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Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work


Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work encourages girls and boys across the country to dream without gender limitations and to think imaginatively about their family, work and community lives. This national, public education program connects what children learn at school with the working world. Children learn that a family-friendly work environment is an employer and family issue and not just a woman's issue. Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work helps girls and boys across the nation discover the power and possibilities associated with a balanced work and family life.

The Take Our Daughters To Work program was founded by the Ms. Foundation for Women in 1993. The day has generally been scheduled on a day that is a school day for most children in the United States, and schools are provided with literature and encouraged to promote the program. The program was expanded in 2003 to include boys.

In July 2007, with the overwhelming success of Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day, the Ms. Foundation decided to transition the program to the newly created Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Foundation.

Visit the Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day site for current information on the program.
   

2009 Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awardee Kirbie Platero, a member and organizer at Young Women United, is a 19-year old activist, mother and artist working to secure reproductive justice for girls and women. She recently helped lead a successful campaign in New Mexico that brought young women of color to advocate before state officials for the implementation of comprehensive sexuality education in public schools. Learn more and view video

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