National Goals

Vision 2020 is a national initiative developed by the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine to make equality a national priority through the shared leadership among women and men. These goals are the result of the October Congress that convened in Philadelphia on October 21-22, 2010.

Vision 2020’s Campaign for Equality will work to achieve the following five goals by the year 2020, when the centennial of women’s right to vote is celebrated:

•  Increase the number of women in senior leadership positions in American life to reflect the workforce talent pool and demographics.

•  Achieve pay equity, so that equal pay for equal work will be the norm in the United States.

• Educate employers about the value of policies and practices that enable men and women to share fairly their family responsibilities.

• Educate new generations of girls and boys to respect their differences and to act on the belief that the nation is at its best when leadership is shared and opportunities are open to all.

• Mobilize women to vote, with particular emphasis on a record-setting turnout in 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment.

Vision 2020 National Delegates are implementing State Initiatives across the country to advance these five goals. Learn more about the State Initiatives.