast. i will now introduce our moderator for tonight's forum. velvet davis is an award winning journalist who has covered bay area news for four decades. her recently published memoir recounts her nearly half century in media. she was the first afr

women's network. i was invited to come, and i think we wait -- we went to -- [unintelligible] not in district 10, but i plug it anyway. [laughter] it is in district 6, but it is read on the border. close enough. absolutely. i was able to bless the union, and i am so happy that you guys are still growing together and strong and in love. [applause] it is an incredible honor to be here amongst so many women, so many beautiful leaders. mayormerilee, i just want to say thank you. she has been my sister for years. before we knew each other, she worked on the merits network. we need to get more women on boards and commissions, as well as elected leaders. because when we have zero women at the table, that is one change starts to happen. [cheers and applause] i also want to acknowledge all the commissioners in the room today. thank you for all of your service. thank you very much, everyone. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, malia. first of all, i want to thank susie and her whole family who are here. you kno

for christian women was born before the women in initiative.so when we came back, ghana with that idea, we were already using our platform. so today from 2002 until today, every tuesday at 12 noon defined the christian women up in the room at the compound. from 2002 until today, 12th in every tuesday. even if there is one person, someone is they're paying for the keys of library. and declare fast. and the women, peace network, is back on praying for peace now as we speak. >> and it was at this juncture that your work started becoming strategic. >> most strategic, yes. >> and what i found compelling is that as you are by now muslim and christian women are working together, and you look to the book of esther, and say something about that if you will. >> we decided to protest. you could not, liberia like any other place, even here, has been divided on social lines, status, and ideological, everything. and you could not mobilize a group of people to work for peace. because you want community, a hero to his people. so you have to really comment it w

it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city. a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was associated. >> susan b

with seven women and mobilize the refugee women.we talked in our minds that we would for a week. we stayed for three months. the talks are going nowhere. the violence had increased. i had lost faith in the power of nonviolence. i was constantly crying. at some point i sat joining the women to protest. and this morning i go to the offices of the west african network of peacebuilding. and i am watching the video and they give a news flash that lend it and these two little boys for brushing their teeth. on the would love to those boys for their slippers. they were crash. a young girl had just given birth and came outside to hang the baby's clothes. was crushed. so, on that video, the mother is holding this one -day-old child and saying, what do i do? i'm watching the video and anger is just well enough. you think all of the anger from 17 years old came back and the tears are just running down. i go into one of the rooms and they have some of the way t-shirts. i put it on, go to the peace talks and say, do we have money? she said yes. a

first a war over women's health. many democrats are concerned president obama is afraid to take on republicans, but one of his cabinet secretaries is not. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius spoke out this week against the republican party, saying the gop wants to roll back women's health 50 years. in a speech before naral pro-choice america, secretary sebelius takes on the republican attempts to overturn the affordable care act and cuts to medicare, medicaid and planned parenthood, which she says, would undo progress women have made. she also says women have suffered discrimination by insurance providers. earlier this year, sebelius supported recommendations to require insurance companies to provide birth control to women cost-free. irene, do women need to be concerned about losing access to healthcare? >> absolutely. even in good times, women have limited access to healthcare because they are not fully employed, and so the very things that they depend on, medicare, medicaid, planned parenthood ser

women and their children. how do you go from being disregarded in that way to being respected as a protest in the streets. >> in 2003, we had a gathering where we brought women together. these women, after we had a conversation for 20, we decided, let's take to the streets and create an awareness. we have a stake in all that is happening. recall that our outreach projects. on fridays we went to the markets. sunday we went to the churches. we did that for nine months. the first time we started it was just 20. by the following week, it was 40, 60, 100, and then we had to split up into groups and give people assignments. then we went to a meeting to evaluate the work we had done. to understand as women that anything in our society would step out. by april of that year, that is when the war started again. when we started, they have different churches and faiths. we asked them to give us leaders from their groups. each group brought in a leader. they became the organizers. every day after we protested, 20 of us wen

but we are women, and we're women of color. and we are leaders. i do not want any of you to ever forget that. because we're leaders, we always have people behind us that support us to make sure that the doors are open for us, that we're given the supports that we need, and that we're recognized on a regular basis. because we need to be recognized, because we do not get recognized enough, not only as filipinas but as women the biggest a proud to have had the opportunity to work side-by- side with this person is our city administration and now under him in the lee administration. my boss has been fantastic, a true supporter of women, a true leader around immigrate families and a true leader of around the needs of our committees today as a proud to work for mayor lee. welcome to city hall. he is here to say a few words and to welcome all of you here, because you are here from all over the country. but you not see another major as wonderful as mayor lee and how supportive he has been to be filipino community. so please join me in welcoming our mayor,

among women, harassment is greatest for single women between the ages of 25-44. that was the age of professor hill at the time. we know that all the harassment of women can occur in all types of organizations, it is more likely to occur in organizations that have inadequate complaint procedures, that have a small percentage of women -- for example, firefighters, police officers, and especially a small percentage of women in positions of power. third, we know that although anyone can harass, men are much more likely to be harassed there is than women are -- harassers than women are. 90% are men, and 40%-50% of them are harassing men. they implicitly perceive a close relation between sex and power. there is an interesting experiment showing that men are identified as likely to harass based on their answers to a questionnaire are also more likely to rape a woman -- rate a woman as sexually attractive if they have been primed by seeing words related to power than are men who score as not likely to harass. in other words, if you have a tendency in the harassment direc

