Presidential Document2022-04614
Women's History Month, 2022
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March 3, 2022
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February 28, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 11929-11931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04614]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10345 of February 28, 2022
Women's History Month, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every March, Women's History Month provides an
opportunity to honor the generations of trailblazing
women and girls who have built our Nation, shaped our
progress, and strengthened our character as a people.
Throughout our history, despite hardship, exclusion,
and discrimination, women have strived and sacrificed
for equity and equality in communities across the
country. Generations of Native American women were
stewards of the land and continue to lead the fight for
climate justice. Black women fought to end slavery,
advocate for civil rights, and pass the Voting Rights
Act. Suffragists helped pass the 19th Amendment to the
Constitution so that no American could be denied a vote
on the basis of sex.
Standing on the shoulders of the heroines who came
before them, today's women and girls continue to carry
forward the mission of ensuring our daughters have the
same opportunities as our sons. Women of the labor
movement are achieving monumental reforms to help all
workers secure the better pay, benefits, and safety
they deserve. LGBTQI+ women and girls are leading the
fight for justice, opportunity, and equality--
especially for the transgender community. Women and
girls continue to lead groundbreaking civil rights
movements for social justice and freedom, so that
everyone can realize the full promise of America.
But despite the progress being made, women and girls--
especially women and girls of color--still face
systemic barriers to full participation and wider gaps
in opportunity and equality. The COVID-19 pandemic has
exposed and exacerbated those disparities which have
disproportionately impacted women's labor force
participation, multiplied the burden on paid and unpaid
caregivers, and increased rates of gender-based
violence. The constitutional right to abortion
established in Roe v. Wade is facing an unprecedented
assault as States pass increasingly onerous
restrictions to critical reproductive health care and
bodily autonomy. Workers contend with gender and racial
wage gaps that can amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars denied over the course of their lifetimes. The
Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the States
for ratification 50 years ago and it is long past time
that the principle of women's equality should be
enshrined in our Constitution.
My Administration has made this issue a top priority
from day one. Through historic Executive actions, my
Administration launched Government-wide efforts to
advance gender equity and equality, racial equity, and
LGBTQI+ equality. Through the American Rescue Plan, my
Administration delivered immediate relief to women and
families, funded domestic violence and sexual assault
services, supported child care providers, and invested
in care workers--who are disproportionately women of
color. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we
are working to ensure equitable access to good-paying
jobs, particularly in sectors where women have
historically been underrepresented. We have taken
critical steps to end the scourge of gender-based
violence and advocate for the long overdue
reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act--
legislation that I was proud to author and champion as
a United States Senator. We are confronting the
epidemic
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levels of violence that transgender women and girls
continue to face. We are working to expand access to
health care, including reproductive health care for all
people regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity,
income, or zip code. We are fighting to lower the costs
of child care and provide access to free preschool for
all three- and four-year olds. We issued a call to
action to eliminate racial disparities in maternal
health care, which disproportionately impact Black and
Indigenous women. And my Administration established a
Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund to advance the
rights and economic security of women and girls around
the world.
This work is being led by the most diverse and gender-
balanced Cabinet in American history, including the
first woman--and woman of color--to serve as Vice
President, Kamala Harris; the first women ever to serve
as Treasury Secretary and Director of National
Intelligence; the first Native American woman to serve
as a Cabinet Secretary; women leading the Departments
of Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Development,
along with the Small Business Administration and the
Office of Management and Budget; and women of color
representing America on the world stage as United
States Ambassador to the United Nations and the United
States Trade Representative as well as leading my
Council of Economic Advisers in the White House. In
addition, I established the first White House Gender
Policy Council to advance gender equity across the
Federal Government and released the first-ever national
gender strategy to support the full participation of
all people--including women and girls--in the United
States and around the world.
This Women's History Month, as we reflect on the
achievements of women and girls across the centuries
and pay tribute to the pioneers who paved the way, let
us recommit to the fight and help realize the deeply
American vision of a more equal society where every
person has a shot at pursuing the American dream. In
doing so, we will advance economic growth, our health
and safety, and the security of our Nation and the
world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2022 as
Women's History Month. I call upon all Americans to
observe this month and to celebrate International
Women's Day on March 8, 2022, with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities. I also invite all
Americans to visit <a href="http://www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov">www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov</a> to learn
more about the vital contribution of women to our
Nation's history.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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