00:00As campaign chairs of VaxLive, my husband and I believe it's critical that our recovery prioritizes the health, safety, and
00:07success of everyone, and particularly women who have been disproportionately affected by this pandemic.
00:14With the surge in gender-based violence, the increased responsibility of unpaid care work, and new obstacles that have reversed
00:21so much progress for women in the workplace, we're at an inflection point for gender equity.
00:25Women, and especially women of color, have seen a generation of economic gain wiped out.
00:32Since the pandemic began, nearly 5.5 million women have lost work in the U.S., and 47 million more
00:39women around the world are expected to slip into extreme poverty.
00:43But if we work together to bring vaccines to every country and continent, insist that vaccines are equitably distributed and
00:51fairly priced, and ensure that governments around the world are donating their additional vaccines to countries in need, then we
00:59can begin to fully rebuild.
01:00Not only to restore us to where we were before, but to go further, and rapidly advance the conditions, opportunity,
01:08and mobility for women everywhere.
01:11My husband and I are thrilled to soon be welcoming a daughter.
01:15It's a feeling of joy we share with millions of other families around the world.
01:19When we think of her, we think of all the young women and girls around the globe, who must be
01:24given the ability and support to lead us forward.
01:28Their future leadership depends on the decisions we make, and the actions we take now, to set them up, and
01:34to set all of us up, for a successful, equitable, and compassionate tomorrow.
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