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Need. >> help. >> supporting them in making sure that we're advancing public policies like affordable child care, making sure that companies are providing workplace flexibility. there are all kinds of things and moving all families forward. >> you know what? arianna huffington said -- >> you need more sleep, darling. >> that, too. wear the same clothes. men do. >> wear flats. >> she said something that was -- >> i hear you. you're good. >> she said why do we do exit interviews? why don't we -- i started to think why don't we do lifestyle profiling interviews and interview people? it is so much...
Together to say what can we do to empower women, to ensure that every young girl has that same opportunity as a young boy to grow up and achieve their dreams. so what we're launching are these galvanizing sumsummits. we will start in chicago and talk about how can we empower them, take control of our lives, ensure that every young girl has that chance to pursue her dreams, focussing on workplace values, whether it's paid leave, equal pay, workplace flexibility, affordability child care, the issues every working family cares about and how can we get women feeling empowered to be forces for posi...
They're going to hear a lot about families, the problems they face, and the companies and what they're doing about it. for example, let me gv you a couple of statistics. nearly half of workers in america have said that they have not taken another job, not taken a promotion because they thought it would have a negative impact on their family. and in a survey of 185 countries, only 3 don't have maternity leave policies. one of them is the united states. president obama's message is that's not acceptable. it goes beyond maternity and paternity leave. take a listen to what the president had to say...
Employer. even if it meant taking work home with us. so we have unpaid family leave right now, but for a whole lot of families, it means they can't use it because they just can't afford it. number two, workplace flexibility. if i've got a parent/teacher conference, you know, we always say that we want parents involved in our kids' education, there are millions of families out there who can't even imagine taking time off to go to parent/teachers conference. and third thing is the issue of child care. you know, we don't do a very good job providing high quality affordable child care. and there a...