[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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                     TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS TO WORK DAY

  (Ms. FURSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include extraneous 
matter.)
  Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, today on Take Our Daughters to Work Day, 
thousands of people throughout the country are giving young women a 
first hand look at the opportunities that are now open to them in the 
professional world. Many of these opportunities were not available when 
their mothers or grandmothers were their age.
  It would be so wonderful not to have to have a special day like this. 
But unfortunately we do. We need to focus on the needs of young girls 
because as they enter adolescence, they begin to lose their self 
esteem, they begin to fall behind in math and science classes as 
teachers call on girls less and less.
  Take Our Daughters to Work Day shows that girls can do what boys can 
do. But this one day will not turn around the inequities that young 
girls experience. That is why I have introduced House Joint Resolution 
302, which designates the remaining years of the decade the ``Years of 
the Girl Child'' and calls attention to the mistreatment girls endure 
throughout the world. It also calls on the President to urge all U.S. 
diplomatic personnel and appropriate Cabinet members to encourage 
equality for girls in health care, education, and all phases of family 
life.
  I urge all my colleagues to cosponsor this important resolution. And 
if we all provide opportunities to girls, then one day we will not need 
to have a special day calling attention to their needs. We will have a 
society where girls and boys can both achieve the same things.
  My resolution has been endorsed by the following organizations: 
Academy for Educational Development, African-American Women's Clergy 
Association, Alliance for Child Survival, American Association of 
University Women, American College of Nurse Midwives, American 
Psychological Association, American Public Health Association, 
Americans for Democratic Action, Aspen Airport Business Center 
Foundation, Association for Women In Science, Association of 
Population/Family Planning Libraries and Information Centers 
International, Bread for the World, California Population Committee, 
Center for Democratic Renewal, Center for Policy Alternatives, The 
Center for Development and Population Activities, Center for Population 
Options, Center for Women Policy Studies, Citizen Advocate for 
Responsible Birthing, Commonweal, Contraceptive Research and 
Development Program, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Creative 
Associates International, Inc., Crossroads Counseling, Development 
Associates, DKT International, Family Care International, Inc., Family 
Health International, Fund for a Constitutional Government, The Futures 
Group, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Heartwood Institute, 
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San 
Francisco, Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, 
IPPF, Western Hemisphere Region, International Projects Assistance 
Services, Johns Hopkins University Population Center, Lutheran World 
Relief, Macro International, Management Sciences for Health, Margaret 
Sanger Center International, Planned Parenthood of New York City, 
Ministry for Justice in Population Concerns, Missouri Botanical 
Gardens, Ms. Foundation, National Asian Women's Health Organization, 
National Black Women's Health Project, National Coalition Against 
Domestic Violence, National Committee for an Effective Congress, 
National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, National Council for 
International Health, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health 
Association, National Federation of Business and Professional Women, 
National Museum of Women In the Arts, National Optimum Population 
Effort, National Wildlife Federation, National Women's History Project, 
National Women's Law Center, Native American Women's Health Education 
Resource Center, Nurture; Center to Prevent Child Malnutrition, Office 
of Population Research, Princeton University Pathfinder International, 
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America, Population Action International, Population Communication, 
Population Communications International, The Population Council, 
Population-Environment Balance, Inc., The Population Institute, 
Population Speakout, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, 
Research Triangle Institute; Center for International Development, 
RESULTS, Sex Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS), 
Sierra Club, Southern California Ecumenical Council, Transnational 
Family Research Institute, Treasure Coast Women's International League 
for Peace and Freedom, Tulane (LA) School of Public Health and Tropical 
Medicine, UKIMWI Orphans Assistance, Inc., Unitarian Universalist 
Church, United Church Board for World Ministries, United Church of 
Christ, Coordinating Center for Women, United Church of Christ, Network 
for Environmental and Economic Responsibility, United Church of Christ, 
Office for Church and Society, United Methodist Church, General Board 
of Church and Society's, Ministry of God's Human Community, United 
States Committee for UNICEF, Voters for Choice, The Woman Activist 
Fund, Inc., Woman's National Democratic Club, Women Employed, Women of 
All Red Nations, Women of Reform Judaism, The Federation of Temple 
Sisterhoods, Women's Action Alliance, Women's Caucus for Art Women's 
Information Network, Women's Research and Education Institute, World 
Federalist Association, World Vision Relief & Development, Worldwatch 
Institute, Young Women's Project, Zero Population Growth.

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