as an ob/gyn the cares for women and also does abortions, i always encourage women to either get prenatal or abortion care to maximize their health and minimize risk. if a woman makes the choice to enter pregnancy, she should receive save and respectful care without facing additional barriers or delays. decisions about ending a pregnancy can be complex and difficult enough without the additional struggles women face. to find a provider come get money together to pay for the abortion and bus ticket, could potentially face criticism from friends and families, and all this just to do what is necessary and right given their circumstances. why does it matter so much if abortion is delayed? on the most fundamental level, allowing abortion increases women's risks, along with adding to the distress and desperation. in general we know abortion is many times safer than delivering a baby in terms of mortality. however, despite the impressive safety of abortion, it is a fist at the time when most women have them, which is nine weeks or less after the day of when the last minstreenstrauminstrelenstd s

but by 1972, the year after the founding of the national women's political caucus teeters and felt women'sttitudes were changing. in an article she wrote for the magazine at the american association of political consultants she said, we are through with stuffing envelopes ringing doorbells baking cakes labels, through with all the work in mail will dare not touch. through with a gopher chores and politics. this will and has become quite a shock to many candidates and their managers. for too long women have been doing 80% of the good work in politics and getting little in thanks besides a form letter, wilted wilted corsage in a condescending thank god for the ladies from a victorious candidate who speaks from the platform while we are in the pits. finally women are having the courage to climb up there where they belong demanding not only a new seating chart but also to be a part of it. in feminist circles there was a well-known quote the goes well behaved women seldom make history. i think for most of her life, elly peterson was exceedingly well behaved at least in her public pronouncements

we promote women's well-being. we hold a lot of motivational and empowerment events for women.port services, and tools that help women, that teach them and help to change their lives, help to improve their lives, specifically women of domestic violence, women who are homeless, those who have been incarcerated, those who have, who are suffering through depression. and we serve women throughout the entire bay area, including the greater bay area of sacramento. >> and this is something you started because you have a personal experience with domestic violence. >> yes, yes. >> what are you willing to share with us about that? >> i'm a domestic abuse survivor. i call myself a survivor because i was almost murdered by-- at the hands of my then-husband. i'm also a victim of rape. so it hits home for me, to step out and to speak up. there was once a time where i did have a voice to speak, but because i surrounded myself with strong, incredible mentors in my life, they helped me, they supported me, they uplifted me and gave me a sense of hope in my life. so because of that, i founded cou

women. personally, it was an affront to them. how do we make sure that that does not happen? we don't sort of this mess -- well, there is another woman. we are not even going to bother to call. how do we make sure that we are all heard from? in a way, how do we make sure that all of our processes include our voices? this is the time where, you know, we are dealing with those issues. you are right. that is not just something that happened 20 years ago. we are constantly dealing with how we are going to have a constant inclusive democracy. we are at that time. we have to hold our leadership accountable. we also have to hold ourselves accountable. we have to be accountable. we can't sit back and say, well, i will wait for the president to do something. i will wait for my senator to do something. each of us has a responsibility. we think, look out here and look at all the powerful women who are here today. what can we do to make sure that every voice is heard? that is the question and that i wil

women as a boss.nd women in communities. and i don't want us to lose that aspect of the fact that as i said, we live in a co-ed world. >> and this is the reason we raised this report this is the first time i've seen this kind of evidence-based survey showing that the opposite. because everybody has been saying how great it is. >> right. >> and in the back of my mind, i always thought really? that wasn't my experience. but anyway. from education to location. location, location, location. not only dictates real estate value it is can also affect women's health. a new study finds low income women who move to higher income neighborhoods are less likely to become obese or have diabetes. the u.s. department of housing and urban development tested the long-term health impacts of more than 4,000 poor women with children living in housing projects or low income neighborhoods. in five cities, hud offered housing vouchers to random groups of women and only if they relocated to better neighborhoods. the women who

rights does to women's health. so it was a fascinating moment because i heard people celebrating the idea that not only a drkic president but particularly with a democratic house and a senate. remember we had all that? i know it's hard to remember but it was all democrats in charge of all of that in 2008. that this was going to be sort of finally a time when planned parenthood could breathe a little more easily. not that you ever could breathe easily but surely not the kind of attack that they would experienced under eight years of bush's administration. and at this point we're hearkening back to the bush era because it is so appalling that at this moment in a conversation about deficits and unemployment and international war and peace that apparently the full crom of all of that is occurring in a woman's uterus. and apparently if we could just control the uterus, then people would have work. it's funny but it's the opposite of funny. apparently this movement around reproductive rights is going to operate independe

they will not set aside the women. and therefore, we are giving the signals that if this succeeds with this effort to make democracy, one has to include the women. there are several times now that the women again are the missing part. >> we've been told that they're winning the prize, and have they had any reaction? >> we believe that leymah gbowe has been told, but we have had some problems the last few minutes to reach the two others. you have mentioned some of the signals that you've given off, particularly vis-a-vis africa and the arab world. what do you think the prize will lead to? the hope, it will give more focus on the human rights problem that women are constantly raped. that they are forced into sexual relations, have been a weapon in war. and we hope that we will be able also to focus how women are important when it comes to providing peace. >> it's interesting, mike. clearly, it's more than just three names and just three women. this is almost like a concerted message and theme and possibly campaign for th

but i don't think that we're seeing more women graduate from college, more women in these -- getting in to careers and it's a partnership. only way it's going to work with raising family and raising these kids, the secret is i think that the men actually enjoy for the most part being with their children and spending that time as opposed to always being in the office and never being part of raising the children. i think for the children it's beneficial to have both of the parents play that role. >> all right. behind the headlines once again switching gender roles. former michigan governor jennifer granholm and her husband dan mulhern made it work during her eight years in office when he stayed home with the kids while she worked. but their new book explains it wasn't all perfect. granholm and mulhern sat down with "to the contrary" to talk about the effects running a state has on marriage and family and how they reversed traditional family roles. >> the week after the election i called the former first lady for michigan, whom i had really respected, i watched her from afar and i said