On this past Thursday, the White House hosted a small conference call for online media with senior administration officials to discuss the impact of the recession on women and how the Administration’s agenda is affecting women. Led by Cecilia Rouse, Member of the Council of Economic Advisors and Jen Psaki, White House Deputy Communications Director, the on-the-record call was grounded in a new National Economic Council (NEC) report. This report describes what it sees as the economic landscape facing women currently. You can read the Executive Summary of the report here and can also find a link to the full report there as well.
Read the lengthy post about the call and the report’s data here. As a side note, although much of the data is just that — data, the call, being from the White House, closed with the hosts reminding us that the President was raised by a single mother, is married to strong woman, is raising two daughters and has his mother-in-law living with him. In other words, he’s facing the issues just discussed “every day at the dinner table” and believes that it gives us all a sense of how important these issues are to President Obama.
I for one certainly hope so.