Pete Buttigieg has a plan to win over women

Pete Buttigieg has a plan to win over women
Buttigieg has made a firm commitment to nominate women to 50 percent of cabinet positions and judicial seats.
By Alexia Fernández Campbell@AlexiaCampbellalexia@vox.com Oct 24, 2019, 6:00am EDT


Pete Buttigieg wants women to know that he is an ally. That he gets their frustration over the gender pay gap. That he knows what consent means and what the “motherhood penalty” is all about.

On Thursday, he released a 26-page agenda focused entirely on women’s rights. It’s one of the most detailed plans focused on women so far in the Democratic primary.

Much of the agenda includes promises that other candidates have already made, such as guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid leave to new parents and endorsing the Equal Rights Amendment. But he goes even further than others in some cases. For example, he vows to nominate women for at least half of the cabinet positions and judicial seats if he makes it to the White House. He also said he would support the creation of a Smithsonian Women’s History Museum on the National Mall and would establish a commission to increase the number of national monuments dedicated to women. He would also put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

Buttigieg’s women-focused agenda comes as he prepares to meet this weekend with New Hampshire voters at a town hall focused on women’s economic empowerment and a roundtable focused on family issues. “It’s an important plan for Pete to put out to demonstrate his commitment to taking on gender inequality as president,” a campaign spokesperson said in an email to Vox.

It’s also a smart political strategy.

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