Why we need to talk about the 2024 election’s economic opportunity to advance gender equity

Gender economist Katica Roy discusses the $3.1 trillion on the table when we fully embrace the economic opportunity of intersectional gender equity in the U.S. 

On June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through the Dobbs decision, I was in an airplane seat next to my 11-year-old daughter. My phone was flooded with text messages—people asked for my opinion on the decision, requested comments, and inquired about its economic impact. They also wanted to know what it meant for my daughter, who now faced a future with fewer rights than I had when I was growing up.