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Issue Position: Protect and Enhance Women's Rights

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Issues: Women Employment and Affirmative Action Health and Health Care Criminal Justice

As the only woman running for the 72nd Assembly District, Carmen is the only candidate who will prioritize policies for justice and equality in the workplace and fight for economic justice and reproductive rights for women. Carmen has a history of working on these issues, helping the City Council pass a resolution to remove taxes on female sanitary products, as well as to increase access to these products in schools, prisons and more.

Carmen will prioritize:

* Reproductive Rights, so that access to reproductive healthcare is secure and never infringed upon;

* Equal Pay for Equal Work, because 77 cents on the dollar--and as low as 54 cents for Latinas and women of color--is unacceptable in 2016;

* End Pregnancy Discrimination in the Work Place; so that women never have to worry about their job, hours or pay when deciding to plan a family;

* Fight Sexual Harassment in the Work Place, putting in place stricter laws to end this abusive practice;

* Support Victims of Domestic Violence and Enhance Prevention Services, so that women and girls in Northern Manhattan, an area with one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the city, is prioritized in funding decisions and has the support necessary to end this scourge


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