Leading Women's Policy Organization Launches Champion Women to Promote Respect for All Women

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Jul 12, 2018, 08:22 ET

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Women's Voice today announced the launch of Champion Women — a first-of-its-kind non-partisan movement to celebrate the work and accomplishments of all women, promote civility and respect, call out those who objectify, marginalize, and mock women, and push for concrete changes so that women feel empowered to speak their minds and get involved.

It's time to support, celebrate, and champion women everywhere.

Too often in the national debate people try to diminish the influence, perspectives, and policy solutions put forth by women with whom they disagree by degrading their appearance and delegitimizing their qualifications. This objectifies women and is simply wrong.

From sexist slights towards Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her weight to body-shaming Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Champion Women will defend women against these kinds of personal attacks that objectify, belittle, or seek to silence them.

"Champion Women is needed now more than ever," said Heather R. Higgins, CEO of Independent Women's Voice (IWV). "To allow personal, baseless attacks on women to go unchallenged sends a message to women everywhere, 'Keep quiet or suffer the same fate.'"

"These personal attacks are meant to marginalize these women, diminish their perspectives and work, daunt their participation, and discourage other women from taking a stand. Champion Women insists that women, regardless of background, political affiliation, and perspective, be treated with dignity and respect," said Tammy Bruce, President of IWV.

The goal of Champion Women is to have a society where women's views are welcomed, where women and men are treated with respect, and where women today and in generations to come know they can get involved and make their views known without being personally attacked.

Champion Women invites all Americans to join the movement to support, celebrate, and champion women everywhere. Together we can encourage debate of issues, ideas, and people's qualifications and push for concrete changes so that all women are treated civilly.

To learn more about Champion Women, visit www.championwomen.com.

ABOUT CHAMPION WOMEN

All women should be treated with respect. Fear of being shamed, mocked, or silenced should have no place in the national debate. Champion Women is an unprecedented movement to encourage respectful, diverse, and thoughtful conversations.

ABOUT INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S VOICE

Independent Women's Voice (IWV) fights for women and families by effectively expanding support for policy solutions and political campaigns that aren't just well intended, but actually enhance people's freedom, choices, and opportunities. IWV is the sister organization of Independent Women's Forum (IWF).

ABOUT HEATHER R. HIGGINS

CEO of Independent Women's Voice, Heather leads the IWV team, where she uses her passion for education and helping people make informed decisions to create a vision and overall strategy for IWV's efforts. Heather has been involved in numerous organizations that share the mission of improving people's lives by creating a better, fairer, more innovative and prosperous country.

ABOUT TAMMY BRUCE

Tammy Bruce, President of Independent Women's Voice, is a political analyst, New York Times bestselling author, Fox News Political Contributor, radio talk show host, and columnist at the Washington Times and FoxNews.com.

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SOURCE Independent Women's Voice